Antony Hamilton awarded inaugural Tanja Liedtke Fellowship

Antony, a dancer and choreographer based in Melbourne, will travel to Berlin in August 2009 to take up the Fellowship which offers an extraordinary set of professional development opportunities.

The Tanja Liedtke Foundation was established in July 2008 in honour of the talented dancer and choreographer, Tanja Liedtke. The Foundation’s purpose is to support the enrichment and advancement of contemporary dance theatre, and the development of Australian/European artistic connections, by  encouraging and supporting a dynamic spirit of creative adventure in choreography  and enabling exciting opportunities for a broad range of dance artists.

Antony Hamilton has worked with Australian Dance Theatre, Chunky Move and Lucy Guerin companies. In parallel with his performing career, he has started to produce outstanding choreographic works. In 2008 his debut full-length work Blazeblue Oneline, received much critical acclaim. It also received four Green Room award nominations, winning two of them for Concept and Realisation and Set and/or Costume Design for Dance. In 2009 he received the Helpmann Award for Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production: Two Faced Bastard, as well as two Australian Dance Awards nominations for choreography and performance. 

This year’s Fellowship has been conceived and created in partnership with contemporary dance theatre company Sasha Waltz & Guests and Berlin’s exciting new hub for contemporary arts, RadialsystemV.

www.sashawaltz.de, www.radialsystem.de

The Fellowship combines a program of international exchange with a choreographic development project designed by Antony, which will include Berlin based artists and will take place in residence at Radialsystem V.  There will be an informal showing of the project  during the Hybrid Arts Festival: down under  which is being presented by  Radialsystem V as part of Berlin’s Asia Pacific Weeks. Antony will also have the opportunity to work with the artists of Sasha Waltz & Guests, as well as attend performances and participate in masterclasses at Berlin’s Tanz im August Festival. www.tanzimaugust.de

The Australia Council congratulates Antony and wishes him wishes well in this exciting Fellowship.