| Tony Meredith | |
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| Born | Samoa |
| Occupation | Choreographer |
Tony Meredith is a professional ballroom dance champion and choreographer.
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Tony Meredith, born in Hawaii, discovered ballroom dancing after replying to a newspaper ad seeking dance teachers.
Tony met Melanie LaPatin in 1981 and the two subsequently formed a professional partnership, traveling the world representing the United States 12 times in the Professional World Latin-American Dance Championships, and eventually moved to New York to train and open a studio.[1] Tony and Melanie married in 1989, but divorced amicably following the opening of their studio.[2]
With Melanie, Tony captured over 100 first place trophies and in 1995, won the professional Latin division of the U.S. Dancesport Championships.[3] The couple retired from competitive dance in 1998.
Currently, Tony serves as a ballroom dance competition adjudicator, coach, and choreographer, and possesses a wide range of versatility: from cha-cha to swing, tango to hustle, mambo and salsa to rhythm and blues.
Tony has been behind the scenes as well as made appearances in various films, TV shows, and Broadway, including feature film performances in Dance with Me, The Thomas Crown Affair, Let It Be Me and The Last Days of Disco. He is also known for co-hosting seasons 1 and 2 of the PBS series America's Ballroom Challenge with Marilu Henner, and most recently, Tony and Melanie have appeared fairly regularly as guest choreographers on the FOX dance competition-reality show So You Think You Can Dance.
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