Garry Stewart

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For people with a similar name, see Gary Stewart.

Garry Stewart (born 1962) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. He has been the artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre since 1999, following Meryl Tankard, and is scheduled to complete his term at the end of 2021.

Early life and education[]

Garry Stewart was born in 1962.[1]

After abandoning his university studies in social work when he was 20, Stewart studied first in Sydney[2] at the Sydney City Ballet Academy (1983),[1] and then at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne (1984–1985[1]).

Career[]

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.[2][1]

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 Sydney 1997.[1][2]

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 Laos.[2]

He was appointed artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre, based in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1999, taking over from Meryl Tankard.[3][4][5] His tenure will end at the end of 2021, when he will hand over the reins to .[6]

He was a joint winner of the 2021 South Australian Ruby Award for Lifetime Achievement.[7] While presenting the award, Premiere Steven Marshall stated “Garry’s acclaimed career has contributed to some of Australia’s most iconic dance works and under his direction placed Australian Dance Theatre at the forefront of dance around the world – having also nurtured the careers of some of the country’s leading artists.” [8]

Works[]

Choreography[]

  • Australian Ballet School – Untitled (1985)
  • Australian Dance Theatre – Zen Do Some Nothing (1986)
  • Sydney based freelance choreographer (1990 – 1998)
  • 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 House on New Year's Eve 1999
    • Birdbrain
    • The Age of Unbeauty – outstanding choreographic achievement for at the 2002 Australian Dance Awards[9]
    • Nothing
    • HELD a collaboration with U.S. dance photographer Lois Greenfield,[10] at the 2004 Adelaide Festival – 2004 Helpmann Award for Best Choreography in a Ballet or Dance Work
    • Devolution[11] (2006) – 2006 Helpmann Awards Best New Australian Work and Best Lighting
    • G, 2008 Adelaide Festival
    • Be your Self (2010)
    • Worldhood (2011), with the Adelaide College of Arts
    • Proximity, 2012 Adelaide Festival
  • 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 Hicks – 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 Festival of the Arts (Wellington - March 2008)
  • Rambert Dance Company – Infinity[12] (2007)
  • Birmingham Royal Ballet – The Centre and its Opposite (2009)

Film[]

  • Nascent, a film created by Gina Czarnecki and choreographed by Garry Stewart – 2005 Adelaide Film Festival – Australian Dance Award for Dance Film and IMZ Dance Screen Delegates' Award

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Stewart, Garry (1962 - )". Australia Dancing. 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Garry Stewart, Artistic Director / Choreographer". Australian Dance Theatre. From the Annual Report 2007. 2007. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ "Garry Stewart". AusStage. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Garry Stewart at Australia Dancing". Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
  5. ^ Garry Stewart at ADT Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Carter, Mahalia (6 June 2021). "Daniel Riley announced as the first Indigenous artistic director to lead non-Indigenous dance company". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Ruby Awards celebrate SA arts sector's resilience". InDaily. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 Ruby Awards celebrate SA arts sector's resilience". InDaily. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  9. ^ ADT sweeps dance awards, The Age, 18 November 2002
  10. ^ Frozen moments of magic, The Daily Telegraph, 17 February 2007[dead link]
  11. ^ Penelope Debelle, Closing gap between man and machine, The Age, 6 February 2006
  12. ^ A running jump at Infinity, The Australian, 12 November 2007
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