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28 October – 5 November Roslyn Packer Theatre Walsh Bay

Sydney Dance Company is based in Walsh Bay Sydney. Our studios are situated on the lands and over the waters of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Sydney Dance Company acknowledges the Traditional Owners of these lands and we pay our respects to the Elders and Cultural Custodians of the Gadigal people and all First Nations peoples.

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Welcome

Since stepping into the role as Executive Director, it has been such a unique privilege to see the amazing response that Sydney Dance Company receives on the stages of the world. Most recently, audiences in France had the pleasure of watching the Company perform ab [intra], which included a two-week residency at the prestigious Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris. This was the first time we had been able to tour internationally in almost three years. With sold out performances around the country and much critical acclaim, it reaffirmed our role as cultural ambassadors for Australia. This extraordinary tour was only possible due to the leadership of the Sydney Dance Company Board and exceptional hard work of all the team at the company, together with the generous support of our partners. I would like to thank the Australian Government for its support delivered through the Australia Council for the Arts and the guidance and counsel of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as we embarked on our long-awaited return to the world stage. After the outstanding success of our French tour, we are delighted to present Rafael Bonachela’s ab [intra] to audiences here at home. This would not be possible without the generous support of our Presenting Partner, LG SIGNATURE. I would also like to thank our family of corporate and private supporters, who all play a vital role in the Company bringing ground-breaking performances to audiences, both here in Australia and around the world. The choice you make to support us is wholeheartedly appreciated. I extend my sincere gratitude to the NSW Government through Create NSW for our beautifully renewed home at the Wharf, underpinning all our creation and rehearsals activities, together with our Open Classes and Advanced Training programs. With the ongoing commitment of all who have invested in our vision, we continue to be able to share the joy and

inspiration of bringing the very best of contemporary dance to local, national and international stages. Please join us in celebrating a joyous return home for Sydney Dance Company’s extraordinary dancers. Lou Oppenheim Executive Director

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ab [intra]

Choreography

Rafael Bonachela

Music

Original score by Nick Wales featuring Klātbūtne by Pēteris Vasks

Lighting Design

Damien Cooper

Production & Costume design

David Fleischer

With thanks

Presenting Partner LG SIGNATURE ab [intra] was made possible with generous support from Sydney Dance Company’s 2018 Commissioning Fund donors.

Duration

Approx. 75 minutes no interval

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A note from Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela I am so thrilled to be bringing ab [intra] to our home audience in Sydney after such an incredibly successful tour to France. I was overwhelmed by the warm welcome we received for our first international tour in almost three years, with standing ovations, beautiful reviews and a sold-out season at the Théâtre National de la Danse Chaillot in Paris. I am so proud of the dancers and team who, despite so many challenges, worked tirelessly to return Sydney Dance Company to the world stage. When creating ab [intra] I wanted to capture the energy and drive I feel each time I walk into the studio. I think about ab [intra] (meaning ‘from within’ in Latin) as an energy transfer between the internal and the external. For me it is more than the external expression of internal concepts, in this dance sphere it is a representation of energy – an energy derived from the interaction of these two facets of our worlds.

The dancers are an integral part of my creative process, and they give life and form to my instincts and creative impulses every day. ab [intra] for me is a work that is derived from the group dynamic of the dancers and what they give in the studio and on the stage, collectively and as individuals, and I thank them for their generosity and tireless efforts. It has been a pleasure to work with each of my collaborators on this piece. Dance relies so heavily on the intersection of creative ideas and trust, both in the studio and in the creation of the stage environment that surrounds the movement. Thank you to Damien Cooper, David Fleischer and Nick Wales for the results of your individual elements and the results of your collective efforts. I truly appreciated the process as well as the outcome.

My innate human and personal instincts play a significant role in my creativity; they feed through the entire process from the point of inspiration to collaborations at every level and right through to the living moments of the final performance. I wanted to try to capture this internal instinctive process and make an external representation of it – and so ab [intra] was born. The creative process started as a series of improvisations where I asked the dancers to be in the moment with each other, to feel and listen - to use their instincts and their impulses and then seek to capture those moments in writing. Those written phrases became the direction for a physical movement sequence, a script for dance, an energy transfer from the thought to the body.

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About Rafael Bonachela Rafael Bonachela is a Choreographer, Artistic Director and Curator whose career has seen him successfully span high art and popular culture, working across a range of art forms, including contemporary dance, art installations, pop concerts, musicals, film, commercials and fashion. Bonachela was born in La Garriga near Barcelona (1972) where he began his early dance training before moving to London to join the legendary Rambert Dance Company where he danced from 1992 to 2004. In 2008, Rafael premiered his first full-length production 360° for Sydney Dance Company. Less than six months later he was appointed Artistic Director, making international headlines and heralding a new era in Australian contemporary dance. His vision for the Company embraces a guiding principle that sees commissioned dance works by Australian and International choreographers alongside his own critically acclaimed creations. In 2022, Cartier announced Rafael as a new Friend of the Maison. From his internationally recognised talent as both a dancer and choreographer, to his commitments supporting a new generation of emerging artists and choreographers, Bonachela embodies values cherished by Cartier: strength of character, virtuosity and the ability to find beauty wherever it may lie. Bonachela’s work is strong, sober and sharp. The exploration of pure movement is where he finds his unmistakable style. The result is an incandescent dance that springs from the power of movement, in which energy and muscle strength combine with a great emotional sensitivity. You can read more of Rafael’s biography here.

