Paul Pellicoro
Male, Person
1956 –
Who is Paul Pellicoro?
Paul Pellicoro is a professional ballroom dancer, instructor, and choreographer. He has owned and operated New York City's largest ballroom dance studio, Paul Pellicoro's DanceSport, since 1985, which is currently located in its new home next to the Empire State Building in Manhattan in New York City. Renowned for his work in films, he has extensive film experience both as a performer and as a choreographer.
He first came to national attention in the early 1990s as the dance choreographer for the film "Scent of a Woman", where he trained Academy Award winner Al Pacino for the notable scene of the film where he dances the Argentine Tango with actress Gabrielle Anwar.
In addition to managing his New York dance studio, Paul is a full-time dance instructor there, teaching Salsa/Mambo, the Hustle, and Argentine Tango. Formerly a ten-dance competitor, Paul also teaches International Latin American and Standard along with all of the American Style dance as well. He is one of the few living only experts in both "authentic style" dancing as well as the competitive styles. Among his notable students is Marilyn Cole.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Paul Pellicoro." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/paul_pellicoro>.
Discuss this Paul Pellicoro biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In