Bonnie Story

Bonnie Story (born March 18, 1959) is an American Dancer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer. Best known for her choreographic works spanning tv, stage and film. Her most iconic and well known being High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and High School Musical 3. Her work has been featured on FOX dance show So You Think You Can Dance. several seasons and she is often collaborating with Gene Kelly’s last protégé, Kenny Ortega. Career “Bonnie Story is an Emmy and World Choreography Award-winning choreographer whose work spans film, television, commercials, music videos, and large-scale live events. Best known for choreographing Disney’s High School Musical trilogy, Bonnie’s style blends technical mastery with emotionally resonant storytelling. She has choreographed feature films including Horizon: An American Saga (Kevin Costner), Image of You, Stranger in My Home, The American Mall (MTV), and multiple Hallmark films. Her choreography for music videos—including Pale Ember and Body of Water—has been screened and awarded at international film festivals, including Tribeca. Bonnie has worked extensively in the commercial world with brands like REDKEN, Marriott, Play-Doh, MGM Grand, and Columbus Zoo. Her TV credits include four seasons of So You Think You Can Dance (FOX), Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Show Offs, and Disney Channel’s Muppets segments featuring Ashley Tisdale and Miley Cyrus. Her large-scale live and event choreography includes Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis, Donny and Marie Live in Las Vegas and on tour, multiple REDKEN Symposia across the globe, and halftime shows for the Orange Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Bonnie trained at Juilliard and the School of American Ballet, was a Principal Dancer with Ballet West, and has appeared in commercials with Michael J. Fox, Ray Charles, and Shaquille O’Neal. As an educator, she tours nationally with Hollywood Convention, teaching Commercial, Lyrical, and Contemporary dance to the next generation of artists.”

She was previously the Artistic Director of Odyssey Dance Theater and choreographed many pieces for Odyssey She was brought on to Choreograph for the trilogy of High School Musical [ ] for Gene Kelly’s protégé Kenny Ortega (Director) (2011-2014) In 2012, Story choreographed international dance scenes for Loving the Silent Tears, a Broadway-style musical, based on Supreme Master Ching Hai's poetry collection, Silent Tears.

She has choreographed for Cirque du Soleil, Hans Zimmer and his Orchestra Band and re-staged and re-choreographed the “Donny and Marie Show” at The Flamingo in Las Vegas.

Story is now touring with Hollywood Connection Dance.

In her early career as a Dancer, Bonnie was a ballerina and a principal Dancer for Ballet West.

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