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Roberto Campanella is an Italian-born dancer and choreographer who has worked in film, TV and ballet. He is known for his roles in Silent Hill, The Strain and The Shape of Water, and his choreography for The Expanse, It and The Nut Job 2.
- January 1, 1
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- Rome, Lazio, Italy
This season’s Oscars front-runner isn’t exactly the type of drama that usually makes it into the Best Picture category. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has plenty of drama, including Cold War intrigue, but it also has humor, a very human storyline that—thanks to one large amphibious creature—veers into fantasy and, yes, even dancing.
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Roberto Campanella is an Italian actor and choreographer known for his roles as Colin and Red Pyramid in Silent Hill. Besides being an actor in Silent Hill, Roberto was also the lead choreographer. He returned as Pyramid Head in Silent Hill: Revelation.
On April 17, 1968, Roberto Campanella was born and raised in Rome. He trained at the Scuola Italiana di Danza Contemporanea. In 1985, Campanella 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. Roberto 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, including from Dance Magazine, which stated: "The fascinating, enigmatic work shows a brilliant choreographer in the making". 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 Jörgen Canada, 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 film Time to Time, Roxana, and The Year of the Lion, for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program.
In 2001, Roberto was nominated for the Bonnie Bird Choreography Award in London.
Roberto now lives in Toronto, Canada, and has two daughters: Giorgia and Maya.
•During filming of Silent Hill, Roberto was sent home to save money. Because of his absence, a scene involving the Armless Man went so horribly wrong that they were forced to rewrite the entire sequence so that Anna would meet Rose Da Silva and Cybil Bennett inside the Grand Hotel, rather than the two women saving her from an Armless Man on the hotel's doorstep.
•Roberto wore stilted shoes to attain the 7-foot-tall appearance of Pyramid Head.
•The prosthetic legs Roberto wore for the Colin costume were given the nickname "Roberto's Kermit legs".
•Roberto runs the ProArteDanza studio in Toronto, Canada.
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Roberto Campanella is a former ballet dancer, choreographer and director who has worked for various companies and projects in Italy, Canada and abroad. He is known for his choreography for The Strain, Pompeii, The Shape of Water and other films and TV shows.
- April 17, 1968
Aug 4, 2023 · Roberto Campanella talks about his experience of creating the first-ever Star Trek musical episode, "Subspace Rhapsody". He reveals his favorite numbers, the cast's reactions, and the challenges of choreographing a sci-fi musical.
- John Orquiola
- Senior Editor-Star Trek
Feb 5, 2018 · Learn how Roberto Campanella created dance magic for the Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro. He worked with actors Sally Hawkins and Doug Jones, who played a mute woman and an amphibian man, to create romantic and touching dance scenes.
Aug 8, 2023 · Welcome back to another exciting episode of Sci-Fi Talk. It's Trek Tuesday again, with a special guest joining us, the incredibly talented Roberto Campanella! Roberto is an award-winning choreographer who recently worked on the mesmerizing Star Trek episode "Subspace Rhapsody." We'll be diving into the behind-the-scenes details of this musical ...
