Australian Dance Theatre offers School Show & Professional Development 

Australian Dance Theatre is pleased to partner with Adelaide Festival Centre’s CentreED program to offer a special School Matinee Performance of SAVAGE Friday 23 September, 11 AM. They are also offering a Professional Development opportunity for teachers on Sunday 25 September.

Performed by a multi-generational cast, SAVAGE is Daniel Riley’s first major, full-length work for the company. A collection of ideas and eras shaped into an urgent piece of dance theatre, SAVAGE looks at personal perceptions of fundamental belief systems and our trust in believing the truths and lies that have captured our hearts and imaginations.

Working with leading director Kate Champion, artist Dean Cross (Worimi), lighting designer Matthew Adey and composer James Howard (Jaadwa), SAVAGE will have its world premiere on Kaurna Country before touring to Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country later in the year.

The School Show of SAVAGE is for Years 11-12 and will be at the Dunstan Playhouse. The show lasts 70 minutes, plus additional time for a Q+A session. Cost to attend is $16 or $10 for Equity Schools. Click here to learn more.

Up next, join CentrED for a teacher professional learning package, working with Australian Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Daniel Riley and Learning Coordinator Adrianne Semmens for a 90-minute workshops before viewing the work SAVAGE.

The professional learning workshop will engage participants in an exploration of SAVAGE’s creative process and accompanying learning resource. Artistic Director, Daniel Riley will introduce his work, collaboration and creative process which draws upon the three pillars of storytelling; visual art, music and dance. Teachers will then engage with the work’s learning resource and its application in student learning with the company’s Learning Coordinator, Adrianne Semmens.

The learning package runs from 3-4:30 pm with a 5:30 pm showing of SAVAGE. The workshop takes place in the Drama Centre Rehearsal Room and the performance will be in the Dunstan Playhouse. Pricing begins at $39. Click here for more information.

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