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i am delighted that Sydney Opera House has partnered with Sydney Dance company to bring you the superbly collaborative contemporary dance piece les illuminations. choreographer Rafael bonachela has reached back to two masters, benjamin britten and Arthur Rimbaud, for the music and poetry that inspire this entirely new work about the many forms of love. The exquisite voice of katie Noonan, an Opera House regular, and musicians from Opera House resident company, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, complete the piece.

The intimacy of the Opera House Studio provides the perfect setting to immerse yourself in this meditation on love. whether your passion is dance, music or poetry, i hope you will be inspired by the artistry on display this evening.

louise Herron AmcEOSydney Opera House

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The work takes its t it le from the second of brit ten’s pieces in the program this evening. but it is the first piece, S imple Symphony, which star t s the journey tonight.

A playful and innocent concoction using all iteration in the movement titles, Simple Symphony started me on a path of l ightness. it is hard not to smile when faced w i th t i t les such as bois terous bourrée and Playful Pizzicato and the first part of this evening has been choreographed to reflect that. Sweetness and an impression of innocence born from first loves and child like wonder at the world, beauty unhindered by earthy concerns and wrapped up in a juvenile spirit.

T he se cond par t o f the even ing takes a more intense tone in les il luminations. The music for les illuminations was written in 1939 some 53 years after Ar thur R imbaud wrote the poetry from which the libretto is drawn.

A reading of Rimbaud’s poetry explores the chaos of big cities and the painful aspects of beauty. much has been made of the choice (of both Rimbaud and britten)to emphasise the line from les illuminations ‘j’ai seul clef de cette parade sauvage – i alone hold the key to the savage parade’. An idea in which it is the artist ’s role to filter life and unlock understanding of it for the mere mortal. my reading of it is far more grounded. it is in the physicality of the poetry and the music and is far more coloured by the relationship contexts of both Rimbaud and britten at their respective times of writing. Each were in the throws of love, obsession and at times betrayal.

Thus my impetus is in part the text itself – but more the sentiment behind the texts – the romance and yearning of love and betrayal of couplings. This has lead me to focus in the main on duets and intimacy.

CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTET e c h n i c a l D i r e c t o r : A d a m i u s t o nS t a g e m a n a g e r : S i m o n T u r n e r P r o d u c t i o n T e c h n i c i a n : T o n y m c c o yS S O P r o d u c t i o n m a n a g e r : l a u r a D a n i e lw a r d r o b e m a n a g e r : f i o n a H o l l e y

MESSAGE FROM KATIE NOONAN

The whole evening has been conceived of as a place for lovers – a romantic tryst using a contained space in an intimate room. The very limitations of the space gives rise to a heightened awareness of the sheer physical power of the dancers and katie Noonan’s extraordinary voice.

i have played with this theme of lovers in the world by largely constructing the work as a series of duets. it is only twice in the work that i break out of that form and into quartet with the dancers. As in life – the dance has its variant moments as well.

it is a always a joy for me to be in amongst the dance in the studio – to hear it and breathe it in and my hope

in creating a work in this traverse format is i can share that experience with our audience as well.

my heatfelt thanks goes to the musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conductor Roland Peelman, the incomparable katie Noonan and of course the dancer s . my thanks a l so to our commiss ion ing par tners the Sydney Opera House for assist ing in bringing this work to life and to you our audience.

Enjoy.

- Rafael bonachela

when i was a young gir l i sang in the chorus for benjamin britten’s war Requiem and ever since that day i have adored his expressive and inventive music. He writes so very beautifully for the voice – i l ike to think that his love for his partner ( tenor Peter Pears) is reflected in the notes he wrote for the voice. britten’s notes keep on finding me at various points in my life and fill me with inspiration.

Upon discovering les i l luminations i immediately imagined it as a dance piece and am so thrilled that this dream is becoming a reality under the baton of Roland Peelman and the gorgeous Sydney Symphony Orchestra strings, with the beautiful choreography of Rafael bonachela and the incredible dancers of Sydney Dance company.

