Australian Dance Theatre

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, [ [http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/22.html Elizabeth Cameron Dalman at Australia Dancing] ] [ [http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2005/s1312571.htm Dance pioneer returns to her roots, Stateline SA, ABC TV, Broadcast: 25 February 2005] ] . 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

Artistic Directors

Dalman led the ADT 1965-75. After Dalman, Artistic Directors were: 1977-85 Jonathan Taylor, [ [http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/64.html Jonathan Taylor at Australia Dancing] ] 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". [ [http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/44.html Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre at Australia Dancing] ] Meryl Tankard left after disputes with the Board, Bill Pengelly was interim Artistic Director until the current Artistic Director, Garry Stewart began in 1999. [ [http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/1961.html Garry Stewart at Australia Dancing] ] [ [http://www.adt.org.au/page/default.asp?site=1&id=552 Garry Stewart at ADT] ]

Performances

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 [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/18/1037490097182.html ADT sweeps dance awards, "The Age", November 18 2002] ]
*"Nothing"
*"HELD" (a collaboration with U.S. dance photographer Lois Greenfield) [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/02/17/btlois117.xml Frozen moments of magic, "The Daily Telegraph", 17 February 2007] ] 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 [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/closing-gap-between-man-and-machine/2006/02/05/1139074105508.html Penelope Debelle, Closing gap between man and machine, "The Age", 6 February 2006] ] (2006) – 2006 Helpmann Awards Best New Australian Work and Best Lighting
*"G" (Giselle) 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival

Notes

External links

* [http://www.adt.org.au/ Australian Dance Theatre]
* [http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/4.html Australian Dance Theatre at Australia Dancing]


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