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A note from Composer Nick Wales The early stages for the creation of ab [intra] saw Rafael and I searching for additional music to accompany my compositions. The second cello concerto Klātbūtne / Presence by Pēteris Vasks featuring the cellist Sol Gabetta stood out to us as possessing great passion, immediacy and drive and we decided to incorporate the first and second movements into ab [intra]. Our decision to use Vasks’ concerto informed my initial musical choices, my first gut reaction was to work with the Australian cellist Julian Thompson. Together, we recorded fragments of cello material for me to build the opening two movements of the work. The opening bars of Vasks’ concerto with it’s almost lonely ‘col legno’ and ‘pizzicato’ motifs informed some of these initial recordings. ab [intra] begins with the textual pulsations and lamentation of a solitary cello building to an expansive almost landscape-like symphonic wall of sound. Pizzicato cello samples feature in the opening two movements, driving the work forward into ‘activation’ with the introduction of darker electronic and percussive passages, counterbalanced with visceral string textures. The electronica gives way to Vasks’ “Cadenza - Andante” with its beautiful and passionate builds, lush beauty and rich sonority. The fourth movement of ab [intra] features piano, intricate percussion and organic electronica. I was interested in exploring ideas around soft anticipation, building ecstatic states and the inward sources of strength one can achieve through quietly looking within. This movement slowly builds and recedes into an introspective, lament like transition for solo piano and electronics. Vasks’ “Allegro Moderato” boldly bounds forward with its neo-classical rhythmic vitality and cadenza like solo climax by cellist Sol Gabetta. The coda of ab [intra] again features Julian Thompson with a small string orchestra. As a final layer to the music, I collaborated with songwriter Jack Colwell for a song to conclude the work.

The poetic verse Jack and I dreamed up was an ever-present reference point for my creative process as a whole: from within are we born from within are we without ourselves the pulse of others vibrating just like the lark ascending pulls us closer to the trees back to each other leave this world untouched every stone unturned, untouched, unturned Written and Produced by Nick Wales With Featured Cello – Julian Thompson Drums and Percussion – Bree van Reyk Electric Violin – Imogen Jones Voice / song collaborator – Jack Colwell Additional electronics and programming – Dane Yates String Orchestra Leader – Veronique Serret String Orchestra conductor – Roland Peelman Music Mix and sound engineering – Bob Scott Additional sound engineering – Phil Punch Additional music Pēteris Vasks, Klātbūtne – Presence: Concerto No. 2 for cello and string orchestra (movement I. Cadenza – Andante cantablle, movement II. Allegro moderato) By permission of Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, exclusive agents for Schott Music Ltd of Mainz Soloist – Sol Gebetta Orchestra – Amsterdam Sinfonietta Recording – Sony Music Movement 1 – ‘Birth’ – Nick Wales Movement 2 – ‘Activation’ – Nick Wales Movement 3 – ‘Cadenza – Andante’ – Pēteris Vasks feat. Sol Gabtta & the Amsterdam Sinfonietta Movement 4 – ‘Ecstatic Gestures’ – Nick Wales Movement 5 – ‘Allegro Moderato’ Pēteris Vasks feat. Sol Gabtta & the Amsterdam Sinfonietta Movement 6 – ‘Within’ – Nick Wales and Jack Colwell sydneydancecompany.com

About Nick Wales Nick Wales’ visceral and immersive music is a hybrid between classical forms, electronic and popular music. ab [intra] is Nick’s eighth collaboration with Rafael Bonachela and his ninth with Sydney Dance Company. Recent commissions include the Netflix feature film score True Spirit directed by Sarah Spillane, choreographer Marina Mascarell for Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon and collaborations with visual artists Lauren Brincat, Mel O’Callaghan and Hayden Fowler. Nick has worked with choreographer Shaun Parker on a number of works including the Helpmann nominated score for AM I, Happy as Larry and the outdoor works Spill and Trolleys. He has collaborated on film and television projects including the feature film Around the Block and the feature length documentary Step into Paradise. While Wales’ contemporary dance scores are both challenging and abstract, his pop sensibilities are undeniable. Traversing all genres as a founding member of ARIA nominated classical-fusion band CODA, he has also collaborated with Sarah Blasko for a number of years, the pair co-composing Sydney Dance Company’s score Emergence for Rafael Bonachela. Emergence was released as a soundtrack in 2015 via the Create Control label.

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Damien Cooper Lighting Design Note I’ve spent a lot of time in rehearsal for ab [intra]. Each time I watch I am struck by how much energy is in the room. The music has an intensity that drives the choreography into a world of unrelenting climaxes. So. How does a lighting designer illuminate endless crescendos? My previous designs have furiously tried to support the energy that comes from choreography and music, finding ways that support dramatic shifts, creating contrasts, driving the shows forward. But, ab [intra], I feel needs a calm space, a simple space that can support the extremities of what you are about to see. To contrast with the energy from the dancers we have used low energy LED fixtures so that our total energy usage is under 15000 watts. That is equal to about twelve incandescent theatre lights. A far cry from the average two hundred and fifty we normally use. I’m proud Sydney Dance Company was able to reduce its energy footprint for this production. Biography Damien Cooper works internationally across theatre, opera and dance. Damien’s dance credits for Sydney Dance company include; Impermanence, Cinco, Ocho, Grand, Air and Other Invisible Forces and Orb. Other dance credits include; Of Earth and Sky (Bangarra), The Narrative of Nothing, Firebird and Swan Lake (Australian Ballet), Giselle (Universal Ballet), Birdbrain, Supernature, Habitus and Be Yourself (Australian Dance Theatre), The Frock (Ten days on the Island Festival), Affinity (Tas Dance), Mortal Engine (Chunky Move) and Grey Rhino (Performing Lines). Other theatre credits include Mark Colvin’s Kidney, The Great Fire, Radiance, The Glass Menagerie, Coranderrk, Miss Julie, Stories I Want to Tell You in Person, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Peter Pan, Private Lives, Conversation Piece, Strange Interlude, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Neighbourhood Watch, The 13

Seagull, Gethsemane, Keating!, Toy Symphony, Peribanez, Stuff Happens, The Chairs, The Spook, In Our Name, The Underpants and The Ham Funeral (Belvoir); Disgraced, Orlando, Arcadia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Golden Age, Suddenly Last Summer, The Women of Troy, The Lost Echo, Riflemind and Tot Mom (Sydney Theatre Company); Macbeth and The Tempest (Bell Shakespeare); The Ring Cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Aida and Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Australia); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Houston Grand Opera, Canadian Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago); and The Magic Flute (Lyric Opera Chicago). For lighting design, Damien has won three Sydney Theatre Awards, three Green Room Awards, and two Australian Production Design Guild Awards.