- katie Noonan

benjamin britten was raised on a rich if standard English publ ic- school diet of Shakespeare and Tennyson, coleridge and keats ; the many songs he wrote in childhood – some good, many more constrained by his hymnbook harmonic vocabulary as he developed as a composer – reflect this education. w. H. Auden changed this almost overnight, introducing him in the late 1930s to melville and Donne, the madhouse poems of christopher Smart, and to the french bad-boy poet Arthur Rimbaud. brit ten’s compositional voice was therefore maturing at exactly the same time his knowledge of poetry was deepening. musical ideas – some of them bold attempts to cover over the tracks of both his juvenile works and English music in general – fused with modern and metaphysical poems to produce startlingly original works. The first of these was his orchestral song cycle Our Hunting fathers, writ ten in 1936 for the soprano Sophie wyss, an excoriating attack on the values and easy cruelty of the hunting set, which thoroughly perplexed audiences and performers alike. Two years later, on a train somewhere with britten, wyss watched the composer lose himself in a volume of Rimbaud’s poems – possibly using his schoolboy french, but more probably in translation – his eyes wide and shining as he promised to write her a cycle based on them. les illuminations was the result.

The beautiful teenage Rimbaud, whose tumultuous affair with Paul verlaine, enacted in squalid episodes throughout Europe in the early 1870s, inspired his poetry, captivated brit ten. There were resonances closer to home, however. brit ten was engaged on his first relationship at the time of composition, the young wulff Scherchen picking up the dedication of ‘Antique’, a sensuous setting full of the sounds of a travelling street band in celebration of male mythological beauty. (‘Thine eyes – those precious globes – glance slowly.’) Scherchen had competition: the young tenor Peter Pears had befriended brit ten at this time and would in the following year turn friendship into something more.

brit ten tacitly admitted their rapport by dedicating ‘being beauteous’ to Pears, the touching poem in which a beautiful creature leaves this world for the next, the slow-pulsed harmonies and invading chromaticism charting her spiritual transformation. britten returns twice to the cycle’s epigraph – ‘i alone hold the key to this savage parade’ – as if to suggest that audiences will find the progression of strange creatures in the poems wholly alienating, their significance and connection remaining in britten’s head alone.

br i t ten’s mastery of the s tr ing orchestra in les illuminations – the exquisite solo writing, the harmonics and glassy textures – was partly a consequence of his earlier Simple Symphony (1934) . This too had autobiographical elements : with his father dying in the room next door, britten was determined somehow to preserve in music his happy childhood, excavating his juvenil ia to this end. The al l i terative t i t les of each movement – ‘Playful Pizzicato’; ‘Sentimental Saraband’; etc – are in on the joke, but S imple Symphony is nonetheless a serious work, one that underlines the sheer melodic beauty of the early works britten discarded for one technical reason or another, but was happy enough to mine for this symphony. by the end of the 1930s brit ten would be a composer of great craft and consistency, writing standout works such as Sinfonia da Requiem and his violin concerto. Simple Symphony and les illuminations are vitally important milestones on his compositional journey.

Paul kildea © 2013

PAUl kilDEA is the author of benjamin brit ten : A life in the 20th century. Paul is a writer and conductor who has performed many of the brit ten works he writes about, in opera houses and concert hal ls from Sydney to Hamburg. He was Head of music at the Aldeburgh festival between 1999 and 2002 and subsequently Artistic Director of the wigmore Hall in london.

MUSIC NOTEbY PAUL KILDEA

Rafael bonachela was born in barcelona where he began his early dance training before moving to london, and in 1992 joined the legendary Rambert Dance company.

He remained with Rambert as a dancer and Associate choreographer until 2006 at which time he successfully se t up the bonache la Dance company ( bDc) to concentrate on the rapid rise of his choreographic career. As a choreographer, Rafael has been commissioned to make works for candoco, george P iper Dances, iTDANSA Danza contemporanea de cuba, Transitions Dance company and Dance works Rotterdam amongst others.

in 2008, Rafae l p remiered h i s f i r s t fu l l - l eng th production 360° for Sydney Dance company. less than six months later, he was appointed Art ist ic Direc tor making headlines around the dance world. His vision for the company embraces a guiding principle that has seen the repertoire grow with the addition of commissioned dance works from Australian and visiting international guest choreographers. The premiere works are of ten p rogrammed a longs ide Rafae l ’s ow n c rea t ion s , ensuring diversity for audiences and providing much sought after opportunities for his remarkable ensemble of dancers to be exposed to the work of some of the most in-demand choreographers of our time.

