Garry Stewart (born 1962) is an Australian dancer and

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. He was the longest-serving

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of the

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, taking over from

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in 1999 and finishing his term at the end of 2021. He is renowned for his unusual,

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interpretations of classical ballets.

Early life and education

Garry Stewart was born in 1962. After abandoning his university studies in

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when he was 20, Stewart studied first in

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at the Sydney City Ballet Academy (1983), and then at the

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(1984–1985).

Dance career

He has danced with the Australian Dance Theatre (ADT), the

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, Expressions Dance Company and The One Extra Dance Company (Onex), and has performed in acting roles with the

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. He also worked on many independent projects, and in 1989 performed the role of Luke in production of ''

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''. He retired from professional dancing at the end of the 1980s and concentrated on choreography from 1990. In 1995 he co-founded the

dance company Chunky Move, and two or three years later founded the

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Thwack! in

, which performed ''Plastic Space'' at the

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in October 1999. On 29 November 1999, Stewart became artistic director of the ADT, based in

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, taking over from

. In 2000, he choreographed his first major work for ADT: ''Birdbrain'', described as "an ironic,

deconstruction" of the classical ballet ''

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'', which had an immediate impact on the dance world, with its innovative use of

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, gymnastics,

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and

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, and ran for around 200 performances around the world. Other works for ADT which also proved to be hits included ''The Age of Unbeauty'' (2002), ''Devolution'' (2006), ''G'' (2008), ''Be Your Self'' (2010), ''Proximity'' (2012), and ''The Beginning of Nature'' (2018). The ''Age of Unbeauty'', a piece that incorporated

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and gymnastics within the dance performance, had its premiere in February 2002 at the

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. Stewart said that his inspiration came from the 2001 attack on the World Trade Centre, after the ADT had arrived in

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just a few weeks after the destruction. ''

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'' dance critic and awards panel judge Hilary Crampton said that Stewart "challenges accepted perceptions of dance performance and also of what is conceived of as a dancer or a dancer's body, so he's pushing the edge". For ''Devolution'', Stewart collaborated with Canadian robotics expert Louise-Philippe Demers, producing a show with 30 robots on stage. In April 2006, Stewart co-produced and directed the dance gala "UNIFIED" for

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Australia, to benefit the Gap Youth Centre in

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for

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young people and an

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program for children in

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. ''G'', a fast-paced

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of the

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'', was first performed at the 2008

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, followed by an extensive tour of Europe in 2008 and 2009. The work was reprised in November 2021 in Adelaide. In 2019, to celebrate his 20 years at ADT, the company produced ''Anthology'', a piece comprising parts of six of Stewart's most successful productions. Due to the

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, the company did not tour throughout 2020 and 2021, but did perform in Adelaide, as South Australia did not have large numbers of people infected with

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and restrictions were not severe. Stewart's last major original work, ''Supernature'', premiered at the newly-renovated

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in March 2021 as part of the

. His tenure at ADT ended at the end of 2021, when he handed over the reins to Daniel Riley, making him the longest-serving artistic director of the company, at 22 years. The last performance of ''G'' took place at Her Majesty's Theatre exactly 22 years to the day since Stewart's appointment as artistic director of the ADT. Stewart was also commissioned by the

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(UK),

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(UK), tanzmainz (Germany), and the

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. His intentions for the future after ADT include "opening up isown practices as an artist working in opera, in film, creating large site-specific projects, and working a bit more nationally and internationally".