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David Fleischer Costume & Production Design Note ab [intra] is a work of breadth and scale. From its inception, my collaboration with Rafael focussed on both the power and precision of the dancers. This focus in turn developed a visual language aimed to support the distinct and contrasting musical styles that underpin the work. Like the choreography itself, what we see on stage synthesises the clarity and elegance of the classical scoring as well as the contemporary pulse of Nick’s mesmerising composition. Our space is one of distillation – a long terrain with somewhat obscured boundaries – heightening the smallness of the human figure at times, but also providing a platform for the bigness of the work to be shaped and sculpted on – as if the first blots of emulsion on a pure white canvas. The clarity and epic quality of this spatial gesture seeks to match the virtuosity of the work. The dancers are wearing a blend of vintage clothing, contemporary fashion and classic dance wear – each chosen or designed to create a collision on stage that, like a kaleidoscope, create different patterns and visual rhythms as the movement evolves. In all cases, there is a specificity to each item, leaving us with a sense of the personal and the lived experience – albeit in restrained colour palette and minimalist stylisation. Biography David is a set and costume designer, working with leading theatre, dance and opera companies across Australia. He was co-resident designer for Sydney Theatre Company through 2012-2013, the recipient of the Kristian Fredrikson Scholarship in 2016 and received the Thelma Afford Award for Costume Design in Stage and Screen in 2020. His most recent credits include Impermanence, ab [intra] and Ocho for Sydney Dance Company; Scenes From A Marriage for Queensland Theatre; Aida for Opera Australia’s ‘Opera On The Beach’; Love And Information and Calpurnia Descending for Malthouse Theatre; Opening 14

Night, Fangirls, A Room Of One’s Own and Hedda Gabler for Belvoir St Theatre; L’amant Jaloux and Griselda for Pinchgut Opera; and Sydney Theatre Company’s Blithe Spirit, Death of A Salesman, Playing Beatie Bow, The Deep Blue Sea, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Harp In The South, Saint Joan, Top Girls, Chimerica, Australian Graffiti, Speed The Plow, Powerplays, The Golden Age, Boys Will Be Boys, Children of the Sun, Mojo, Travelling North, Machinal, Romeo and Juliet, Fury, Little Mercy, Under Milk Wood and Marriage Blanc. David is currently designing a work for Queensland Ballet.

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Dancers

Tamara Bouman Born in Sydney on Gadigal Land, Tamara started her dance training at the age of three with the Northern Beaches Dance Academy. She trained at various schools including Warringah Performing Arts, The Village Performing Arts and Brent Street, alongside classical training at Tanya Pearson’s Classical Coaching Academy. In 2019 Tamara graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance). Tamara made her professional debut in Colossus with the Stephanie Lake Company (2018-2020) and has since performed and worked with various independent artists and companies in the realms of contemporary dance, contemporary circus, children’s educational dance performances and physical theatre. Tamara joined Sydney Dance Company in May 2022 and will make her debut with the Company for their national tour of Rafael Bonachela’s Impermanence in June. Davide Di Giovanni Davide started his dance life at the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan when he was 15. He then received a full scholarship to study at the renowned ballet school Balletto Di Toscana, joining the junior company at 17. After three years with the Balletto Di Toscano, Davide joined Balletto dell’Esperia in Turin, where he met Jacopo Godani, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano and William Forsythe. He then moved to Munich at 23, where he had the chance to work for the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz with choreographers Marco Göcke, Alexander Ekman and Jø Strømgren. He danced One Flat Thing, reproduced by William Forsythe, and worked on new creations with Christopher Roman, Nanin Linning, Georg Reischl and Jacopo Godani. Davide joined Sydney Dance Company in 2017.

Dean Elliott Dean began his dance training in Auckland, New Zealand at age 17. In 2018, he graduated from Ev and Bow Full-time Dance Training Centre in Sydney. During his time there, he worked with many Australian dance professionals and performed in works by choreographers Larissa McGowan, Anton, Robbie Curtis and Adam Blanch. In 2018, Dean appeared as a special guest artist in the Sydney City Youth Ballet’s Australian Tour of Together Live, performing in Lucas Jervies’ PowerHouse. Dean played the role of Young Brett Whitely in Theatre of Image’s Brett and Wendy… A Love Story Bound by Art directed by Kim Carpenter and choreographed by Lucas Jervies. Dean joined Sydney Dance Company in 2019. Jackson Fisch Born in Melbourne, Jackson began his formal dance training at The Australian Ballet School at the age of ten. Graduating in 2016, he then joined Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures for the World Premier Tour of The Red Shoes. Jackson continued to work with New Adventures performing in Cinderella, where he made his Principal debut as The Angel. He then went on to be a part of the original cast of Romeo and Juliet, helping create and perform roles including Romeo. Jackson has performed in major theatres throughout USA, Asia, and the UK, including Sadler’s Wells in London and at the New York City Centre on Broadway. After graduating from Sydney Dance Company’s PreProfessional Year in 2021, Jackon joined the Company later that year.

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Jacopo Grabar Italian born Jacopo trained at Ateneo della Danza in Siena. In 2012 he joined Balletto di Siena as an apprentice and graduated to full time dancer in season 2013 –14. Jacopo received his American Ballet Theatre NTC diploma in 2013, before joining Baltic Dance Theatre (Gdańsk, Poland) the following year where he worked with choreographers including Jiří Kylián, Patrick Delcroix and the director, Izadora Weiss. In 2015 he joined ImPerfect Dancers Company (Pisa, Italy), directed by Walter Matteini and Ina Broeckx and in August 2016 joined Ballet des Stadttheater Bremerhaven, under the direction of Sergei Vanaev, where he worked with Itzik Galili and Ed Wubbe. Jacopo joined Sydney Dance Company in August 2018. Liam Green Having grown up in Perth, Liam trained with a range of local schools, including Dynamic Performing Arts and The Graduate College of Dance. At 15, Liam was accepted into the Advanced Diploma of Dance at WAAPA, the youngest to enter the program. Liam worked with the West Australian Ballet for five years, ending his time at the Company as a DemiSoloist, before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2019. Liam’s repertoire is expansive and diverse, including works such as Radio and Juliet by Edward Clug, In Transit by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and WOOF by Melanie Lane. Liam has also completed a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Finance and Economics, at The University of Western Australia.

