Teacher Spotlight: Todd
Some things you may not know about Todd...
- Todd is a Gemini
- He can do a perfect British accent
- He is a painter
- And Todd was on Star Search twice!
How did Todd come to Abby Bella?
Abby Bella dancers performed the halftime show at a Phoenix Mercury Game where Teresa met Todd. He told her about a show that he would like to produce with local talent in Arizona. He began to teach Bombshell Burlesque and Jazz at Abby Bella and now rehearses his dream show, Troubadour Cafe, at the studio with several of Abby Bella teachers in the cast.
More about Todd..
A native Arizonan, Todd Bailey has an extensive dance background. As a youngster he trained in Modern, Ballet & Jazz. He then went on to perform professionally in West Side Story on Broadway, several shows in Trump Castle in Atlantic City, and opened as an original cast member of the Winds of the Gods at Luxor Hotel, EFX starring Michael Crawford at the new MGM Grand Hotel both in Las Vegas.
Todd also performed and choreographed at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club in Monte Carlo in a show that changed each weekend featuring a new celebrity each week, thus requiring that he keep the show new and inventive.
Todd has worked with Phil Collins, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Tom Jones, Elton John, Sheila E, Zuccero, Lucio Dalla, Tito Puente and has danced in several Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz companies in the US and Europe. He has been artistic director for two dance companies, and regularly works on production projects around the Phoenix metro area. Todd is also a teaching artist with Dancing Classrooms Phoenix - "transforming lives one step at a time."
In addition to performing, Todd has been teaching dance for the over twenty years. To say Todd has show business in his blood is huge understatement, his mother, Joyce Bailey, also a member of the cast, is an accomplished gospel and blues recording artist.
Todd has had the vision of Troubadour Cafe for years and it is a culmination of his desire to showcase some of the talent that he has mentored locally and bring some of his experience as an international performer back home.
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