Career
He is the youngest brother of Madonna, and began his career working as her backup dancer, later becoming her assistant and dresser, then her stylist, artistic director, and interior designer. He placed into Ottawa-based Le Groupe de Louisiana Place Royale and moved to Canada, touring with the company to Europe. The position, however, did not materialize when he arrived, and he had to wait for things not to work out with another dancer.
After involvement in a promotional tour for her debut album, he appeared in her 1984 "Lucky Star" video.
He has decorated Madonna"s former residences in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. He has also designed the stage for her 1990 Blond Ambition concert tour, and directed her 1993 Girlie Show concert tour.
His memoirs Life with My Sister Madonna (2008), debuting at Number. 2 on the New York Times Best Seller List, and reached Number.
8 on Amazon.com"s bestseller list, and Number.
5 on Barnes & Noble"s bestseller list. Ciccone is openly gay. He stated in his memoirs that Madonna outed him in an interview in The Advocate in 1991 without consulting him.