- Tanja Liedtke
Tanja Liedtke (
6 October 1977 –17 August 2007 ) was anAustralia n-basedcontemporary dance choreographer .Liedtke had been a member of the
Australian Dance Theatre (1999-2003) andDV8 Physical Theatre (2003 including the film and European tour of "The Cost of Living" and 2005 for Just for Show). [ [http://sydneydancecompany.com/company/directors.shtml Artistic Directors - Sydney Dance Company see Tanja Liedtke] ] She had choreographed works in Germany,Brazil andTaiwan , and received the 2006 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography for "Twelfth Floor". [ [http://www.ausdance.org.au/outside/whatson/danceawards.html Australian Dance Awards ] ]In May 2007 she was selected to be the
artistic director of theSydney Dance Company , succeeding founding directorGraeme Murphy from October 2007.In the early morning of 17 August 2007, Liedtke was accidentally struck by a garbage collection truck at Crows Nest, an inner northern suburb of
Sydney . Liedtke had earlier that night watched a performance by theBangarra Dance Theatre at the Sydney Opera House. She left the theatre at 11.00pm and went home with her partner. Around midnight, Liedtke & her partner went to bed however she could not sleep. Liedtke told her partner she needed to clear her head and went for a walk alone in the fresh air. Sometime between 2.00am - 2.30am Liedtke was hit by a garbage truck. The truck's warning lights were on and it was not speeding. She died in Royal North Shore Hospital a short time later from head injuries.References
External links
* [http://www.impulstanz.com/news/headlines/318/en "German to lead top Australian dance company", "Juice, newsletter of ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival"]
* [http://www.ozarts.com.au/artists/artists_dance/tanja_liedtke/ Tanja Liedtke page at OzArts]
* [http://sydneydancecompany.com/company/directors.shtml Sydney Dance Company, Artistic Directors - see Tanja Liedtke]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/dance-company-leaps-into-future-with-youthful-director/2007/05/03/1177788310523.html Dance company leaps into future with youthful director, "Sydney Morning Herald", 3 May 2007]
* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22260614-1702,00.html Sydney Dance director killed, "The Australian", 17 Aug 2007]
* Classical Coaching Academy [http://www.classicalcoaching.com/]
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