Roy Campbell-Moore

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Roy Campbell-Moore is a Scottish artist, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his contributions to arts in Wales and for co-founding the National Dance Company Wales in 1983 with his spouse, Ann Sholem. [1] [2] In 2013, the couple were presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards for their contribution to the arts scene in that country. [3] He now holds the position of Founding Director and Associate Artist at National Dance Company Wales. [4]

Campbell-Moore continues to direct new dance and opera. [5] [6] He is also a dance photographer, [7] showing his work internationally. [8]

Background

Roy Campbell-Moore was born in Scotland in 1951 and studied in Australia as a radio technician with the Department of Civil Aviation. He began dance training in Brisbane when he was twenty, then enrolled at the Rambert Ballet School in London before performing with Scottish Ballet from 1975 until 1981. [1] While there, he worked with dance artists such as Rudolph Nureyev, [9] Murray Louis, [10] and Peter Darrell, [11] who inspired him to become a choreographer. At the age of thirty, he trained in Cunningham, Limón, and Nikolais techniques, and in 1983, he founded Diversions, the Welsh Repertory Dance Company. He served as artistic director until 2007, [1] when he took on the new post of artistic associate. His major achievements include creating over 25 works for the company and [12] touring them nationally and internationally. [13] Starting in 1997, he developed the concept of an international-quality home for the company at Wales Millennium Centre, which opened in 2004.

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  2. ↑ "Welsh Woman of the Year: Winners reveal their hopes". Wales Online. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Founders of national dance company honoured at new theatre awards". Wales Online. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Senior management team biographies". National Dance Company Wales. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Walsh, Stephen (1 June 2007). "The Seven Deadly Sins, Wales Millennium Centre". The Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2011.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "NDCWales in India". Wales Arts International. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Roy Campbell-Moore". Campbell-Moore Photography. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Welsh Independent Dance Handbook, p 64". issuu.com. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "70s Ballet Chronology". Nureyev.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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