Tivoli (2001 - )

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Chorines backstage in Graeme Murphy's 'Tivoli', Act I, the Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company, 2001

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The dance-musical Tivoli was created by Graeme Murphy in 2001 as a tribute to the much loved variety and review circuit that operated in Tivoli theatres around Australia from the 1890s until 1966. Drawing upon authentic music and variety acts from Tivoli productions, Tivoli features original songs by Max Lambert and Linda Nagle and a commissioned orchestral score by Graeme Koehne. It was first presented jointly by the Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company in commemoration of the Centenary of Federation in 2001. This large scale production featured dancers from the two companies, guest artists, singers and a 10 piece band, and toured nationally. Set design was by Brian Thomson, costume design by Kristian Fredrikson and lighting design by Damien Cooper. The 2001 national tour was extremely successful, and Sydney Dance Company revived Tivoli for its own company in 2003.

Tivoli received four Australian Dance Awards in 2002: for outstanding achievement in choreography (won by Murphy), outstanding performance by a company, outstanding performance by an individual (won by guest artist Harry Haythorne), and outstanding performance in a stage musical (won by Sydney Dance Company artist Tracey Carrodus). Koehne's Tivoli Dances received the APRA Classical Music award for orchestral work of the year in 2009.

See also: Australian Ballet, The ; Australian Dance Awards, The ; Haythorne, Harry ; Murphy, Graeme ; Sydney Dance Company ; Vernon, Janet

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