My name is BUDDY CASIMANO. I'm a Performer/ CHOREOGRAPHER/ DIRECTOR with 25 years of working experience in show business (stage, film, television, video, radio, internet & print).
My show business life reads like a film script, so...
 
Here's BUDDY !

I literally tumbled into show business, as I was an ELITE level gymnast when I almost got my first Broadway show...  " GRIND "( starring Ben Vereen ). The producers found out I was only 14, so I didn't get it! But from that moment -I was hooked. I KNEW if I focused - that someday I would get to the Broadway stage.
And...If you work hard & believe, sometimes you can make things happen!!!
In the 80's,(after beating her in my High School talent show...), I became a back-up dancer & choreographer for pop sensation Debbie Gibson, touring the world with her for over 7 years.
I've been kicked by Madonna, had my nose broken by Sandy Duncan, fell down the stairs with Sally Struthers, & sipped tea with George Michael ...
A pair of my dance shoes are displayed in the Hard Rock Cafe`, as well as a pair in the Smithsonian pop- culture exhibit.
I've appeared in numerous music videos on MTV, & worked with recording artists such as...
SYLVESTER, Deborah Cooper, Darlene Love, Paul Young, Chris Cuevas & Tommy Page.
My show credits include: Broadway's "Miss Saigon"-- "Starlight Express"- "Hercules Live" - "Red Hot Broadway" -"Miss Saigon" 1st National Tour -"That's Christmas"- & most recently "Pop goes Broadway" in May 2008.
I have danced for some of the BEST choreographers, & directors, including ;Tim Van Patten, George Schlatter, Twyla Tharp, Jerry Mitchell, James L. Brooks, Arlene Phillips, Michael Peters, Otis Salid, Jodi Moccia, Barry Lather & Paula Abdul.
I've had the fortune of directing and choreographing some INCREDIBLE performers such as : Ben Vereen, Karen Ziemba, Jennifer Holliday, Adrian Zmed, Asa Somers, Eugene Fleming, Andrea McArdle, Anthony Rapp, Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga...& of course my old friend Deborah Gibson.
I have been teaching dance & judging for National talent competitions for over 15 yrs.
Fitness has always been a part of my life, & I'm an ACE certified personal trainer... available for personal training, coaching & master classes.

 "...if you don't sweat, it don't count ! "

Every BODY needs some BUDDY...
516.633.1336