Other roles

From 2020 Stewart has been professor in

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. He has sat on the jury for both the

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and the

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Recognition and awards

Stewart's works have been studied in schools and universities. He has also been recognised by a number of awards, fellowships and the like: *2000: For ''Birdbrain'', Best Choreography, Australian Dance Awards *2001:

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, for service to Australian society and dance *2002: For ''The Age of Unbeauty'', Winner, Outstanding Choreographic Achievement, and Outstanding Work by a Company, Australian Dance Awards; Best Choreography,

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s *2004: Held, Best Choreography, Helpmann Awards *2005: For the film ''

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'', awards for choreography *2006: For ''Devolution'', the Helpmann Awards for Best Choreography and Best New Australian Work; a South Australian Ruby Award for innovation; an

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; and a

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*2007: For ''Honour Bound'' (2006), Best Choreography, Australian Dance Awards *2008:

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*2012–2013: Thinker in Residence at

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, Melbourne *2014: Artist in Residence at

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, Sydney *2015: Inaugural

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for Outstanding Achievement in Dance *2017: Churchill Fellow, for which he did a comparative study of seven major international choreographic centres *2019: For ''The Beginning of Nature'', Helpmann Award for Best Dance Production *2021: Joint winner of the 2021 South Australian Ruby Award for Lifetime Achievement Other fellowships and awards include: *A two-year Australia Council Fellowship to study dance and new technologies *The Sir Robert Helpmann Fellowship from the New South Wales Ministry for the Arts, to study the

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**Other Australian Dance and Green Room Awards

Selected works

Choreography

*Sydney-based freelance choreographer (1990–1998) **

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''Fast Idol / Spectre in the Covert Memory'' (1995) **

– ''Thwack!'', and others (1996) *THWACK (1999), Stewart's own company **''Plastic Space''

(October 1999) *Australian Dance Theatre **Split, Optima Playhouse,

(August 1999) **''House Dance'', broadcast on the outside of the main sail of the

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on New Year's Eve 1999 **''Birdbrain'' (2000–) **''The Age of Unbeauty'' (2002–) **''Nothing'' (2004) **''Held'' (2004), a collaboration with U.S. dance photographer Lois Greenfield, at the 2004

**''Devolution'' **''G'', 2008

, followed by an extensive tour of Europe in 2008 and 2009; reprised in November 2021 in Adelaide **''Be Your Self'' (2010) **''Worldhood'' (2011), with the Adelaide Centre for the Arts (now Adelaide College of Arts) **''Proximity'', 2012 Adelaide Festival, Melbourne 2013, European tour 2014 *''So You Think You Can Dance'', 2008 Channel 10 reality television show *''Vocabulary'', with Kat Worth from Restless Dance Company (2005) *''Objekt'' (October 2016), with tanzmainz, the contemporary dance company of Staatstheater Mainz *''The Beginning of Nature'' (March 2016), with the

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, performed at

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*''Honour Bound'', based on the experiences of Terry and

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, directed by Nigel Jamieson, commissioned by and performed at the

(28 July – 3 September 2006) and

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, Melbourne (September 2006). Toured to The

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(May 2007),

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(June 2007),

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(November 2007) and the

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(March 2008) *

– ''Infinity'' (2007) *

– ''The Centre and its Opposite'' (2009) * ''Anthology'' (2019) *''Supernature'', Adelaide (March 2021)

Film and other media

''Nascent'', a film created by Gina Czarnecki and choreographed by Stewart, was shown at the 2005 Adelaide Film Festival in February–March 2005, and later at other film festivals. It earned several awards: * Special mention, Napolidanza Videodance Festival, Il Coreografo Elettronico,

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, Italy, May 2005 * Delegates’ Choice, IMZ Dance Screen,

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, England, June 2005 * Dance Film Award, Australian Dance Awards, November 2005 * Winner, Best Dance Film at the ReelDance Awards for Australia and New Zealand, May 2006 In 2015 Stewart was commissioned by the

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to create ''Mood Machine'', a short film focusing on the gestures of human emotions. In 2018, to accompany the stage production ''The Beginning of Nature'', Stewart directed a 360-degree

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project, featuring dancers performing in various natural landscapes, ''The Beginning of Nature in VR''. In 2018–2019 he created ''The Circadian Cycle'', a short film filmed in across contrasting landscapes in South Australia. He was choreographer for the TV series ''

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'' (2020).

Footnotes

References

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