Garry Stewart (born 1962) has been the artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre since 1999, following Meryl Tankard.
Stewart studied at the Sydney City Ballet Academy (1983) and the Australian Ballet School (1984–1985). He has danced with the Australian Dance Theatre, the Queensland Ballet, Expressions Dance Company and The One Extra Dance Company (Onex) and has performed with the Sydney Theatre Company. He is the artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre (ADT), and has choreographed 12 performances since his joining in 1999. Meryl Tankard was the artistic director prior to him, Garry has choreographed more performances than any other artistic director in the history of the ADT.
Stewart began his dance training in 1983 at the before studying at the between. As a performer he appeared with a number of companies including. He also worked on many independent projects. In 1989 he performed the role of Luke in production of Harold in Italy. He founded the dance company Thwack in 1997.
Works
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Film
- Nascent, a film created by Gina Czarnecki and choreographed by Garry Stewart – 2005 Adelaide Film Festival – Australian Dance Award for Dance Film and IMZ Dance Screen Delegates' Award
Benevolence
- In April 2006, Stewart co-produced and directed the dance gala UNIFIED for UNICEF Australia to benefit the Gap Youth Centre in Alice Springs for Indigenous Australian young people and an HIV/AIDS program for children in Laos.