Australian Dance Theatre

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The Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) is a contemporary dance company based in Adelaide, South Australia established in 1965 by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman,[1][2]. Dalman sought to 'open the horizons for provocative contemporary and cutting edge dance'.

The company has garnered 21 industry awards since 2002 and is the only Australian company to be invited to perform at Theatre de la Ville in Paris

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[edit] Artistic Directors

Dalman led the ADT 1965-75. After Dalman, Artistic Directors were: 1977-85 Jonathan Taylor,[3] 1986-87 jointly Anthony Steel of the Adelaide Festival of Arts and ADT dancer Lenny Westerdijk, 1987-1993 Leigh Warren (now with Leigh Warren & Dancers), 1993-99 Meryl Tankard during which time the company was known as the "Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre".[4] Meryl Tankard left after disputes with the Board, Bill Pengelly was interim Artistic Director until the current Artistic Director, Garry Stewart began in 1999.[5][6]

[edit] Performances

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Choreographed by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman include:

  • Hallucinations (1966)
  • This Train (1966)
  • Landscape (1967)
  • Sundown (1967)
  • Sun and Moon (1968)
  • Homage to Boticelli (1969)
  • Creation (1969),
  • Release of an Oath (1972).

Choreographed by Jonathan Taylor

Choreographed by Leigh Warren

Choreographed by Meryl Tankard

  • reworked pieces :
    • Songs with Mara
    • Kikimora.
  • New works
    • Furioso (1993)
    • Aurora (1994)
    • Possessed (1995)
    • Rasa (1996), (in collaboration with Padma Menon)
    • Seulle (1997)
    • Inuk (1997).
    • 1998 - subtitled A sampler by Meryl Tankard

Choreographed by Garry Stewart

  • Housedance performed on the outside of the main sail of the Sydney Opera House on New Year’s Eve 1999
  • Birdbrain (the most performed contemporary dance work in the history of Australian dance)
  • The Age of Unbeauty – outstanding choreographic achievement for at the 2002 Australian Dance Awards[7]
  • Nothing
  • HELD (a collaboration with U.S. dance photographer Lois Greenfield)[8] 2004 Adelaide Bank Festival – 2004 Helpmann Award for Best Choreography in a Ballet or Dance Work
  • Devolution in collaboration with Canadian robotics artist Louis-Philippe Demers[9] (2006) – 2006 Helpmann Awards Best New Australian Work and Best Lighting
  • G (Giselle) 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Elizabeth Cameron Dalman at Australia Dancing
  2. ^ Dance pioneer returns to her roots, Stateline SA, ABC TV, Broadcast: 25 February 2005
  3. ^ Jonathan Taylor at Australia Dancing
  4. ^ Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre at Australia Dancing
  5. ^ Garry Stewart at Australia Dancing
  6. ^ Garry Stewart at ADT
  7. ^ ADT sweeps dance awards, The Age, November 18 2002
  8. ^ Frozen moments of magic, The Daily Telegraph, 17 February 2007
  9. ^ Penelope Debelle, Closing gap between man and machine, The Age, 6 February 2006

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