ProArteDanza: Season 2012

Dates

Opening night: 3 October 2012

Audience

All ages.

Run time

3 hours

MASKS

You may be required to wear a mask during this performance. Please contact the venue directly for more information.

Cast

Roberto Campanella

Born and raised in Rome, Roberto Campanella trained at the Scuola Italiana di Danza Contemporanea. In 1985, he 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 of Canadas 1995 Choreographic Workshop and, upon retiring from the National Ballet in 1996, trained at 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 and Stuttgart Ballet as well as companies in Italy, Korea and Japan. Although he choreographs predominantly for ProArteDanza, he also choreographs a wide variety of commissioned works for companies at home 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. His first full-length work, Alice in Wonderland, premiered at Ballet Augsburg in Germany in October 2008 and due to popular demand, was also included in Ballet Augsburg's 2009|2010 season. In 2011, Roberto received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography for the work 'in between', co-choreographed with Robert Glumbek and presented at ProArteDanza's fall Season 2010 as part of NextSteps.

Robert Glumbek

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 Artist Award. In 2010, Robert received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for his co-choreography of Full Bloom presented by the Young Centre for the Performing Arts and in 2011 received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography for the work... in between..., co-choreographed with Roberto Campanella and presented at ProArteDanza's fall Season 2010. A popular guest-teacher, Robert continues to teach locally and internationally.

Creative

ProArteDanza is a Toronto-based contemporary dance company that began as a collaborative venture between artistic director, Roberto Campanella, artistic associate, Robert Glumbek, and artistic associate and administrator Joanna Ivey, with the guiding principal of 'passion in performance.' Now in its ninth year, ProArteDanza continues to thrill audiences with its signature intense physicality and an aesthetic philosophy that represents the infinite beauty and energy of modern dance and neo-classical ballet.