Luke Hayward Luke was born in Alice Springs and received his early training at Central Dance Theatre and Alice Springs Gymnastics before moving to Sydney to train at Tanya Pearson’s Classical Coaching Academy and Studio Tibor. He then furthered his studies in Germany by completing a Bachelor of Dance at Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden. While there, Luke interned at Yuval Pick’s National Choreographic Center De Rillieux-la-Pape and Elena Tupyseva’s Balet Moskva. Upon graduating with Honours, he received the Ingrid-Biedenkopf-Stipendium and accepted a contract with Theater Balet Moskva in Moscow, where he joined their Ballet troupe and Contemporary troupe as a Soloist for the 2016/17 Season. Luke joined Sydney Dance Company in 2019 and has worked with an extensive array of choreographers including Rafael Bonachela, Gabrielle Nankivell, Melanie Lane, Gideon Obarzanek and Ohad Naharin. Morgan Hurrell Born and raised in Mudgee NSW, Morgan began her early training at age 2 and attended Dance Unlimited until 2019. Focusing on her passion for contemporary dance, at age 17 Morgan had numerous offers for full-time placements. She accepted an offer to attend National College of Dance in Newcastle where she completed her Diploma of Dance. In 2021 Morgan moved to Sydney to study an Advanced Diploma of Dance with Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year. She joined Sydney Dance Company as a Trainee at the end of 2021, supported by The Wales Family, and her first onstage performance with the Company was in Jacopo Grabar’s work Stereotipo for New Breed 2021.

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Sophie Jones Sophie grew up in Angourie NSW and trained with Adele Lewis School of Dance. At the age of 14 she moved to Burleigh Heads, Queensland to begin full time ballet training and further her studies with Prudence Bowen Atelier. After extensive years of training she received a traineeship with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago where she worked with numerous choreographers and performed Etudes by Harald Lander, and George Balanchine’s Serenade. After discovering an interest in contemporary dance, Sophie completed her diploma and advanced diploma with Sydney Dance Company’s Pre Professional Year in 2020 and 2021. During this time she had the opportunity to perform works by Holly Doyle, Omer Backley-Astrachan, Jessica Goodfellow and Rafael Bonachela. Sophie joined Sydney Dance Company as a Trainee in January 2022, supported by the David and Fee Hancock Foundation. Dimitri Kleioris Dimitri is a graduate of The Australian Ballet School. He has performed leading roles internationally including on Broadway in An American In Paris, Opera Australia’s Death in Venice and The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. He particularly enjoys the process of creation and has worked with the likes of Meryl Tankard, Javier de Frutos, Christopher Wheeldon and with Robert Wilson at the Watermill Centre. Dimitri has performed in various film and television shows including Flesh and Bone, on which he was a series regular. Dimitri joined Sydney Dance Company in 2019.

Rhys Kosakowski Rhys Kosakowski, a classical ballet and contemporary dancer originally from Newcastle, strives to embrace his creativity through the art of rhythm and dance. Rhys’ passion for movement has propelled him to success; he performed with Houston Ballet Company for 6 years as a Corps de Ballet dancer and played Billy in Billy Elliot The Musical (Australia 2007) as one of the original four Billys. After slowly building a following in the dance industry, Rhys entered the fashion industry and has shot with globally known photographers whilst also collaborating with artists and videographers. Rhys is passionate about combining the qualities of fashion and artistry with the movement of dancing. Rhys joined Sydney Dance Company in 2020. Chloe Leong Chloe started dancing at the age of six at Sydney’s Brent Street studios, and later studied at Lindfield’s Ecole Ballet and Dance Theatre. In 2010 she completed three years training at London’s Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Chloe moved to Barcelona in 2012 to join the junior contemporary company IT Dansa under the direction of Catherine Allard. During her two years with the Company she performed works by Rafael Bonachela, Alexander Ekman, Ohad Naharin and Sidi Labi Cherkaoui. Chloe joined Sydney Dance Company in 2015. She won the 2015 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’ for her performance in William Forsythe’s Quintett. Chloe made her choreographic debut in New Breed 2020 with her piece Nostalgia.

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Jesse Scales Born in Hobart, Jesse is from Adelaide where they trained with Terry Simpson and received the RAD Solo Seal. They received full scholarships to study with Complexions Contemporary Ballet in New York and Nederlands Dans Theatre in The Hague and went on to major in classical ballet at the New Zealand School of Dance. Since joining Sydney Dance Company in 2012, Jesse performed a feature role in the Australian premiere of William Forsythe’s Quintett for which they were awarded the 2015 Green Room Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’ and a nomination for the 2015 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’. Jesse made their choreographic debut in Sydney Dance Company’s 2016 New Breed season, and choreographed Inertia in New Breed 2020. In 2017, the Dance Australia Critics’ Choice Survey named Jesse as ‘Most Outstanding Dancer’. Emily Seymour Sydney born, Emily Seymour began her training in all styles of dance at All Starz Performing Arts Studio and later studied full-time ballet at Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy. In 2016, Emily was a member of Houston Ballet II for two years, following a year as an Apprentice with Houston Ballet Company. While in Houston, Emily performed in works by Stanton Welch, Alexander Ekman, John Neumeier, George Balanchine and many more. Emily joined West Australian Ballet as a Young Artist for one year before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2018. Emily’s first performance with the Company was at the Théâtre National De Chaillot in Paris, followed by Sydney Dance Company’s European Spring Tour. Since joining the Company, Emily has performed in Rafael Bonachela’s ab [intra], Frame of Mind and Lux Tenebris; Melanie Lane’s WOOF; and Gabrielle Nankivell’s Wildebeest and Neon Aether. 21

