Toni Basil
Toni Basil has redefined dance, music, television, film, video and the concert stage for more than six decades. Born into a vaudevillian family, she watched more than 1,000 stage shows from the wings of the Chicago Theater, laying the foundation for her career. She has choreographed 27 movies and collaborated on pop concerts and videos with Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Mick Jagger and David Byrne, among other legendary artists. In 1974, Basil and David Bowie made history creating "Rock Theater" for his iconic Diamond Dogs tour. A genre-bending visionary, she earned an Emmy nomination for fusing classical ballet and street dance. She created the group The Lockers, and with Don Campbell's dance, they established street dance as an American art form. Quentin Tarantino crowned her the "Goddess of Go-Go." Her honors include an Emmy, two Bob Fosse Awards, multiple video awards and Hip Hop International's "Living Legend of Hip Hop" award. Her gold and double platinum single "Hey Mickey" and Grammy-nominated videos are held in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and MoMA's dance calendar, and has been a top category on "Jeopardy!" A dance historian, Basil continues to perform and go viral into her 80s, proving that groundbreaking artistry has no expiration date.

