Amy Campbell
Director | Choreographer
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Amy Campbell is one of Australia’s most accomplished creative talents with a career spanning all areas of the entertainment industry. Her extensive list of choreographic credits include the Sydney Theatre Award Nominated Once (Darlinghurst Theatre Co/BSTC), In The Heights -Nominated for a 2019 Helpmann Award and winner of the Sydney Theatre Critics Award (Blue Saint Productions in association with The Hayes Theatre), the Australian premiere of Violet (Broadway World Australia Award), the national tour of HAIR (Sydney Opera House and Peace Productions), An Act Of God (Darlinghurst Theatre Co), Spring Awakening (ATYP), the original Australian work Guilty Pleasures (Blue Saint Productions) and Oklahoma for The Production Company.Velvet Rewired Australian Tour (Peter Rix Management) and Velvet Hamburg (Collien Konzert & Theatre GmbH).
Amy’s theatre credits include the Australian tour of Dirty Dancing, Fame The Musical, Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu, the world premiere of King Kong Live on Stage, principal dancer in Opera Australia’s Carmen. She was Resident Choreographer on The Bodyguard Musical Australia and Resident Director on Hamilton Australia.
She was also the Choreographer and on The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s productions of Funny Girl, Porgy and Bess and most recently Co-Directed Candide for STCSA and SOSA.
Amy has appeared in commercials for Sony, Vodafone, Coca Cola, Video Ezy, Sci-Fi Channel, Kmart and was an ambassador for Lorna Jane’s Active Living Campaign. Her other television credits include Everybody Dance Now, placing in the Top 3 on So You Think You Can Dance Australia Season 2, as well as appearing on The X Factor, The Nickelodeon Awards, TV Week Logie Awards, Australia’s Next Top Model, Australia’s Got Talent and The Biggest Loser.
Amy has performed domestically and internationally, dancing alongside Kylie Minogue, Flo Rida, Redfoo, Tina Arena, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Sam Sparro and Sam and The Womp. Amy has choreographed on Dance Academy, The X Factor, ABC’s Giggle and Hoot and her film work can be seen across various campaigns for Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House and Powerball Lotteries.
Amy made her directorial debut with A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Co). Other Directorial credits: The Wizard of Oz (Prospero Arts) and Smashed the Nightcap (Sydney Festival). She created, choreographed and directed the original show LEAP.
Amy is a passionate story teller and is committed to working with companies who champion integrity, equality and originality.
“In this production it’s the movement that stands out: it’s not just the technique of Amy Campbell’s choreography, which is impressive, but the flow of the story is also driven by movement. She’s the production’s ultimate driving force.”