Tony Bordonaro is a choreographer, director, and performer based in NYC. He is one half of the creative team
Welcome to Campfire; together with creative partner Ingrid Kapteyn they merge dance and theatre to immerse audiences in sci-fi productions about intimate human connection. As a performer Tony was in the hit Off-Broadway Show “
Sleep No More” from 2011-2016 and in the original cast of immersive shows “
The Unbrunch”, “
The Lost Supper”, and “
Sleep No More” Shanghai; as well as commercials, television and film. His company work includes HT Chen & Dancers, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Co. Douglas Dunn + Dancers and as a founding member of 10HL. His choreographies for video include the Oscars® winning student film “Opera of Cruelty”, music videos, and commercials for companies OPPO (documentary Ad “
Bring Creativity to Reality”) and WOM. He was awarded a choreographic residency with MNE Emerging Choreographers Series and Newsteps. Tony’s love for physical storytelling is the driving force behind his solo work and collaborations like “
Passport”, a performance art piece with Guggenheim fellow Robert Whitman. In September of 2020 Welcome to Campfire’s first film “The Pigeon & The Mouse” placed Top 5 in the Broadway On Demand Short Film Festival. As a result, it is now streaming on the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmys® OTT Platform. As a teaching artist he has taught master classes at many studios and universities and was a Part-Time Lecturer at Rutgers University and Adjunct Faculty at LIU-Brooklyn. BFA, Rutgers University.
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