Rafael bonachela’s internationally recognised talent has seen him work not only with contemporary dance at the highest level but also with artists from popular culture, such as kylie minogue and T ina Turner. Such collaborative efforts reflect the inspiration he finds and utilises from culture today.

Since the premiere of 360°, Rafael has created several pieces for Sydney Dance company including we unfold (2009) , 6 breaths (2010) , lANDforms (2011) , 2 One Another (2012) , Project Rameau (2012) and Emergence (2013) . in addit ion, he has remounted outstanding repertoire from bDc such as Soledad and irony of fate (2010) and The land of Yes & The land of No (2011).

Rafael was named one of the (sydney) magazine’s Top 100 most influential People in 2012 for his efforts to popularise dance since taking on the job of Ar t is t ic Director with Sydney Dance company and as curator of Australia’s international festival of contemporary dance, Spring Dance at the Sydney Opera House.

Rafael won the award for ‘most Oustanding Achievement in choreography’ for his work 2 One Another at the 2013 Australian Dance Awards. He was named in the 2012 Dance Australia crit ics Survey for ‘most Outstanding choreographer’ and ‘best New work’ and 2 One Another also won the ‘best Ensemble’ Award in the 2012 green Room Awards.

in february 2013, Rafael was honoured with an Officer’s cross of the Order of civil merit by His majesty the king of Spain.

in April 2013, kaldor Public Art Projects brought Rafael on board to develop the choreography for artists jennifer Allora and guillermo calzadilla’s work Revolving Door, which was part of the live performance art exhibition 13 Rooms. 13 Rooms brought together 13 artists from around the world, including iconic names like Damien Hirst, marina Abramovic and john baldessari.

RAFAEL bONACHELAARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY

CHOREOGRAPHER LES ILLUMINATIONS & SIMPLE SYMPHONY

RAFAEL bONACHELAARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY

CHOREOGRAPHER LES ILLUMINATIONS & SIMPLE SYMPHONY

katie Noonan’s technical mastery and pure voice makes her one of Austral ia’s most versat i le and beloved vocalists. A mother, singer, producer, songwriter, pianist and business woman, this 4 x ARiA Award winning and 6 x platinum selling songstress first received widespread praise as the angel-voiced songstress of indie-pop band george and has since taken audiences on sublime excursions through jazz, pop and classical music.

in 2013 Herald Sun ran a poll asking Australia’s most famous vocalists to nominate the greatest Australian singers of all time. katie was voted in the top 20 sharing this honour with the likes of michael Hutchence, bon Scott, Neil finn, The bee gees and gurrumul.

Her various releases include her folk trio’s self titled album Elixir, the No. 1 selling classical album Two of a kind with her mother maggie, her gold-selling top ten solo album Skin and the acclaimed Songs of the Southern Skies. She has also worked with the country’s top orchestra’s including her fruitful collaborations with Richard Tognetti and the Australian chamber Orchestra.Noonan’s affinity with jazz shone through on the ARiA award winning album, before T ime could change Us. Recorded with revered pianist Paul grabowsky, it captured the breathtaking beauty and emotion that characterises her work. in Noonan’s 2009 ARiA winning release blackbird, she col laborated with a historic ensemble of iconic jazz players including joe lovano, Ron carter, lewis Nash and john Scofield.

with her band The captains (cameron Deyell, Stu Hunter and Declan kelly) katie’s 2010 release Emperor’s box saw the songstress sail towards a lush and organic band sound, with her trademark strong and inspired personal stories. for this album, katie co-wrote with a host of Anzac luminaries including T im finn, Don walker, Sia furler, josh Pyke, Tom Shapcott and her fellow captains’ band mates.

in 2011, katie’s sublime folk/jazz trio of 14 years Elixir released their long awaited 2nd album first Seed

Ripening. Reflective, brooding and ravishingly beautiful, Elixir features katie’s saxophonist husband Zac Hurren and Steven magnusson. The album spent over 13 weeks at Number 1 on the Australian jazz charts and won the ARiA award for best jazz Album 2011.

