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Roberto Campanella – Performer (Toronto)
Born and raised in Rome, Roberto Campanella trained at the Scuola Italiana di Danza Contemporanea. In 1985, Roberto joined the Compagnia Italiana di Danza Contemporanea and later joined the prestigious Aterballetto. In 1993 he joined The National Ballet of Canada where he was soon promoted to soloist and was cast in many classical and contemporary roles. Roberto made his choreographic debut at the
National Ballet’s 1995 Choreographic Workshop and, upon retiring from the National Ballet in 1996, Roberto trained with the National Ballet School's Teacher Training Program from which he graduated with distinction. He is now a sought-after guest teacher for companies such as The National Ballet of Canada, Stuttgart Ballet and companies in Italy, Korea and Japan. Roberto is the Artistic Director of ProArteDanza, and choreographs predominantly for the company, but also choreographs a variety of commissioned works for companies in Toronto and abroad. In 2001, Roberto was nominated for the Bonnie Bird Choreography Award in London. In 2007, he received the Fellowship Initiative Award from the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of the New York City Ballet, and in 2008, he was awarded a Chalmers Professional Development Grant. Campanella’s first full-length work Alice in Wonderland premiered at Ballet Augsburg in Germany in October 2008 and, due to popular demand, has also been included in Ballet Augsburg’s 2009|2010 season.
Robert Glumbek - Choreographer
Upon graduation from Bytom State Ballet School in Poland, Robert Glumbek joined The Great Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Warsaw as a soloist where he worked with choreographers such as John Neumeier, Maurice Bejart, Hans van Manen, John Butler, and Constantine Siergiejew. In 1987, Glumbek came to Canada and worked for a variety of companies, including Theatre Ballet of Canada in Ottawa with Larry Gradus; the Judith Marcuse Company in Vancouver and Myth Productions with Learie Nichols. In 1990 he began dancing for Desrosiers Dance Theatre, where he danced for 10 years and was instrumental in the creation of many roles. Glumbek joined National Theatre Mannheim in 2002 as a dancer and ballet master and returned to Canada in 2004 to work as an independent artist and choreographer. Robert has created original work for a wide variety of companies including the Finnish National Theatre, Kevin O’Day-Ballett Mannheim, princess productions, Hamilton Art Gallery and ProArteDanza. In 2005 La Maison de la Culture in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, devoted a full evening to Robert’s work. In April 2008 Robert was awarded the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award and the K.M. Hunter Artists Award. A popular guest-teacher, Robert continues to teach locally and internationally.
Luches Huddleston Jr. - Choreographer & Performer
Luches Huddleston, Jr. started dancing at the age of three in his hometown Washington DC. At 18, he received a scholarship at the world renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. He worked and toured with many US companies such as Bill T. Jones, Elisa Monte and Joyce Trisler Dance Company. He went to Europe and worked for dance companies such as the Nationaltheater Mannheim, Opernhaus Zürich, Staatstheater Kassel, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the Opera of Monte Carlo, where he danced for numerous choreographers such as Jean Renshaw, Pierre Wyss, Philippe Talard, Kevin O’Day, Dominique Dumais, Mats Ek and Hans van Manen. As well as working as a guest dancer and choreographer in many European theatres, Luches Huddleston Jr. choreographs and teaches the movement choir for the opera in the Nationaltheater of Mannheim. His current projects are a commissioned work for the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck in Austria and a full-length children’s dance theatre piece for the Schnawwl in Mannheim.
Kevin O’Day - Choreographer & Performer
Kevin O’Day was born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He received his early dance training at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. After one year, he joined the Joffrey II; the following year he became a member of the main company. In the winter of 1984, O’Day began his long association with choreographer Twyla Tharp. From 1988 to 1991, he was a soloist with American Ballet Theatre, where he performed in a variety of featured roles. In 1991 he joined William Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet, and from 1992 until 1995 he was a member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. During that time he appeared frequently as a guest with the New York City Ballet. In 1994 Mikhail Baryshnikov invited O’Day to choreograph a new work for the White Oak Dance Project, marking his choreographic debut. In 1998, in collaboration with composer John King, O’Day formed his own company called O’Day Dances. In 2002, he was appointed artistic director of Kevin O’Day-Ballett Mannheim at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in Germany. In October 2009, O’Day choreographed his 50th ballet, which was simultaneously his first full-length narrative ballet, Hamlet. Based on William Shakespeare’s famous play, O’Day created Hamlet for the Stuttgart Ballet.