Kai Taberner Kai Taberner is an emerging contemporary movement artist and choreographer. Originally from Sydney, Kai Taberner acquired an interest in ballet and contemporary dance at the age of 12, training with the Valerie Jenkins Academy of Ballet and the NSW public schools dance ensembles. In 2021, Kai graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance Performance) from QUT in Brisbane. Kai has performed both nationally and internationally and made his choreographic debut at NIDA in 2019 with Axis Trajected. Using his multidisciplinary skills, Kai has performed for a range of Company’s in various styles, including Oblaat for Supercell: Festival of Contemporary Dance in Brisbane (2020), Leviathan with Circa Contemporary Circus (2020), The Australian Ballet premiere of The Creatures of Prometheus by Jayden Grogan (2021), Cirque Bon Bon at Brisbane Powerhouse (2021), and lndependance with Phluxus2Dance Collective (2020 and 2021). Kai joined Sydney Dance Company in 2022 and ab [intra] will be his performance debut with the Company. Mia Thompson Mia was born in Queensland and started her dance training at the age of four with the Yvonne Brittain Dance Academy. She went on to join Queensland Ballet’s Pre-Professional Year in 2010 where she performed alongside the Company in many productions. In 2011 Mia joined West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). After completing two years at WAAPA, Mia accepted a job with Queensland Ballet under the directorship of Li Cunxin. After three years with the Queensland Ballet, Mia joined Scottish Ballet as an artist in 2016 and was promoted to First Artist in 2018. Her highlights include the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Peter Darrell’s The Nutcracker. Mia joined Sydney Dance Company in January 2019. #2022SDC

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Coco Wood Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Coco started training at the Kerry Moore School of Ballet. In 2015 she was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School in Melbourne where she spent 4 years. While at VCASS she performed in many works, notably Tim Harbour’s contemporary work Romeo and Juliet and Jonathon Taylor’s Summer’s End. At the end of her schooling, Coco was accepted into third year of the Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London. In 2020, Coco was accepted into Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year program, where she engaged in works by Holly Doyle, Jessica Goodfellow, Omer Backley-Astrachan and Rafael Bonachela. In 2021, Coco performed in Rhiannon Newton’s The Gift of a Warning for New Breed and joined Sydney Dance Company as a Trainee in 2022, supported by The Wales Family. Chloe Young Chloe graduated from Queensland National Ballet’s Advanced Diploma in Elite Performance in 2016. Chloe performed with Queensland National Ballet School as Alice in Alice in Wonderland, a soloist in Mulan, and Phyrgia in Spartacus, as well as a special guest at the Alana Haines Australian Awards (2017) and the Press Freedom Dinner (2017). In 2017, Chloe graduated from Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year and joined the Company as Trainee in 2018. Chloe’s first onstage performance with the Company was in Rafael Bonachela’s award winning works Frame Of Mind and Lux Tenebris during the Company’s South America Tour to Chile and Colombia in 2018. She has since performed in Rafael Bonachela’s Cinco, ab [intra] and Impermanence, as well as Gabrielle Nankivell’s Wildebeest, Antony Hamilton’s Forever and Ever and Melanie Lane’s WOOF. 22

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Richard Cilli Richard Cilli, Rehearsal Director Born in Boorloo (Perth), Richard Cilli trained at WAAPA and Taipei National University of the Arts before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2009. His international performing career has seen him work with a range of choreographers including Rafael Bonachela, Lloyd Newson, Stephanie Lake, Anouk van Dijk, Jacopo Godani, Lucy Guerin, Gideon Obarzanek, Alexander Ekman, Adam Linder, Emanuel Gat and Kenneth Kvarnström, Richard has danced with Sydney Dance Company, Rambert, Chunky Move, Australasian Dance Collective, Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc. and K.Kvarnström & Co (Sweden). In 2010 he was awarded the Helpmann for best male dancer for his performance in Rafael Bonachela’s we unfold, and in 2012 won the Australian Ballet’s 50th Anniversary Ballet Competition. As a choreographer he has created work for Sydney Dance Company, The Australian Ballet, Pre-Professional Year, LINK Dance Company and WAAPA, as well as various independently produced works. A certified Countertechnique teacher, Richard has taught at institutions around Australia and the world, including the 2019 One Body, One Career intensive in Montreal, Canada. Richard assumed the role of Rehearsal Director at Sydney Dance Company in 2021, since which he has worked on Impermanence national tour, Bonachela’s dance film Years, New Breed 2021, Ohad Naharin’s Decadance, and the French tour of ab [intra].

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Charmene Yap & Juliette Barton company’s artistic and education departments. Charmene also continues to perform and develop her choreographic practice.

Charmene Yap, Rehearsal Associate Charmene Yap is a multi-award-winning dancer, rehearsal director and choreographer. She is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and Purchase College New York. In her early career, Charmene was a recipient of an Australian Council Skills and Development Grant and nominee of the prestigious Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative Award. Prior to her decade of performing with Sydney Dance Company, Charmene danced for companies Chunky Move, Tasdance, Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc., Armitage Gone! Dance Company and worked with numerous choreographers including Tanja Liedtke and Antony Hamilton. She has featured in films including Think Of Yourself As Plural by David Rosetzky, Del Kathryn Barton’s Red, and Katie Noonan’s music video Quicksand. Charmene joined Sydney Dance Company as a dancer in 2010, performing the majority of works by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela, and other Australian and international choreographers including William Forsythe, Alexander Ekman and Stephanie Lake. She has won numerous awards including the Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer in 2012, the Australian Dance Award in 2013 for 2 One Another, and the Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer in 2014 for 2 in D Minor. Charmene has choreographed works performed by Sydney Dance Company and Co3 Company in Perth and more recently was Assistant Choreographer for Gideon Obarzanek’s Us 50 which celebrated Sydney Dance Company’s 50th Anniversary. In September 2019, Charmene commenced her role as Sydney Dance Company’s inaugural Rehearsal Associate, supported by the Nelson Meers Foundation and Sydney Dance Company’s Dancers’ Circle, working with the 24

