Antonio Fini

Rudy Widjaja

Antonio Fini has been a principal dancer with Michael Mao Dance since 2010. He is the Artistic Director of Fini Dance and the Italian International Dance Award in New York City, as well as a Guest Judge for Dancing with the Stars Italy since 2017. In 2018, he was recognized as an Ambassador of Dance as a means of diplomacy by the ACD Agency for Cultural Diplomacy in Vienna.

Antonio has been a special guest with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and has performed as a guest artist for the Kosovo Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, Boca Ballet Theater, Mare Nostrum Elements, and the Martha Graham Dance Company.

As a choreographer, he has created works for the National Ballet of Kosovo, Tirana Dance Festival, Bulgarian International Dance Festival, and “La Danza dei Camorristi” for the New York City Opera at the Rose Theater, Lincoln Center.

Before moving to the United States, he performed in Italy with the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, I Giovani del Carcano, Talenti in Scena, and Balletto di Milano.

Antonio has taught dance at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Mississippi School of the Arts, SLK Ballet School, Huntington Center for Performing Arts, and throughout Europe. On television, he has performed in various shows, and in 2017, he produced his first documentary, Dance The Audition, for Amazon Prime and Rai 5. In 2022, he produced the TV show Change Your Destiny on Samsung TV Plus, Rakuten, and LG.