The Company

Celebrating 50 Years in 2015.

Under the directorship of Garry Stewart, Australian Dance Theatre creates dance that is an intelligent progression of the art form engaging audiences the world over.

Australian Dance Theatre is Australia’s pre-eminent contemporary dance company and the longest running in the country. For almost 50 years Australian Dance Theatre has pioneered new work that has contributed to defining dance in this region.

Some of the most laudable names in Australian dance have been part of the company’s evolution. For the past 13 years, under the Artistic Direction of Garry Stewart, Australian Dance Theatre has engaged in unique collaborations with artists from a wide variety of fields. With the dancers of the company, Garry Stewart has developed a distinctive movement vocabulary that underpins the company’s unique identity.

Works

Proximity

"Brilliantly Spectacular"
- The Australian

Synopsis

Australian Dance Theatre's newest work Proximity premiered at the 2012 Adelaide Festival.

In Proximity Garry Stewart and Paris-based video engineer Thomas Pachoud (with the support of didascalie.net) worked in collaboration to create a dialogue for dance and real-time video manipulation. The work is primarily an investigation into the body’s interactive participation in the act seeing the world with reference to neurological body maps and the French philosopher Merleau Ponty’s phenomenology of perception.

Supporters

Proximity has been co-produced by Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Le Rive Gauche Centre Culturel de Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, and Arts SA's Major Commission fund.

The 2013 European tour was generously supported by the Government of South Australia through Arts SA and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Australia International Cultural Council (AICC). ADT gratefully acknowledges the support of Beach Energy.

Credits

Concept and Direction

Garry Stewart

Associate Artistic Director

Elizabeth Old

Choreography

Garry Stewart and the dancers of Australian Dance Theatre

Composer

Huey Benjamin

Lighting Designer

Mark Pennington

Video Artist & Engineer

Thomas Pachoud, with the support of didascalie.net

Design Consultant

Geoff Cobham

Costume Designer

Gaelle Mellis

Dramaturge

Anne Thompson

Cinematographer (slow motion film)

Malcolm Ludgate ACS - Sea Films Pty. Ltd.

Neurobiology Consultant

Professor Ian Gibbins

Text

Garry Stewart & Professor Ian Gibbins

Graphic Artist

Slade Smith

Calendar / What’s On

April 2013

Date

Venue

Program

Bookings

23 - 12 Dec Australian Dance Theatre School Classes for Adults
Tuesday & Thursday evenings
Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733
15 - 3 May Australian Dance Theatre Professional Development: Kickstart Australian Dance Theatre
Accepting applications for 2014
29 - 1 Jul Australian Dance Theatre School Classes for Young Dancers (Term 2) Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733

May 2013

Date

Venue

Program

Bookings

1 May Australian Dance Theatre, 126 Belair Rd, Hawthorn SA 5062 Education: Open Rehearsals for Schools – G Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733
23 May Australian Dance Theatre
126 Belair Rd
Hawthorn SA
Friends Event Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733
8 May Australian Dance Theatre, 126 Belair Rd, Hawthorn SA 5062 Education: Open Rehearsals for Schools – G Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733
16 - 18 May Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW G - 2013 Australian Tour (premiere) Sydney Theatre
02 9250 1999
23 - 25 May Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT The Australian Ballet - Symmetries (Monument by Garry Stewart) Canberra Theatre Centre
02 6275 2700
29 May Australian Dance Theatre, 126 Belair Rd, Hawthorn SA 5062 Education: Dance Day Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733
23 May Australian Dance Theatre
126 Belair Rd
Hawthorn SA
Education: In-Studio Showing for Schools – G Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733
24 May Australian Dance Theatre
126 Belair Rd
Hawthorn SA
In-Studio Showing of G Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733

June 2013

Date

Venue

Program

Bookings

5 Jun Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford, NSW G - 2013 Australian Tour Laycock Street Theatre
02 4323 3233
7 - 8 Jun Merrigong, Wollongong, NSW G - 2013 Australian Tour Merrigong
02 4224 5999
13 - 14 Jun Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT G - 2013 Australian Tour Canberra Theatre Centre
02 6275 2700
13 Jun Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT G – Pre-Show Forum Canberra Theatre Centre
02 6275 2700
18 Jun Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury, NSW G - 2013 Australian Tour Albury Entertainment Centre
02 6043 5610
21 Jun Civic Theatre, Wagga Wagga, NSW G - 2013 Australian Tour Civic Theatre
02 6926 9688
26 Jun Bunbury Entertainment Centre, Bunbury, WA G - 2013 Australian Tour Bunbury Entertainment Centre
1300 661 272
29 Jun Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, WA G - 2013 Australian Tour Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
08 9550 3900

July 2013

Date

Venue

Program

Bookings

4 - 7 Jul State Theatre Centre, Perth, WA G - 2013 Australian Tour State Theatre Centre
08 6212 9200
15 - 19 Jul Australian Dance Theatre Australian Dance Theatre's
Secondment Week
Australian Dance Theatre

31 Jul Australian Dance Theatre Education: Open Rehearsals for Schools – Proximity Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733

August 2013

Date

Venue

Program

Bookings

15 - 18 Aug Arts Centre Melbourne Proximity Melbourne premiere Arts Centre Melbourne
1300 182 183

September 2013

Date

Venue

Program

Bookings

4 - 18 Sep Australian Dance Theatre, 126 Belair Rd, Hawthorn SA 5062 Education: Open Rehearsals for Schools – Nought Australian Dance Theatre
08 8373 7733
25 - 27 Sep SAMSTAG, University of South Australia Australian Dance Theatre presents
Daniel Jaber’s Nought
World premiere

Tickets on sale soon

Support

Creating art is an intensive process requiring the resources, expertise and support of a network of individuals and organisations.

Australian Dance Theatre relies on the valuable support of its sponsors, stakeholders, members, friends and donors who share the company’s passionate commitment to furthering Australian culture and artists.

News & Media

Founding Artistic Director, Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM, announced as 50th Anniversary Patron. - 22 April , 2013

On the eve of embarking on the national tour of the globally acclaimed G, Australian Dance Theatre have kicked off the countdown to the 50th anniversary at an exclusive reception held at Government House, Adelaide where founding Artistic Director, Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM was announced as 50th Anniversary Patron.