Tonya Kay

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Tonya Kay

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Tonya Kay, is an film actress, television personality, professional dancer and danger artist.

1 Early life
2 Performance career
3 Training
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early life

Tonya Kay was born in southern Michigan. At age four she was enrolled by her mother in tap dance classes and was performing in musical theatre by age six. At fifteen she was cast in her first professional production, The Music Man at Detroit's Fisher Theatre.

Tonya Kay graduated valedictorian of her high school class and did not continue with traditional education.

A vegetarian since age eight, vegan since age seventeen and current raw foodist, Tonya Kay is an environmental activist and fuels her car with waste vegetable oil. Tonya Kay is a practicing pagan and Chaote. She has addressed all these interests in a number of published works.

[edit] Performance career

Tonya Kay and Rodney Carrington in Trace Adkins "I Got My Game On"

Tonya Kay's stage performances include three years in Broadway's Stomp and an aerial stuntwoman trainee spot in Off-Broadway's De La Guarda. She has toured with Panic! at the Disco, Kenny Rogers, The Tap Dance Kid and The Rugrats. In July 2001, Tonya Kay wrote and directed Xtreme Rhythm Theatre, an all-rhythm production based on her experiences as a young woman living in New York City.

Her work with Stilt World dance company led to an appearance in NBC's America's Got Talent's semi-finals, where she spun fire poi. This led to her hosting a fire/poi spinning instructional video, How To Spin Poi with Tonya Kay.

Her concert dance credits include Peggy Spina's Tap Company (NYC), Mark Goodman's Tap Company (LA), Deca Dance Hip-Hop Theatre (NYC), Axis Danz flagging/modern dance company (NYC), Life Force Ensemble modern dance (Chicago) and Stilt World stilt dance (LA). She has had an extensive career in legit theatre, musical theatre, touring performance, concert dance, commercial work and independent film.

Tonya Kay as a Progressive Gremlin

On television, Tonya Kay co-starred on CBS's "NUMB3RS" as Nitrogurl, the street-racing criminal netcaster and recently shot the supporting role of SLOAN, the sassy street drug lord in the SAG Feature Film "3 Days Gone". Tonya Kay plays the romantic lead in country singer, Trace Adkins "I Got My Game On" music video opposite comedian Rodney Carrington and has been featured in Death Angel, Namie Amuro and Rob Zombie music videos as well. She has appeared in several television commercials including a spot as the 14-inch high gremlin in the 2007 Progressive Auto Insurance nationals. In 2006, Tonya Kay starred as Creature, the fruit-eating "fairy from another planet" on the first season of SciFi's Who Wants to Be a Superhero? and has released a Firespinning Comic Centerfold followup for her cult audience.

[edit] Training

Tonya Kay is a professional actress, dancer and vocalist who is trained in knife throwing, whipcracking, stilts, flagging dance and as an aerial stuntwoman as well. In her Danger Arts career she has performed with Margaret Cho, Ellen Degeneres, Harry Anderson and on tour with Panic At The Disco. Her stunt work is valued on film as well as in live freak show, burlesque, Vaudeville, and cabaret performance.