Australian Dance Theatre
| Australian Dance Theatre | |
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"Australia's pre-eminent contemporary dance company" |
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| General information | |
| Name | Australian Dance Theatre |
| Year founded | 1965 |
| Founding Artistic Director | Dr. Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM |
| Principal venue | 126 Belair Road Hawthorn South Australia 5062  Australia34°58′15″S 138°36′30″E / 34.9709°S 138.6083°ECoordinates: 34°58′15″S 138°36′30″E / 34.9709°S 138.6083°E |
| Website | adt.org.au |
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Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) is a contemporary dance company based in Adelaide, South Australia established in 1965 by Dr. Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM. Dalman sought to "open the horizons for provocative contemporary and cutting edge dance". The ADT was the first modern dance company in Australia and drew on the techniques of Martha Graham for its inspiration. Eleo Pomare was an early collaborator and the songs of Peter, Paul and Mary featured strongly in their early works, such as This Train.
The company has garnered 28 industry awards since 2002, was the first Australian company invited to the Edinburgh Festival and is the only Australian company to be invited to perform at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. The company has toured performances extensively throughout Australia, Ireland, Korea, Canada, USA, UK, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco, Japan, Spain, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal and Norway.
Dalman led ADT from 1965 to 1975. After Dalman, Artistic Directors were: 1977-85 Jonathan Taylor (former dancer Ballet Rambert, UK), 1986-87 jointly Anthony Steel of the Adelaide Festival of Arts and ADT dancer Lenny Westerdijk, 1987-93 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". Meryl Tankard left after disputes with the Board, Bill Pengelly was interim Artistic Director until the current Artistic Director, Garry Stewart began in 1999.
Established in 1967 the school offered the public an insight into the company through classes, workshops, pre and post show forums/discussions. It also helped to fund the dance theatre in its infancy.
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