Always extending herself creatively, katie continued to explore new ground by devising and composing a song cycle, which was the basis for collaboration with contemporary circus group circa. Together they melded this cycle into a remarkable physical theatre piece called love-Song-circus, which ran to rave reviews and packed houses in both the Adelaide cabaret festival and the melbourne Spiegeltent.

katie finished 2012 with a project in duo with classical gu i tar i s t kar in S chaupp. Songs of the Southern Skies, an album that features an abundance of heart breakingly beautiful re-creations of iconic Australian and New Zealand’s compositions – both classical and contemporary. w ith special appearances from iva Davies, gurrumul, maori diva whirimako black, Sydney Symphony oboist Diana Doherty, young members of brisbane’s voices of birralee, clare bowditch and The l iving End’s chris cheney, this album leads us down an incredible path of emotion that only the intimate combination of Noonan’s angelic and versatile voice and Schaupp’s lyrical and fiery guitar can render.

katie began 2013 with another new project. Spanning her career to date, Songbook sees katie lie intimate, acoustic, re-imaginings of her most-loved songs over lush string arrangements. katie has toured Songbook to the USA, canada and South East Asia as well recently embarking on a national tour of Australia.

Always looking forward to new creative opportunities, katie Noonan’s tireless unpredictability is matched only by her limitless versatility.

katie has previously worked with Sydney Dance company in 2011 for Shared frequencies.

KATIE NOONANVOCALS, LES ILLUMINATIONS

Under ly ing Ton i mat i cevsk i ’s work i s a sens i t ive uti l isation of colour and texture as well as an innate understanding of fabric and its applications. Sometimes complex draped pieces and at other times quietly simple they embody the designer ’s cont inued explorat ion of tai loring and l ine, combining f luid and class ical s i lhouet tes executed with disc ip l ined construc t ion. Twisted, draped and structural designs are underscored by contrast ing fabric textures and weights in a sof t palette. maticevski’s invariably glamorous designs are sculptural pieces inspired and supported by the outline of the body, which play with the seemingly contradictory ideas of structure and fluidity.

Asymmetrical and bias cut pieces allude to historical antecedents whi le maticevski infuses his work with an emotional appeal, evoking not ions of fragi l i t y, melancholy, otherworldl iness. incorporat ing clever and irregular panel l ing that reference couture cut techniques of the 1930s and 50s and an astute precision mirror tai loring are al l elements to his work. Some dresses appears to twist around the body, highlighting maticevski’s signature approach to construction and draping. Remarkable given his technical complexity w i th fabricat ion, i t i s a restrained work ethic that demonstrates mat icevski ’s per s i s tent and del i cate refining of his craftsmanship through engagement with texture, techniques and dimensionality.

S ince launching his label in 1999, Toni mat icevski has retained a strong hands-on approach to his work, draping and sampling his designs himself. He balances the design and creation of a successful ready-to-wear label alongside his bespoke practice catering to one off commissions. His particular mix of high glamour and exac t ing technica l know-how, coupled w i th a restrained and sleek tailoring have earned him local and international recognition. Driven by his desire to cont inual ly experiment, maticevski’s work exhibi t s considerable diversity from one season to the next.

Toni has been a regular highlight of fashion weeks both in Australia and in New York. After showing successfully and having established such a unique and individual approach to fashion and his brand, Toni returned to melbourne where he has established himself and works with a tight team all of whom are slowly re-establishing the brand and direction locally and internationally.

www.tonimaticevski.com

TONI MATICEVSKICOSTUMES FOR LES ILLUMINATIONS

& SIMPLE SYMPHONY

TONI MATICEVSKICOSTUMES FOR LES ILLUMINATIONS

& SIMPLE SYMPHONY

Acc la imed mus ic ian of great ver sat i l i t y, Ro land Peelman was born in f landers, belgium and has been active in Australia over 25 years as a conductor, pianist, ar t ist ic director and mentor to composers, singers and musicians alike.

Peelman has received numerous accolades for his commitment to the creat ive ar t s in Austral ia and specifically for his 20-year directorship of The Song company, during which the ensemble has grown into one of Australia’s most outstanding and innovative ensembles.

He has worked with most orchestras in Austral ia and has conducted an abundance of new work with special is t ensembles such as Sydney A lpha, l ibra and ic tus (belgium-germany) and most regularly with Australia’s leading new music group Ensemble Offspring.

He remains a regular guest at festivals in Australia and abroad and with The Song company, continues to develop new projects that intend to change and re-invigorate the nature of concert, both in form and content.

