Tanztheater Essays

5. How has Australian Dance Theatre changed as a company since its foundation in 1965? Australian Dance Theatre, established in 1965 by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, is the longest standing contemporary dance company in Australia, recently celebrating 50 years. Whilst the company has created a remarkable 50 years of innovative and original work, many state that the concepts and ideas have vastly changed from the company Dalman established. Over the last five decades, Australian Dance Theatre has continued

In 1973, she became the choreographer at Tanztheater Wuppertal. From here on in, she merged her old classic ballet training into a more diverse performance, where her artists would use: dance, movement, speech, costume and set. From the above quote, you can sense the amount of work she produced,