Juliette Barton, Rehearsal Associate (Parental Leave Cover) Juliette Barton is an industry specialist in contemporary dance and related physical practices. With a performance career spanning over 20 years, she has worked with an extensive array of choreographers including Rafael Bonachela, Alexander Ekman, Jacopo Godani, Emanuel Gat, Russell Maliphant, Andonis Foniadakis, Gideon Obarzanek, Gabrielle Nankivell, Adam Linder and Kenneth Kvarnström. Throughout her career, Juliette has performed to critical acclaim across Australia and the globe including in New York, London, Germany, France, Russia, China, Korea, Columbia, Brazil, and Chile. As a choreographer, Juliette has created solo works for Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed 2014 season, and the Art Gallery NSW Archie Plus program in 2020. As a contemporary dance teacher and coach, Juliette has taught extensively across Australia to professional companies including Sydney Dance Company, Chunky Move and Bangarra Dance Theatre as well as high calibre training institutions including WAAPA, VCA, Transit Dance, National College of Dance, and across all of Sydney Dance Company’s preprofessional training programs including the Pre-Professional Year, Professional Intensives, Youth Ensemble and Sydney Dance Company’s public dance program. Most recently Juliette acted in the role of Rehearsal Associate (parental cover) at Sydney Dance Company during the Company’s rehearsal and performance of Ohad Naharin’s Decadance and is currently in the role of Training Associate, supported by Tim Fairfax AC, facilitating and overseeing the training of the Pre-Professional Year dancers. Juliette holds a Bachelor of Arts (Dance) from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

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Holly Doyle

Holly Doyle, Rehearsal Associate (Parental Leave Cover) Holly was born in Sydney Australia and has been dancing, teaching and choreographing professionally in the arts industry for 10 years.

Recently, Holly has choreographed and done movement direction for the Medibank Live Better campaign, the David Jones Christmas commercial and Sony Pictures feature film Carmen.

Holly studied dance at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and joined Sydney Dance Company in 2013. Holly remained with the Company for seven years under the direction of Rafael Bonachela, during which time she toured extensively both nationally and internationally to Paris, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Austria, Poland, China (Shanghai & Hong Kong), New York, Boston, South America and to all Australian states and territories.

Holly is currently studying a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney.

Holly has had the pleasure of working with world renowned choreographers such as Rafael Bonachela, Jacopo Godani, Alexander Ekman, Gideon Obarzanek, Andonis Foniadakis, Cheng Tsung-lung, Antony Hamilton, Melanie Lane and Ohad Naharin (Decadance 2022). As a choreographer, Holly has created a work for Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed season in 2018, a piece for Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year in 2020 and contemporary works for Brent St, Ev&Bow and Newtown High School graduation shows. As a contemporary teacher, Holly works across all Sydney Dance Company platforms, including the professional Company, Pre-Professional Year and Youth Intensive programs. Holly also teaches at Bangarra Dance Theatre and mentors for various other full-time training programs across Sydney.

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Brett Clegg (Chair) David Baxby Jillian Broadbent AC David Friedlander Emma Gray Alexa Haslingden Mark Hassell Catriona Mordant AM Sandra McCullagh Emma-Jane Newton (Deputy Chair) Paris Neilson

Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela

Customer Service Manager Michael Sieders

Executive Director Lou Oppenheim

Customer Service Assistant Kimberley Brewster

Deputy Executive Director Caroline Spence

Head of Training Linda Gamblin

Executive Assistant Andy Grant

Pre-Professional Year Course Coordinator Omer Backley-Astrachan

Patron Dame Darcey Bussell DBE

Producer Dominic Chang

Training Associate Juliette Barton

Founding Patron Dancers’ Circle Julian Knights AO

Programming Coordinator Kerry Thampapillai Jacob Williams

Learning Manager Sam Dashwood

Ambassadors Judy Crawford Bee Wood Jules Maxwell

Chief Financial Officer Sean Radcliffe

Dance Noir Committee Co-Chairs: Mandy Foley Peter Reeve Committee: Sally Burleigh, Hilary Burton, Jane Clifford, Debbie Coffey, Georgie Fergusson, Alexa Haslingden, Anna Houssels, Tina Johnson, Jan Logan, Jane McCallum, Stephen Thatcher, Christina Voitenko, Michelle Walsh, Judi Wolf.

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Accountant Melissa Sim Payroll Assistant Carina Mision Head of Open Programs Polly Brett Lachlan Bell (Parental Leave Cover)

Dance Class Manager Ramon Doringo

Learning Coordinator Alys Gwillim Head of Philanthropy Michelle Boyle Philanthropy Manager Madeleine White Philanthropy Coordinator Anya Platoskina External Affairs Assistant Amy Burrows Corporate Partnerships Manager Marcus Hurley

Conditioning Studio Manager Felicity McGee

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The Company Events and Venue Hire Manager Sandra Di Palma Head of CRM and Business Intelligence Heath Wilder Ticketing Specialist John Calvi

Rehearsal Director Richard Cilli Rehearsal Associate Charmene Yap Juliette Barton

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Holly Doyle

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Technical Director Guy Harding

Dancers Tamara Bouman Davide Di Giovanni Dean Elliott Jackson Fisch Jacopo Grabar Liam Green Luke Hayward Morgan Hurrell Sophie Jones Dimitri Kleioris Rhys Kosakowski Chloe Leong Jesse Scales Emily Seymour Kai Taberner Mia Thompson Chloe Young Coco Wood

Stage Manager Simon Turner

Head Physiotherapist Ashlea-Mary Cohen

Production Coordinator Tony McCoy

Company Doctor Dr. Michael Berger

Head of Wardrobe Annie Robinson

Sports Doctor Dr. James Lawrence

Venue Operations Manager Kate Hamilton

Company Teachers Emily Amisano Holly Doyle Cathie Goss Iohna Mercer

Marketing, Communications and Partnerships Director Priscilla Hunt Senior Marketing Coordinator Natalie Zagaglia Marketing Coordinator Adrienne Salmon Publicity Manager Alexandra Barlow Resident Multimedia Artist Pedro Greig

