Garry Stewart
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Garry Stewart has been the artistic director
of the Australian Dance Theatre
since 1999, following Meryl Tankard
.
Stewart studied at the Sydney City Ballet Academy (1983) and the Australian Ballet School
(1984–1985). He has danced with the Australian Dance Theatre, the Queensland Ballet
, Expressions Dance Company
and The One Extra Dance Company (Onex) and has performed with the Sydney Theatre Company
.
Stewart began his dance training in 1983 at the before studying at the between. As a performer he appeared with a number of companies including. He also worked on many independent projects. In 1989 he performed the role of Luke in production of Harold in Italy. He founded the dance company
Thwack in 1997.
His choreography
includes:
Film
Benevolence
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
of the Australian Dance Theatre
Australian Dance Theatre
The Australian Dance Theatre is a contemporary dance company based in Adelaide, South Australia established in 1965 by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman,...
since 1999, following Meryl Tankard
Meryl Tankard
Meryl Tankard is an Australian dancer and choreographer who has a wide national and international reputation....
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Stewart studied at the Sydney City Ballet Academy (1983) and the Australian Ballet School
Australian Ballet School
The Australian Ballet School was founded in 1964 as the primary training facility for The Australian Ballet by Dame Margaret Scott. It is part of the Australian Ballet Centre, which is located in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, Southbank in Melbourne, Victoria...
(1984–1985). He has danced with the Australian Dance Theatre, the Queensland Ballet
Queensland Ballet
The Queensland Ballet, founded in 1960 by Charles Lisner OBE, is the premier ballet company of Queensland, Australia, and is based in Brisbane.- About Queensland Ballet :...
, Expressions Dance Company
Expressions Dance Company
Expressions Dance Company is an Australian contemporary dance company based in the The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, in Fortitude Valley. It was founded in 1984 by Maggi Sietsma, Artistic Director and Abel Valls, General Manager...
and The One Extra Dance Company (Onex) and has performed with the Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company
The Sydney Theatre Company is one of Australia's best-known theatre companies operating from The Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre....
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Stewart began his dance training in 1983 at the before studying at the between. As a performer he appeared with a number of companies including. He also worked on many independent projects. In 1989 he performed the role of Luke in production of Harold in Italy. He founded the dance company
Dance company
A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a spectacle or entertainment.-Members:*Artistic Director*Choreographers*Dancers*Board of Directors*Education administrator...
Thwack in 1997.
His choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
includes:
- Australian Ballet School – Untitled (1985)
- Australian Dance Theatre – Zen Do Some Nothing (1986)
- Sydney based freelance choreographer (1990 – 1998)
- Chunky MoveChunky MoveChunky Move is an Australian contemporary dance company from Southbank, VictoriaIt was founded in 1995 and debuted at the Melbourne International Arts Festival with artistic director Gideon Obarzanek....
for its inaugural season – Spectre in the Covert Memory (1995) - Sydney Dance CompanySydney Dance CompanyThe Sydney Dance Company is one of Australia's most successful and well-known contemporary dance companies. The company was founded in 1969 as the dance-in-education group Ballet in a Nutshell by Suzanne Musitz , later changing its name to Athletes and Dancers, and Dance Company ...
– THWACK! (1996) - various works for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi GrasSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi GrasThe Sydney Mardi Gras is an annual LGBTQI pride parade and festival in Sydney, Australia, and draws in thousands of visitors from around Australia and overseas...
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- Chunky Move
- Thwack
- Plastic Space Melbourne Festival (1998)
- Birdbrain (a deconstruction of Swan Lake)
- Australian Dance Theatre
- Housedance performed on the outside of the main sail of the Sydney Opera HouseSydney Opera HouseThe Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
on New Year's Eve 1999 - Birdbrain
- The Age of Unbeauty – outstanding choreographic achievement for at the 2002 Australian Dance Awards
- Nothing
- HELD (a collaboration with U.S. dance photographer Lois GreenfieldLois Greenfield__notoc__Lois Greenfield is a photographer made famous by her ability to capture the human form in motion and her use of it as a compositional element in her art...
) 2004 Adelaide Bank Festival – 2004 Helpmann AwardHelpmann AwardThe Helpmann Awards recognize distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in Australia's live performing arts sectors. The recognized disciplines include musical and physical theatre, contemporary and classical music, opera, and dance, with a comedy category introduced in 2006...
for Best Choreography in a Ballet or Dance Work - Devolution (2006) – 2006 Helpmann Awards Best New Australian Work and Best Lighting
- G (Giselle) 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival
- Be your Self 2010 Théatre de la ville
- Housedance performed on the outside of the main sail of the Sydney Opera House
- So You Think You Can Dance 2008 Channel 10 reality television show
- Vocabulary with Kat Worth from Restless Dance Company (2005)
- Honour Bound based on the experiences of Terry and David HicksDavid HicksDavid Matthew Hicks is an Australian who was convicted by the United States of America Guantanamo Military Commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, on charges of providing material support for terrorism...
– Best New Australian Work and Best Mainstream Production at the Sydney Theatre Awards. Directed by Nigel Jamieson, Commissioned by and performed at the Sydney Opera House (August 2006) and Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne - September 2006). Toured to The Vienna Festival (May 2007), Holland Festival (Amsterdam - June 2007), Barbican Theatre (London - November 2007) and The New Zealand International Arts Festival (Wellington - March 2008) - Rambert Dance CompanyRambert Dance CompanyRambert Dance Company, is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it would exert a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingdom, and today, as a contemporary dance company, it continues to be one of the...
– Infinity (2007) - Birmingham Royal BalletBirmingham Royal BalletBirmingham Royal Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet....
– The Centre and its Opposite (2009)
Film
- Nascent, a film created by Gina Czarnecki and choreographed by Garry Stewart – 2005 Adelaide Film FestivalAdelaide Film FestivalThe Adelaide Film Festival is a biennial and non-competitive film festival held over two weeks in late February, in Adelaide, South Australia....
– Australian Dance Award for Dance Film and IMZ Dance Screen Delegates' Award
Benevolence
- In April 2006, Stewart co-produced and directed the dance gala UNIFIED for UNICEF Australia to benefit the Gap Youth Centre in Alice Springs for Indigenous Australian young people and an HIV/AIDS program for children in LaosLaosLaos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
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