Cloud (dancer)

This article is about the dancer. For the 1980 film, see Cloud Dancer. For the jazz album, see Cloud Dance. For other uses, see Cloud (disambiguation).
B-boy Cloud

Cloud dancing with Madonna on her Confessions Tour in Boston, MA.
Born Daniel Campos
May 6, 1983
Adel, Georgia, USA
Residence Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality American
Other names Cloud
Ethnicity Filipino
Agent Bloc LA (dance)[1]
Doomsday (film)[2]
Home town San Diego, California, USA
Orlando, Florida, USA
Awards

Dancer of the Year[3] –
World of Dance Industry Award
2012 (n/a)

Grand Prize[1] –
Filmerica Challenge
2005 Heaven Awaits

Daniel "Cloud" Campos (born May 6, 1983) is an award-winning Los Angeles-based dancer, director, and occasional actor raised in San Diego, California and Orlando, Florida.

Early life

Cloud started dancing as a b-boy when he was 11.[4] He learned breaking from his oldest brother Kevin "Deft-1" Campos who is also a b-boy.[5] He spent his early life in San Diego[5] then moved to Florida when he was 12. During his time in Florida he toured with High Voltage extreme acrobatics dance team[1] and became a member of Skill Methodz b-boy crew, which was founded in 1995 in Tampa under the name B-Boy Connection. He described what his b-boy name means in an 2011 interview with KoreanRoc.com:

“ When a Cloud moves, it’s always shifting and changing forms and it’s creating art on the sky; [when I dance, the] floor is the sky and I’m the Cloud creating art.[5] ”

Dance career

After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the dance industry, he booked two tours with Madonna; first in 2004 on her Re-Invention World Tour and again in 2006 on her Confessions Tour.[6] He also performed in the stage show Groovaloos.[7] In 2009, he won first place with his crew Skill Methodz at the UK B-Boy Championships.[8] Later the same year, he competed at Red Bull BC One[9] and appeared in Shakira's music video "Did It Again" as the principal male dancer. In 2010, he appeared in the online series The LXD as The Illister and played the antagonist, Kid Darkness, in the film Step Up 3D.[6] In 2011, he served as one of ten choreographers for Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.[10]

In October 2012, British blog The Next Hype ran an article about Cloud's appearances in two commercials by rivals Apple and Microsoft. In 2012, Cloud appeared as the lead dancer in a Microsoft Surface commercial directed by Jon M. Chu that went viral on YouTube.[11] Three years earlier, he appeared in an iPod Nano commercial that advertised the release of the model's fifth generation, noted for the addition of a video camera. Although The Next Hype felt that Microsoft "...using [Cloud] as a figurehead for your new product after Apple used him 3 years ago is just sloppy",[12] these instances were not the only times Cloud worked with either company. He has appeared in several iPod commercials and print ads dating back to 2004,[13] and in 2013 he appeared as the lead dancer in another Jon Chu-directed Microsoft commercial that promoted the Surface Pro model.[11]

Film career

Cloud first developed an interest in film-making when he was 17. He made his first short film (called The Paperboy) in an alleyway at Universal Studios Florida. He uploaded the film on YouTube and after generating positive responses he decided to continue film-making.[4] His short film Heaven Awaits won the Grand Prize at the 2005 Filmerica Challenge.[1] In 2011, he successfully raised over $50,000 in individual donations through Kickstarter to fund a musical called Today's the Day.[14]

In 2013, Cloud directed the music video for "Now", the first single from Paramore's fourth self-titled album.[15] He also co-directed and co-choreographed the music video for "Cold Front", by singer Laura Welsh, with his wife Tamara Levinson-Campos. Levinson-Campos is also the principal female dancer in the video.[16] After being uploaded to Cloud's Vimeo channel, the website chose "Cold Front" as a Staff Pick.[17]

In September 2013, Cloud directed the music videos "This is Gospel" by Panic! at the Disco and "Stay The Night" by Zedd with Hayley Williams.[18] "This is Gospel" was also choreographed by Levinson-Campos.[19]

Published November 13, 2014, Cloud also directed the video for "Salt" by Bad Suns. [20]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cloud". BlocAgency.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Daniel "Cloud" Campos: Director". DoomsDayEnt.com. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2012 Industry World of Dance Award Results". WorldOfDance.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lee, Melly (March 27, 2012). "Daniel Cloud Campos - New Media Dancer & Filmmaker". NewMediaRockStars.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "CLOUD (SKILL METHODZ)". KoreanRoc.com. January 23, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Feller, Allison (June 1, 2011). "The Guys, The Girl and The Go-Tos". DanceSpirit.com. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Members". Groovaloos.com. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ "UK BBoy Championships 2009 results Skill Methodz crew champions Dey Dey popping champion A Train Razzle Dazzle locking champions". AllStreetDance.co.uk. October 11, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Red Bull BC One USA 2009". RedBullBCOne.com. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Meet The Show's Creators". CirqueDuSoleil.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Carrasco, Ed (February 12, 2013). "Jon M. Chu Talks to NMR About His Lastest [sic] Viral Ad for Microsoft Surface [EXCLUSIVE]". NewMediaRockStars.com. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  12. ↑ Hill, Ed (October 16, 2012). "The Surface Movement: Daniel ‘Cloud’ Campos". TheNextHype.co.uk. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Daniel "Cloud" Campos resume" (PDF). BlocAgency.com. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Daniel Cloud Campos raises $25,000 investment to make dance musical feature film Today's The Day". AllStreetDance.co.uk. March 23, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  15. ↑ Montgomery, James (February 11, 2013). "Paramore's 'Now' Video: Watch It Here First!". MTV.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  16. ↑ Brown, Jimmy (June 17, 2013). "Laura Welsh 'Cold Front' by Daniel Cloud Campos & Tamara Levinson-Campos". PromoNews.tv. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  17. ↑ Campos, Daniel (Director). Welcome to the Vimeo Staff Picks. Vimeo.com (Music video). Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  18. ↑ Campos, Daniel (Director) (September 23, 2013). Zedd - Stay The Night ft. Hayley Williams. YouTube.com (Music video). Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  19. ↑ Campos, Daniel (Director). Panic! At The Disco: This Is Gospel. Vimeo.com (Music video). Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ-12-sFpLs

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