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HOLDEN STREET THEATRES – THE STUDIO

10th Mar - 1pm & 6pm

11th Mar – 6pm

Tickets $8 - $15

Adelaide Fringe 2012 - Melbourne Dance Theatre’s return to Adelaide

Following the debut & successes at the 2010 & 2011 Adelaide Fringes, Melbourne Dance Theatre is proud to announce its return to Adelaide in 2012 with another exceptional work: ‘Angels’ Eyes’. This newly created work is best described as a visually intriguing, moving and captivating painting of unique woven movement that entices and challenges audiences. The Melbourne Dance Theatre opens at the “Holden Street Theatres – The Studio” for a short yet memorable three day season – 9th, 10th & 11th March 2012.

With ‘Angels’ Eyes’, choreographers Martin & Michelle Sierra have assembled a diverse cast of performing artists that embrace a choreography rich with virtue, sensibility, grace, intrigue and challenge and spoken in a language of skilled aerial partnering, expressionism and a fusion of contemporary dance disciplines. Melbourne Dance Theatre’s performance of 'Angels’ Eyes' is an innovative new work produced especially for the Adelaide Fringe Festival. 'Angels' Eyes’ takes you on a journey to explore the world we live in through the beautiful eyes of children with autism whose outlook on life is pure, coated in sweet innocence, embraces simplicity and inspires profound inner joy and happiness. This work promises a profound experience that is deeply moving, impacting and visually inspiring.

This fresh vibrant choreography is an innovative new work spoken in a language of neo-expressionism and a fusion of diverse contemporary dance disciplines. Influenced by the German Expressionist Dance background - ‘Ausdrucktanz’ mixed with intricate partnering, fluid classical ballet and contemporary dance fusion, the Melbourne Dance Theatre produces a unique contemporary trade brand self named as the ’21st Century Dance of Expression’.

The Adelaide Fringe Festival 2012 represents a large skew of interest in the performing arts. With each year’s growing audiences and artists’ participation, the festival offers the perfect soil to grow interest on Melbourne Dance Theatre’s unique style. Melbourne Dance Theatre aspires to respond to the interest shown by Adelaide Fringe audiences – by offering a range of unique contemporary performances.

Directors of the Melbourne Dance Theatre, Martin & Michelle Sierra, from Melbourne, have traversed the globe to master the art of dance, working alongside some of Europe’s leading dancers in Russia, Berlin, Austria and Germany, with a wealth of training and experience between them. Now based in Melbourne and in addition to MDT Company, their dance school, “Melbourne Dance Theatre – School of Excellence”, offers full time accredited dance training for Diplomas in Dance, Advanced Diplomas, and Certificate courses.

“ANGELS’ EYES” will be presented on Friday 9th & Saturday 10th of March at 7:30pm and Sunday 11th of March at 2:30pm at: Holden Street Theatres – The Studio

Melbourne Dance Theatre was formed in May 2003. The company was birthed out of a passion to create works that captivate and challenge, inspire and stimulate audiences. We seek to be at the forefront of dance, creatively pushing the constrains of our art form, however in this pursuit never compromising the essence what dance is. Our desire is to be seen, to endue audiences of all ages and across cultures, presenting our works for audiences in locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. While our dancers are united a strong classical ballet background, choreographically we allude to a myriad of disciplines, drawing on the dancers great versatility of skills. As we employ hints of acrobatics, prose and voice to the indefinable gamete of dance forms, an entirely unique form is fused. Thus we are not purely a dance company, but a Dance Theatre, a collaboration of art forms and an exciting union of skills.

MDT is one of Melbourne’s very own fast rising dance company’s featuring and supporting our very own talented artists direct from the heart of Melbourne and nationally across Australia. Our choreographies are unique in style incorporating contemporary ballet and theatre.

Melbourne Dance Theatre Inc. - a non profit organisation, has achieved much over the past years including a successful overseas dance tour to Eastern Europe by invitation to perform in a number of festivals throughout July and August of 2008 with invitation to return. MDT operates continuously throughout the year, performing a number of various works and covering a vast range of performance opportunities including: festivals, shows, small and large productions, charities, commercial events and performances & workshops for primary and secondary schools.

We endeavour to offer a rich variety of affordable dance and theatre at the highest level to our public through our unique contemporary ballet style under the expertise of MDT Directors which counts for over 20 years professional industry experience worldwide. Melbourne Dance Theatre is currently based at 360 Main Road, Lower Plenty, Victoria.

Martin Sierra

Director, Choreographer and Teacher Melbourne Dance Theatre

Martin is a growing authority in Australia’s dance industry. His pioneering choreographic brilliance embraces a blend of European artistry and Australian innovation. Martin learned his craft, as both choreographer and instructor from leading exponents of the Russian Vaganova method and received his own training at the world class State Ballet School of Berlin. His corrections and technical mastery have resulted in the transformation of willing student dancers into highly proficient professionals. Martin’s unbridled creative talent is backed by a Master of Arts in Dance Studies from the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London. His majors were in Choreography, Visual Design and Choreological studies.

Apart from working alongside some of Europe’s leading dancers, including principal artists from the Royal Ballet, Martin has an impressive resume: Soloist Saarlandisches Staatstheater Saarbrucken, Germany; Soloist Komische Oper, Germany; Director, Martin Sierra Dance Company, Germany; Soloist, Compania Nacional de Danza, Mexico; Founder and Director, Melbourne Dance Theatre and MDT Performing Arts Courses.

Michelle Cassar de Sierra

Michelle Cassar de Sierra is Director of the Melbourne Dance Theatre Full Time School, and Assistant Director Melbourne Dance Theatre, Choreographer and Teacher. Michelle has a widely recognised gift for crafting choreography that infuses the most loved classical ballets with a creative freshness and flair that accentuates the beauty of the original masterpiece. This unique ability to balance the tension between innovation and tradition has earned Michelle wide respect within Australia’s dance community.

Michelle’s passion for classical ballet was fuelled whilst on a dance study tour of Moscow in 1984 during which she spent considerable time at the renowned Moiseyev School which specialises in character dance. Her classical dance and teaching skills were subsequently honed at the Victorian College of the Arts. She was winner of the prestigious Pratt Scholarship in 1986. Apprentice, Kolobok Dance Company; Member, National Ballet of Israel; Soloist, Saarlandisches Staatsheater Saarbrucken; Guest Artist, Klagenfurt Opera House, Austria, Principal Dancer, Martin Sierra Dance Company, Germany; Co-founder Melbourne Dance Theatre; Principal, Melbourne Dance Theatre Performing Arts Courses; Co creator, International System of Character Dance, Private Coach in classical ballet preparation and training for competitions, productions and major school and company auditions both nationally and internationally. Choreographies include: Full length ballets : Cinderella, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, La Boutique Fantasque, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker and short works include: Secrets, Glazier Gaze, I need your Love (collaboration for the Adelaide Fringe Festival - 2010), Heroes (collaboration for the Adelaide Fringe Festival – 2011 and Malthouse Season, Melbourne) and the full length ballet - Nutcracker December 2011.