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 became a principal dancer. Shortly after, he began to dance in various TV productions in Italy and Spain. Campanella later joined the prestigious Aterballetto and 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.
Campanella made his choreographic debut at the National Ballet's 1995 Choreographic Workshop, which received critical acclaim: "The fascinating, enigmatic work shows a brilliant choreographer in the making" (Dance Magazine). Although Campanella choreographs predominantly for ProArteDanza, he also choreographs a wide variety of commissioned works for galas abroad and companies such as: Collaborations, L'Astragale, Ballet Jorgen, Echine-do, Arts Umbrella and Corpus. Campanella is also a long-time collaborator of four-time world champion figure skater Kurt Browning and has choreographed six pieces, which have been featured in Stars on Ice and television specials. The Nine Sentiments (co-choreographed with Robert Glumbek) was filmed for CBC's Opening Night, directed by former National Ballet of Canada's prima ballerina Veronica Tennant.
Upon retiring from the National Ballet in 1996, Roberto graduated from the National Ballet School's teacher training program 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.
Campanella appeared as the lead in Mose Mossanen's films Time to Time and The Year of the Lion, for which he was nominated for the Gemini Award as Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program. 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 premiered at Ballet Augsburg in Germany in October 2008.
Upon graduation from Bytom State Ballet School in Poland, Robert Glumbek joined The Great Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Warsaw as a soloist. In Poland he worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers: John Neumeier, Maurice Bejart, Hans Van Manen, John Butler, and Constantine Siergiejew.
In 1987, Glumbek left Poland to further pursue his career in Canada. In 1990, he began a venture with Desrosiers Dance Theatre, which lasted ten years. During his time with Desrosiers, he was instrumental in the creation of many roles. Over the years, Glumbek has worked with choreographers such as Dominique Dumais, Serge Bennathan, Marie-Josee Chartier, Kevin O'Day, Learie Mc Nicolls, Bill James, Peter Chin, Michael Downing, Christopher House, Holly Small, Tedd Robinson and Roberto Campanella.
Glumbek joined National Theatre Mannheim in 2002 as dancer and ballet master. He returned to Canada in 2004 to focus on his dance career as an independent artist, while at the same time exploring his career as a choreographer. Glumbek has created works for The National Finnish Theatre, Mannheim Ballet, princess productions as well as ProArteDanza. Nothing Twice (co-choreographed with Roberto Campanella) was recently filmed for Bravo, directed by Mark Adam.
A popular guest-teacher, Glumbek has always found time to teach internationally and locally at The National Ballet of Canada, DanceTeq, and the Randolph Academy. Robert is a three-time Dora nominee, a finalist in the Hanover Choreography Competition, recipient of the Now Magazine award for Best Dancer Of The Year 2006, and was recently honoured with both the K.M. Hunter Artist Award and the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award.
Award-winning ballerina Evelyn Hart is an international renowned dancer and one of Canada's most treasured artists. Evelyn began her dance training at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance in London when she was fourteen. She briefly attended the National Ballet School before coming to Winnipeg to study at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 1973. In 1980, Evelyn won a Bronze Medal at the World Ballet Concours in Japan. Later that year, Evelyn came to international attention when she became the first Canadian to be awarded a Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, as well as the rarely awarded Certificate of Exceptional Artistic Achievement. With the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Evelyn has toured throughout North America, Europe and Asia. A popular guest artist, she has also appeared with numerous leading ballet companies on stages throughout the world.
Ryan Lee graduated from Ryerson University's BFA Dance Program. Prior to his university training, Ryan danced in London, Ontario under the direction of Jennifer Swan. He has had the opportunity to work with renowned choreographers Roberto Campanella, Robert Glumbek, Emily Molnar, Vicki St. Denys, William Yong, Stephen Pier, and Tino Segal. Ryan has also danced with Toronto Dance Theatre and Kaeja d’Dance and teaches and choreographs throughout the GTA.
Originally from Toronto, Anisa Tejpar is a graduate of Canada's National Ballet School, and has also trained with, among others, Chrystal Pite, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Wim Wanderkeybus, Christine Wright, and Alexandra Beller in Europe and New York City. She has danced for companies such as Toronto Dance Theatre, as an intern, and currently is a member of ProArteDanza, and The Chimera Project. She has performed works by Christopher House, Matjash Mrozewski, John Neumeier, Ginette Laurin, Robert Derosiers, Robert Glumbek, Roberto Campanella, D.A. Hoskins, James Kudelka, Karen Duplesis, and Malgorzata Nowacka. She has appeared in films such as Steppin' Up: Save the Last Dance 2, Moze Mossanen’s From Time to Time, and the BravoFACT Swan Song. Tejpar is also the Co-Director of the dance entertainment firm Hit & Run Dance Productions (www.hitandrun.ca) for which she has choreographed works The Rolling Stones, Warner Bros., Fashion Cares, M.A.C. Cosmetics, CTV, PUMA, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the upcoming feature film Barney's Version. This is her fifth season with ProArteDanza.