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Australian Dance Theatre

From Australia

Australian Dance Theatre has been at the forefront of producing extraordinary new dance in Australia
since the company was formed in Adelaide in 1965, making it Australia's oldest professional
contemporary dance company. Under the artistic direction of Garry Stewart since 1999, Australian
Dance Theatre has embarked on a distinctive artistic trajectory that has won accolades praising both
Stewart's choreography and the formidable ensemble. Australian Dance Theatre's new works created by Stewart include the acclaimed Housedance, Birdbrain, the multi-award winning The Age of Unbeauty, Nothing, Devolution and HELD, which was a critical and popular success in its debut season at the 2004 Adelaide Festival of Arts. The company tours extensively, throughout Australia and to Ireland, Korea, Singapore, Canada, the Netherlands, UK and US.
In November 2005, Australian Dance Theatre became the first Australian company invited to perform at the celebrated Theatre de la Ville in Paris, where its performances of HELD sold out three weeks in advance.
Stewart's latest work, G - debuted as work in progress at the 2008 Adelaide Festival to critical acclaim - was performed throughout Europe in late 2008. Australian Dance Theatre presented the world
premiere of Nothing at WOMADelaide 2001, and for WOMADelaide 2009 the company will premiere a
new work by dancer Larissa McGowan called Zero-sum.

http://www.adt.org.au/