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Our Partners We would like to thank all our Partners, both acknowledged and anonymous, for their generous support. Our Partners make it possible for us to create and present new work, inspire future generations of dancers and audiences, extend our reach and plan for the future. We couldn’t do it without you! If you would like more information about joining our family, please contact our Philanthropy Team on 02 9258 4882 or email philanthropy@ sydneydancecompany.com. Platinum Partners A special thank you to our Platinum Partners for their enduring commitment and passion for Sydney Dance Company. Robert Albert AO & Elizabeth Albert The Balnaves Foundation Jane & Andrew Clifford Crown Resorts Foundation Julian Knights AO & Lizanne Knights Jules Maxwell Andrew Messenger Naomi Milgrom AC Naomi Milgrom Foundation The Neilson Foundation Judith Neilson AM Packer Family Foundation Gretel Packer AM Thyne Reid Foundation The Wales Family Foundation Carla Zampatti Foundation Mary Zuber

Take A Step & Take A Seat Campaigns The next step has been taken and our home has been transformed, ready to welcome the next generation of dancers. We would like to thank everyone, both acknowledged and anonymous, for their visionary support of our Take A Step and Take A Seat Campaigns. They have enabled the transformation of our physical space and underpinned our creativity for decades to come. Take a Step NSW Government The Neilson Foundation The Wales Family Jane & Andrew Clifford Catriona Mordant AM & Simon Mordant AO The late Carla Zampatti AC Julian Knights AO & Lizanne Knights Brett Clegg & Annabel Hepworth Pam & Doug Bartlett Kiera Grant & Mark Tallis The Alexandra & Lloyd Martin Family Foundation Karen Moses Emma-Jane Newton & Chris Paxton Thyne Reid Foundation Mary Zuber Paul Brady & Christine Yip Cullman Family Fund Jane & Richard Freudenstein Mark Hassell

The late Carina Martin In memory of Nora McCullagh David Mathlin Ezekiel Solomon AM Judi Wolf & Alden Toevs Rafael Bonachela & Joe Lawler Michelle & Logan Boyle Jillian Broadbent AC & Olev Rahn Peter & Liz Brownie Tony Burke & the late Janice Burke Benjamin Cisterne Debbie Coffey Alexandra Considine Jade & Richard Coppleson Chum Darvall AM Anne Dunn & Patricia Buick Donna & Carl Jackson Tina & Mark Johnson Longreach Ownership Trust Michael Lynch & the late Chrissy Sharp Macquarie Group Foundation Rohan Morris Lizzi Nicoll Margaret Payn Nick Read Peter Reeve & Jaycen Fletcher Leslie Stern Victoria Taylor Susan Wynne Take a Seat Andy Grant Robert & Libby Albert David & Selina Baxby Jillian Broadbent AC Livinia Clegg Janine Collins Desmon Du Plessis & David Jonas Anne Dunn & Patricia Buick Deborah & David Friedlander Margaret Gibbs Poppy Mallett In memory of Nola McCullagh

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Karen Moses Paris Neilson & Todd Buncombe India Neville Lizzi Nicoll Emma-Jane Newton & Chris Paxton Tim Rahn Nick Read Victoria & Peter Shorthouse Catherine Smithson Ruth & Bruce Smithson Noel Staunton Dancers’ Circle To celebrate our milestone 50th anniversary in 2019, we proudly launched the Dancers’ Circle, which directly supports the growth and development of our ensemble of dancers. Patron: Julian Knights AO Kyril Agnew Hayley & James Baillie Paul Brady & Christine Yip Tony Burke & the late Janice Burke Brett Clegg & Annabel Hepworth Manuela Darling David & Deborah Friedlander Margaret Gibbs Emma & Andrew Gray The Hansen Family Julian Knights AO & Lizanne Knights In memory of Nola McCullagh Roslyn Packer AC Lorraine Tarabay & Nick Langley Rachel & Neil Sinden Pip & Dick Smith Foundation Mary Zuber

Carla Zampatti Commissioning Fund 2022 With visionary support from the Carla Zampatti Foundation Pam & Doug Bartlett, David & Selina Baxby, Black Diamondz Property Concierge, Paul Brady & Christine Yip, Jillian Broadbent AC & Olev Rahn, Cullman Family Fund, Belinda Gibson, Kiera Grant & Mark Tallis, Kathryn Greiner AO, John Head, Linda Herd, Dr Kenneth Howison, John Griffiths & Beth Jackson, Alicia K Kemp, Jules Maxwell, In memory of Nola McCullagh, Beau Neilson, Paris Neilson & Todd Buncombe Rebel Penfold-Russell & Ian Low, Matt Shelmerdine, Ezekiel Solomon AM, Leslie Stern. Touring Fund 2022 John Barrer, Jane Bridge & Michael Lambert, Susie Dickson & the late Martin Dickson AM, Ian Galloway & Linda Treadwell, Bunny Gardiner-Hill, Girgensohn Foundation, Rick Gove, Emma & Andrew Gray, Kathryn Greiner AO David Jonas & Desmon Du Plessis, Elias & Jana Juanas, Helen & Vaughn Jurisich, Matt Shelmerdine, Catherine Smithson, Victoria Taylor, Sean & Sylvia Tooth, Kathy White, Barbara Wilby & Christopher Joyce. 2022 Company Traineeships David and Fee Hancock Foundation The Wales Family Foundation 2022 Pre-Professional Year Doug Hall Foundation Scholarship The Wales Family Scholarships Mary Zuber Scholarship The Hephzibah Artist Development Program

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Annual Partner Program* Performance Partners $20,000+ Jillian Broadbent AC & Olev Rahn Cullman Family Fund Tim Fairfax AC Andrew & Emma Gray Susan Maple-Brown AM & the late Robert MapleBrown AO Emma-Jane Newton & Chris Paxton Studio Partners $10,000+ Pam & Doug Bartlett David & Selina Baxby Aniek Baten Paul Brady & Christine Yip Black Diamondz Property Concierge Hilary Burton & Craig Goodman Brett Clegg & Annabel Hepworth Susie Dickson & the late Martin Dickson AM Georgie & Guy Fergusson Ian Galloway & Linda Treadwell Girgensohn Foundation Rick Gove Kiera Grant & Mark Tallis Kathryn Greiner AO John Griffiths & Beth Jackson John Kaldor AO In memory of Nola McCullagh Beau Neilson Paris Neilson & Todd Buncombe Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM & Ian Low Kellie & Warryn Robertson Matt Shelmerdine Catherine Smithson Bianca Spender & Sam McGuiness Leslie Stern Alenka Tindale Barbara Wilby & Christopher Joyce Dance Partners $5,000+ Arab Bank Australia John Barrer The Berg Family Foundation Jane Bridge Andrew Cameron AM & Cathy Cameron

