© Alan Proosa
© Alan Proosa

Choreography

Cedric Lee Bradley

Cedric Lee Bradley received his artistic training at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in his home city of Houston, Texas, and at the University of New York. In New York he danced as a soloist in a number of companies. This was followed by various engagements in musicals in the USA and Europe, after which he toured throughout Europe with pieces such as »Sophisticated«, »Lady« and »Good Luck«.

As a dancer and singer, Cedric Lee Bradley was involved in productions such as »Salome« at Bayerische Staatsoper, »Dance Dance Dance« at the Volksoper Wien and »Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat« at the Raimund Theater in Vienna. He has also appeared frequently at the Musical Summer Amstetten in productions such as »Sweet Charity«, »The Rocky Horror Show«, »Kiss me, Kate« and »Moby Dick«.

His activities as a choreographer and director have covered both musicals and operettas, plus cabaret, galas and shows, including the »Gloria Gaynor Show«, »Print Oscar«, »A Tribute to ABBA«, »Jesus Christ Superstar«, »Anything Goes«, »Die Blume von Hawaii« and »My Fair Lady« (Theater Magdeburg), »Die Fledermaus« (Landestheater Eisenach), »On the Town« and »Die Piraten« (Oldenburgisches Staatstheater), the first performances of the musicals »Tutanchamun« (2008) and »Klimt« (2009) at the Gutenstein Festival, »Beatlemania« (Vereinigte Bühnen Wien), »Love & Tutanchamun« (Cairo Opera) and »Evita« and »Jedermann - Die Rockoper« (Theater Erfurt).

As a choreographer, Cedric Lee Bradley also supervised the DJ Ötzi tour »Peace und Vollgas«, the »Lifeball« in Vienna in 2004 and 2006 and the »Eurovision Song Contest« in 2007. He has also worked as casting director for Robbie Williams (video) and as coach, juror and choreographer of ORF's »Musical - Die Show«. He has also been involved in the Kabarett Simpl for 17 years, where he has appeared in countless shows and works regularly as a choreographer. In 2002, his first musical, »Fever - The Hottest Musical« was given its first performance in Vienna, followed by »Broadway can Bounce« (workshop) in Vienna in 2004.