'Creatively incredible': Regina raised talent featured in 'Wicked' film
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A background dancer from Saskatchewan was featured in the movie adaptation of Wicked, which has seen significant success at the box office.
A background dancer from Saskatchewan was featured in the movie adaptation of Wicked, which has seen significant success at the box office.
Daniella Rae Beltrami began dancing at the age of two. She grew up in Regina then moved to Toronto for high school.
Her professional dancing career eventually took her to Vancouver, where she met several fellow dancer friends who went on to get dancing roles in Wicked. Beltrami expressed that she was excited to see her friends land such a major project, and it created an idea of possibility for her too.
"There was like a little twinkle of a sort of like, wait, this would kind of be really cool if I could be on this movie, but I just didn't really play with that thought too much," Beltrami said.
While she was working in London, Beltrami reached out to the film's choreographer, Christopher Scott, to inquire about a potential spot on the project.
"He just responded the next day being like, 'I would love to have you on it, send me your agent's info'. And at the time, I didn't even have an agent in London. So, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, like, I need to get an agent, I need to get this going,” she recalled.
Beltrami shared that working on the film was a great experience which helped her grow as a performer. The dancer shared a fun moment from the film.