Helen Eager & Christopher Hodges James & Jacqui Erskine Kay Freedman & the late Ian Wallace John Head Linda Herd Fraser Hopkins Belinda Gibson David Mathlin & Camilla Drover Paris Neilson & Todd Buncombe peckvonhartel architects Sarah Rennie The Rossi Foundation Penelope Seidler AM Ezekiel Solomon AM Victoria Taylor Adam Worling Public Relations Kathy White Dance Partners $2,000+ Michael Adena & Joanne Daly Paul Bedbrook Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM & Angela Belgiorno-Zegna Phillip & Catherine Brenner Anne Dunn & Patricia Buick Helen Forrester Bradford Gorman & Dean Fontana Cheryl Hatch Charles, Joey and Sarah Hue-Williams Family Allen Iu & Bernadette Walker Gabrielle Iwanow Tina & Mark Johnson David Jonas & Desmon Du Plessis Les Kennedy Susie Manfred & Hunter McPherson Connie Mckeage Karen Moses Louise Olsen & Stephen Ormandy Matina Papathanasiou Dr Natalie E Pelham & Prof Carol Mills Susan Perrin-Kirby Peter Reeve & Jaycen Fletcher Bernard Ryan & Michael Rowe CA Scala & DB Studdy Cheryl M Spoor David Wayne Ray Wilson OAM

Bequests The Estate of C.R. Adamson The Estate of Patricia Cameron-Stewart The Estate of Janet Fischer The Estate of Patricia Leehy The Estate of Carina Martin The Estate of Lorelle Thomson The Estate of Peggy Watson (Raczkowska) Rehearsal Partners $1,000 Janet Abernethy & Richard Willis Lenore Adamson & the late Ross Adamson Samantha Bartlett Mario Biancacci Ben Brady & Valerie Norman Jacqui Burton Challis & Company Rob Coombe Dr Michelle Deaker Susanne de Ferranti Tanya Diesel Annalise Fairfax Steve & Emma Fouracre Ryan Gollan Kerry Gardner AM Amber Gooley Hen Halmans Ben Harlow Dr Joseph Hkeik Graham & Judy Hubbard Lynton Jamieson Elias & Jana Juanas Virginia Judge Vaughn & Helen Jurisich Alicia K Kemp Elizabeth Laverty Marina & Richard Leong Tanja Liedtke Endowment Royston Lim Patricia McCauley Peter McGee Greeba Pritchard Mary Read Jenny Rigg Dominique Robinson Bernard Rowley James Sharp & Karl May Dr Brindha Shivalingam Jann Skinner Stedmans Stuart Thomas Mike Thompson Sylvia Tooth John & Gay Woods

Ensemble Partners $250+ Andre & Daphne Lillian & Peter Armitage Dr Cynthia a Beckett & Gordon Smith Susie & Martin Beaver Melinda Best Matthew J.C. Blampey Sarah Brasch Alicia Brown Stephen Chase & Colette Baini Margaret Davies Max Dingle OAM Vanessa Disney David Emery & Eric Hudson Bahar Etminan Michelle Filler Jodi Gallagher, Andrea McEwan & Tarryn Handcock Anna & Richard Green Geoff Greenwell Josie Gurney Danielle Herman Kaye Hocking Nabeel & Marian Ibrahim Aleksandra Jaksic Josephine Key & Ian Breden Robert Kidd Judi LeVine Doreen & Phillip Marsh Sharyn Minahan The Murphy Family Marion Pascoe Clive Parsons & Sharon Ditmarsch Catherine Parr & Paul Hattaway Lidia Perri Jodi Pettersen Michael & Vivienne Pusey Kate Richardson & Chris Marrable Wouter Roesems Mark & Jennifer Royle Marika Ruhala Norman R Scott Adrian Sironic Agnes Sinclair Caroline Spence Stedmans Christine Thomson David Thomson OAM Anne Whitehead Di Yeldham Alan & Flavia Young Silke & Christian Zentner * Acknowledged for 12 months from gift date

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Sydney Dance Company is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

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In 2022, Cartier announced Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, Rafael Bonachela, as a new Friend of the Maison.

The announcement was made on the occasion of Cartier’s High Jewellery Gala in Australia, in which Bonachela choreographed an exclusive duet – performed by Sydney Dance Company – to celebrate the powerful emotion of Cartier’s High Jewellery creations. As a Friend of the Maison, Bonachela will continue collaborate with Cartier on various events and performances. “We are delighted to announce our partnership with Rafael,” said Alban du Mesnil, Managing Director of Cartier Oceania. “As a man of passion, open-mindedness and creativity, Rafael’s bold approach to life – conveyed through his professional choices as Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, and his free-spirited style – is intrinsically aligned with Cartier’s core values.” Rafael Bonachela said, “Fostering artistic expression is at the core of Cartier’s commitments. It is extremely important to me to be aligned with a Maison that has this focus at the centre of everything that they do. As a choreographer my goal is to inspire, uplift and move audiences with the power and beauty of dance - Cartier shares these same values when it comes to their rich history and iconic creations.” Sydney Dance Company welcomes Cartier as Major Partner and Artistic Director Partner. Together, they look forward to a vibrant future of collaboration, celebrating art and beauty wherever it may lie.

Board of Directors Ian Narev (Chair) Ann Johnson (Deputy Chair) Board of Directors Anita Belgiorno-Nettis AM Ian Narev (Chair) DavidJohnson Craig (Deputy Chair) Ann Patrick McIntyre Anita Belgiorno-Nettis AM Heather Mitchell AM David Craig GretelDunn Packer AM Anne Mark Scott AO AM Heather Mitchell AnnettePacker Shun AM Wah Gretel Michael Triguboff Mark Scott AO Kip Williams Annette Shun Wah Michael Triguboff Kip Williams

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