Australian Dance Theatre
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'.[1]
The company has garnered 21 industry awards since 2002 and is the only Australian company to be invited to perform at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris
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Artistic Directors [edit]
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]
Performances [edit]
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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
- Be Yourself
- Worldhood
- Proximity
Notes [edit]
- ^ a b Elizabeth Cameron Dalman at Australia Dancing
- ^ Dance pioneer returns to her roots, Stateline SA, ABC TV, Broadcast: 25 February 2005
- ^ Jonathan Taylor at Australia Dancing
- ^ Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre at Australia Dancing
- ^ Garry Stewart at Australia Dancing
- ^ Garry Stewart at ADT
- ^ ADT sweeps dance awards, The Age, November 18 2002
- ^ Frozen moments of magic, The Daily Telegraph, 17 February 2007
- ^ Penelope Debelle, Closing gap between man and machine, The Age, 6 February 2006
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