ROLAND PEELMANCONDUCTOR FOR LES ILLUMINATIONS

& SIMPLE SYMPHONY

benjamin is renowned for creating bold designs, based in l ight, that are integral to a performance. He is passionate about the capability of light in performance design and its role in art, and works collaboratively with creatives on projects across all art forms. Since completing his studies in 2002 at the wA Academy of Performing Arts, benjamin has been instrumental in the development of new techniques in lighting design for the performing arts and exhibition industries. He has extensive experience working both nationally and in ternat ional ly, leading teams of des igner s in the creation of l ighting designs and mult imedia for various performance, exhibit ion/museum and architectural projects.

Having been at the forefront of his f ield for many years, benjamin is known international ly and has created in terac t ive and mul t imedia contro l s for performance and installation environments. benjamin runs a multidisciplinary business and has had a very successful career to date with honours being awarded to him from bodies such as the greenroom Association for per forming ar t s des ign and the i l luminat ing Engineers Society for exhibition design.

He has been a driving part of the creative team for companies such as : The Austral ian bal let, chunky move, Antony Hamilton Projects, balletlab, Stompin,

force ma jeure, luc y guer in inc , Dance Nor th , Splinter group and many more independent artists. benjamin’s body of work in exhibition lighting design and specification can be seen Australia-wide at many prestigious institutions including : The Australian war memorial, National Sports museum, The Australian mus eum, m e lbou rne Zoo, f ede ra t i on S qua re , Australian centre for the moving image, The Reserve bank of Australia, The Sir Harry gibbs legal Heritage centre, The Austral ian infantry museum and The Queensland museum. ben jamin worked w i th Sydney Dance company o n R a f a e l b o n a c h e l a ’ s 2 O n e A n o t h e r ; c o n t e m p o r a r y w o m e n f o r S y d n e y O p e r a House’s Spr ing Dance (2012) ; the co l laborat ion with Australian chamber Orchestra, Project Rameau (2012) and Emergence for De Novo at Sydney Theatre (2013).

bENjAMIN CISTERNELIGHTING & STAGE DESIGN

bENjAMIN CISTERNELIGHTING & STAGE DESIGN

Amy Holl ingsworth trained at the Australian ballet School. Af ter graduating, she joined the Royal New Zealand ballet, attaining the rank of Principal Dancer in 1996. Amy joined Peter Schaufuss ballet in 1997 as a principal dancer and began an illustrious European career. in 2000 she joined Rambert Dance company dancing in its broad repertoire and won the Uk critic’s circle Dance Award for most Outstanding female Artist (2004).

Amy left Rambert in 2006 to be a founding member of bonachela Dance company. in 2009, she took on the role of Assistant Director whilst still performing in the European tour of The land of Yes & The land of No. Her performance garnered her a second critic’s circle Award for most Outstanding female Performance (2009).

Throughout her career Amy danced principal roles in numerous productions including Romeo and juliet, The f irebird, midsummer Night ’s Dream, Hamlet, coppel ia, f i l le mal gardee and Agon and worked with choreographers chris topher bruce, mats Ek, jiri kylian, michael clark, wayne macgregor, Hofesh Shechter, kryztof Pastor and Douglas wright.

Amy has also worked as assistant choreographer and rehearsal director on kylie minogue’s worldwide kylie fever Tour and her performance career also includes the f i lms f inding Neverland, The muse and bare

Rooms, a documentary about the portraits of lucian freud installed in the centre Pompidou, Paris.

During her career, Amy has staged many of Rafael bonachela’s works world-wide and has guest taught for many companies including Rambert Dance company, Roya l New Zea land ba l le t , venezue la Nat iona l contemporary company, Hofesh Shechter Dance company, michael clark company and balletboyz.

Amy took on the role of Dance Direc tor at Sydney Dance company in 2010 and since then has assisted Rafae l bonache la on we unfo ld (2010-2011) ; 6 breaths (2010-2011) ; lANDforms (2011) ; The land of Yes & The land of No (2011) ; 2 One Another (2012) ; Project Rameau (2012) and Emergence (2013) . She also supported guest choreographers Emanuel gat (Satisfying musical moments, 2010) ; jacopo godani (Raw models, 2011) ; Emily Amisano’s yield (2012) ; S tephan ie lake’s Dream luc id (2012) ; l ar i s sa mcgowan’s fanatic (2012-2013) and l isa wilson’s Desire (2012).

in 2011, Amy received the Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a female Dancer for her farewell performances of Rafael bonachela’s irony of fate at Sydney Theatre.

