Australian Dance Theatre
ADT, Devolution. Photo: Chris Herzfeld
Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) dancers train in several physical disciplines and have been producing consistently great repertoire in dance and dance theatre since it was formed in Adelaide in 1965.
As well as contemporary dance techniques and classical ballet, ADT dancers are also intensively coached in break dance, martial arts and gymnastics. The result is a fusion of forms and work that is fast, aggressive, technically demanding dance fraught with risk and charged with urgency.
ADT has been under the creative direction of Garry Stewart since 1999. In 2006 the ADT was awarded Best New Australian Work at the Helpmann Awards for their work Devolution.
ADT is a key organisation of the Australia Council for the Arts’ dance board.