Background
McEldowney was born and grew up in Texas.
McEldowney was born and grew up in Texas.
He is noted for his comic and witty choreography. He choreographed the 35th Anniversary Tour of American Bandstand and choreographed and directed the Australian Tour of More Dirty Dancing. McEldowney has worked with the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, River North Chicago Dance Company, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, Ballet Met (Columbus), Louisville Ballet, Chicago Shakespeare Repertory, Chicago Dance Crash, San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet, Ballet of Texas and the Configurations Dance Company where he is currently (Fall 2006) the Resident Choreographer.
McEldowney contributed choreography to the films Road to Perdition, Children on Their Birthdays (uncredited), and the independent film Vanilla City.