AMY HOLLINGSWORTHDANCE DIRECTOR

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY

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SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY

bernhard knauer

charmene Yap fiona jopp

Andrew crawford cass mortimer Eipper

THE DANCERS FEATURED IN LES ILLUMINATIONS & SIMPLE SYMPHONY

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janessa Dufty

juliette barton Thomas bradley

board of direc tors

Andrew messenger chairPam bartlet tPeter browniejean-marc carrioljudy crawfordjane freudensteinkiera grantkaren mosesNaseema Sparksgreta Thomascarla Zampatti

patron Darcey bussell cbE

a mba ssadors bee Hopkins jules maxwell

mANAgEmENTar t is t ic direc tor Rafael bonachela

e xecut ive direc tor Anne Dunn

deput y e xecut ive direc tor Sean Radclif fe

accountant francesca Hendricks

producer Dominic chang

educ at ion coordinator katherine Duhigg

busine ss consultant bruce cutler

e xecut ive a ss is tant kerry Thompson

de velopment direc tor janine collins

busine ss de velopment m anager Paquita wiesner

phil anthrop y m anager michelle forsyth

de velopment coordinator

joshua forward

de velopment a ssis tant carina martin

m arke t ing m anager georgia malone

m arke t ing a ssis tant

chontelle clark

publ ic is t julie clark

re sident mult i-media ar t is t Peter greig

THE cOmPANY

dance direc tor Amy Hollingsworth

the dancers

chris Aubrey, juliet te barton, lachlan bell, Thomas bradley, chen wen, Alisha coon, Andrew crawford, Holly Doyle, janessa Dufty, cass mortimer E ipper, f iona jopp, bernhard knauer, Alana Sargent, jesse Scales, Todd Sutherland, jessica Thompson, charmene Yap

PRODUcTiONt echnic al direc tor Adam iuston

stage m anager Simon Turner

produc t ion technic ian

Tony mccoy

he ad mechanis t john Shedden

costume m aker f iona Holley

DANcERS TREATmENT & cAREcompany doc tor Dr. michael berger

spor t & e xerc ise physic ian Dr. ken crichton

physiother ap is t s marko becejski & laura Hillenius

company te achers Emily Amisano, Andrea briody, craig bary, l inda gamblin, Alister grant (accompanist) , catherine goss, lucas jervies, Darren Spowart

PRE-PROfESSiONAl YEARcourse direc tor l inda gamblin

DANcE STUDiOSdirec tor, dance cl a sse s Ramon Doringo

studio m anager Tammy wheeler

off ice a ss is tant Narelle Howarth

le s il luminat ions : c a mpa ign photogr aphy

Ellis Parrinder

rehe arsal photogr aphy

Peter greig

sydne y dance company he adshot s

ben Symons

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Shervin lainez

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marinco kojdanovski reproduced courtesy of the Powerhouse museum Sydney.

Sydney Dance companyThe wharf, P ier 415 Hickson RoadDawes Point NSw 2000

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Sydney Dance Company acknowledges the valuable contribution of its sponsors, supporters and partners and thanks them for their commitment and generosity.

The contribution of our Sponsors and company Supporters is essential to the operation of Sydney Dance company and the creation of new works. we offer our Sponsors and company Supporters a tailored package of unique benefits.

for more information, please contact our Development Director janine collins on (02) 9258 4832 or via email at janinec@sydneydancecompany.com

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Sydney Dance company’s Partners provide the vital support we need to commission new works, share them with audiences around Australia and overseas, grow our Education Program and support emerging talent.

we wish to thank all our partners.

