Tony Charmoli on choreographing dances for early color TV tests

Choreographer/director Tony Charmoli shares the story of how he participated in tests for early color television by choreographing dances for the “Hit Parade” dancers. Engineers were concerned about how color would “hold” when people moved in front of the camera.

”On the girls we put in big, skirted blue dance dresses, and their petticoats were all the other colors - red and green, yellow. So I staged a number to dance through the studio and around the stage and to show that the color would hold with the camera moving.”

Watch Tony Charmoli’s full interview for more stories from his decades as a choreographer and director.

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