Be Your Self - T1103471691What makes you ‘you’? Garry Stewart‘s latest work for Australian Dance Theatre, Be Your Self, reveals the precarious stability of the concept of self as the work steps through the conventions we use to convince ourselves of a singular ‘I’. Be Your Self is informed by the idea that there is an enormous degree of unconscious ‘editing’ of experiences and incoming stimulii that is required in constructing a smoothly unfolding, chronologically sequenced perception of our reality and consistent idea of self. Stewart situates the body at the centre of his inquiry. Despite our civilising cultural inscriptions the body is a force to be reckoned with. In Be Your Self the ADT dancers are transformed into erupting, powerful, creative entities projecting a mountain of startling physical images and impresssions set to a wildly unpredictable, cartoonish, electronic score. | |
| 1 Mar 11 to 2 Mar 11 | Playhouse, Nottingham :: V457 listing details L1357684146 |
G - T932276278Australian Dance Theatre returns to perform Artistic Director, Garry Stewart’s powerful reworking of the time-honoured classic Giselle, titled simply as G. Sex, death, hysteria and jealousy - the central themes of the work - are expressed through Stewart’s distinctive choreographic approach which tests the possibilities of the human body through full-tilt athleticism. The score by long term ADT collaborator Luke Smiles is accompanied by a running commentary that toys with language codes on hovering screens, reconfiguring the story of the original ballet and its themes.Choreographer Garry Stewart. Music Luke Smiles. Performer Larissa McGowan. | |
| 28 Nov 08 to 29 Nov 08 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0389655352 |
Held - T0694098207Held - frozen in impossible flight, caught, pinned down in suspended animation. Different at each performance, the quick-fire ballistic rampage from these astonishingly athletic dancers is captured via a series of photographs instantaneously enlarged and flashed onto giant screens. Projected behind the rocketing dancers, these amazing images allow us to see and experience movement in startlingly unexpected ways.Producer Dance Consortium. Choreographer Garry Stewart. Design Lois Greenfield (photographer). | |
| 30 Mar 07 to 31 Mar 07 | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L0935809440 |
| 27 Mar 07 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L0379141410 |
| 13 Mar 07 to 14 Mar 07 | Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L02028130970 |
| 10 Mar 07 | Royal & Derngate, Northampton :: V449 listing details L02026385475 |
| 6 Mar 07 | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935 listing details L054573022 |
| 20 Feb 07 to 21 Feb 07 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L2045847037 |
The Age of Unbeauty - T01260257306The Age of Unbeauty is a powerful evocation of man's inhumanity to man. Fusing techno music, filmic score, video projection and dance, the company create a poetic world where ideas of truth and beauty are shattered. | |
| 25 Mar 05 | Playhouse, Nottingham :: V457 listing details L123112345 |
| 4 Mar 05 to 5 Mar 05 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L604128286 |
| 25 Feb 05 to 26 Feb 05 | Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75 listing details L0557982023 |
Birdbrain - T1854019145Pluck all the tradition from Swan Lake, add techno music and astonishing dance at breakneck speed and you've got Birdbrain, a wry look at a classic from one of the world's most brazen young dance companies. Drawing on ballet, contemporary dance, breakdance, yoga, contortionism and gymnastics, it blends soundscapes, surreal video art and virtuoso performance. See how they do it down under... definitely more Baz Luhrmann then Tchaikovsky.Choreographer Garry Stewart. Director Garry Stewart. Design Gaelle Mellis. Sound Jad McAdam. Sound Luke Smiles. Lighting Damien Cooper. Other Tim Gruchy. DramaturgDavid Bonney. | |
| 22 Mar 05 to 23 Mar 05 | Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623 listing details L01460134619 |
| 15 Mar 05 to 16 Mar 05 | Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L01575168033 |
| 12 Mar 05 | Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L0876681589 |
| 10 Mar 05 | Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton :: V653 listing details L01038315278 |
| 8 Mar 05 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L980104277 |
| 2 Mar 05 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L2138007664 |
| 22 Feb 05 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L0547519133 |
| 18 Feb 05 | MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling :: V642 listing details L01453423464 |
| 15 Feb 05 | Eden Court Theatre, Inverness :: V626 listing details L928379987 |
| 11 Feb 05 to 12 Feb 05 | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L1330096873 |
| 8 Feb 05 | Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield :: V962 listing details L0439753951 |
Dance and the Poetry of Extremity - T0115715681A presentation and discussion with Artistic Director Garry Stewart, hosted by British Council Drama and Dance Officer Steven Brett. | |
| 5 Mar 05 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01373992746 |
Birdbrain - T0825249111Following rave reviews in Australia and around the globe, Garry Stewart's savage deconstruction of the classical ballet Swan Lake has finally reached British Shores. This is a chance to experience some of Australia's finest and fittest dancers perform a mix of classical ballet, contemporary dance, breakdance, yoga and gymnastics as well as vivid video art and a hardcore musical score that drives the show.Choreographer Garry Stewart. Director Garry Stewart. Design Gaelle Mellis. Sound Jad McAdam. Sound Luke Smiles. Lighting Damien Cooper. Other Tim Gruchy. DramaturgDavid Bonney. | |
| 7 May 03 to 8 May 03 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L960376862 |
| 2 May 03 to 3 May 03 | Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75 listing details L1470795336 |
| 2 May 03 to 3 May 03 | Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75 listing details L01414988475 |
T1590939434FuriosoChoreographer Meryl Tankard. | |
| 4 May 99 to 8 May 99 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L2070145211 |
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| 5 Mar 05 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L02087249344 |