2013 cOmmiSSiON

Emergence

julian & l izanne knightsAndrew messengercarla Zampatti Ac

jil l ian broadbent AO & Olev RahnNaomi milgrom AO & john kaldor AmThe waypoint group

mike & Annie cannon-brookesjules maxwellbeau Neilson & jeffrey SimpsonErin & bil ly Ostadalgretel Packerbob Rose Am & margaret Rose Am

Paul brady & christine Yipjanice burkemr charles curran Ac & mrs Eva curranfivex commercial Propertykiera grantbelinda Hutchinson Am & Roger massy-greenekatie lahey & Robert marriot tRandal marshNatascha & matthew milsomDonna PlayerDavid Slessar ObE & Alice il ichAnnalise Thomascynthia & mike whelananonymous 1

Nigel & Edwina Rentonanonymous 4

with special thanks to Tony bilson, mandy foley-Quin, bob guth & Stephen Thatcher

2012 cOmmiSSiONS

Project Rameau

Peter & joan clemenger

Robert Albert AO & Elizabeth Albert

jules maxwell

2 One Another

julian & l izanne knights

Pam & Doug bartlet tjudy & Robin crawfordjules maxwellanonymous 2

janice burkeDavid mathlinleslie & Phil ip SternAnnalise Thomas anonymous 1

The Hon Peter coll ins Am Qc & jen-nine leonarder-coll insSarah Hue-will iamscharles & joey Hue-will iamsanonymous 1

2013 A YEAR ON THE wHARf

mary Zuber

julian & l izanne knightsian wallace & kay freedman

betty Amsden OAmles kennedy

Pam & Doug bartlet tmin l i chongRichard & jane freudensteinDavid and georgie gall A llen iujules maxwellivan & jane Nisbetanonymous 1

Robert & carmel clarkDr & mrs N ibrahimPaul kellySamantha macanshDr Alice murkiesDr gary NichollsThe Teresa johnson ballet School

2013 iNTERNATiONAl TOURiNgAndrew messengerRebel Penfold-Russell OAm

jonathan Dempseykaren moses

Peter & l iz browniejames & jacqui ErskineEvelyn Hawkinskey foundationjulian & l izanne knightsmacquarie group foundationThe Alexandra & l loyd martin family foundationAlden Toevs & judi wolfSam & judy weissanonymous 3

Hourigan internationalTony jonesgail O’brienNaseema SparksDi vertigananonymous 2

Sue HoopmanElias & jana juanas john & Ursula mooreDr gary NichollsStephen Shrimptonanonymous 2

EDUcATiON PROgRAm julian & l izanne knightsThe Alexandra & l loyd martin family foundationanonymous 1

karen moseschristina Scala & David Studdy anonymous 1

Diane grady Am mike Thompson

Sarah braschDr catherine brown-watt & mr Derek wattguy ThompsonEstate of the late leslie N. walford

Paul bedbrook Robert & carmel clarkvanessa koltai Dr Elizabeth Popemark & jennifer RoyleSketch Evolutionanonymous 2

bEQUESTS

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ANNUAl PARTNER PROgRAm

PlATiNUm PARTNER

Robert Albert AO & Elizabeth Albertjulian & l izanne knightsAndrew messenger

STAR PARTNER

key foundationjohn Prescot t Ac & jennifer Prescot t Robert maple-brown AO & Susan maple-brownjohn Taberner & grant langTurnbull foundationcarla Zampatti Am

PRiNciPAl PARTNER

Pam & Doug bartlet tjanice burke jean-marc & kirsten carriolPeter chadwickcrawford foundationHon. mrs Ashley Dawson-Damerjonathan DempseySusie Dickson & martin Dickson Amjames & jacqui Erskine

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Stephen ShrimptonHoward & mary Tannerglenda Thomasgreta Thomasgudrun willcocksanonymous 8

bARRE PARTNER

jacqui burtonmin l i chongHeather & marshall farrerRosemary forbes & ian HockingAmber gooleylawrence HydeT ina & mark johnsonjosephine key & ian bredenPeter & janet te millerSelene Ng gwen & john O’brienStephen O’RourkeErnest & judith Rapee Prof Nerida SmithDavid Thomsonkathryn warrenDonna woodhillanonymous 7

PARTNER

Dr cynthia à becket t Dr brian careyStephen chaseRob coombegenevieve & jeff DavidSuzanne Dwyermarilyn forbesHelen forrestermaebehe garciaRachael Hagget tlouise HamshereThe Teresa johnson ballet SchoolDeirdre kirbymargaret ledermanmargaret O’HalloranNorman R Scot tmary Shackmanjil l ian Segal Amleigh SmallNick & miranda Tobias Norma Tran & Patrick bellanonymous 10

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