Dance
Daniel Riley’s inaugural program as new artistic director of Australian Dance Theatre presents a collaborative and thoughtful triptych of works that mediates between the disparate world-views of Aboriginal and post-colonial Australia, reflecting the disruption and hope that comes at times of urgent transformation.
Dance
Artistic director Daniel Riley has unveiled his inaugural season for Australian Dance Theatre, with the showcasing of First Nations culture and talent central to his vision for the company as it enters an exciting new chapter.
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Garry Stewart marks his departure as artistic director of ADT in a restaging of his bold and iconoclastic G: 60 minutes of raw, frenetic energy in a deconstruction that obliterates every trace of sentimentality from the romantic narratives of the classic 19th century ballet, Giselle.
SA arts and culture news in brief: Australian Dance Theatre’s latest show marks the end of an era, Light’s founders recognised with national philanthropy award, Patch Theatre to hit the road again in 2022, and Illuminate Adelaide announces the recipients of its graduate pathway program.
Australian Dance Theatre explores the objectification of the human body in this remounted work by Garry Stewart which is exciting, hypnotic and also, at times, uncomfortable to watch.
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Acclaimed Indigenous dancer and choreographer Daniel Riley – a former member of Bangarra Dance Theatre – has been appointed to succeed Garry Stewart as artistic director of Adelaide-based Australian Dance Theatre.
