In 2018 CDT turned 40, with four decades of dance performances and original choreographic productions.
These photos are a small sampling of these many years of dance and can be sorted by decade.
We will work on giving the correct attribution to each photographer, where this is known. Many of the black and white photos were taken by noted Canberra photographer Ross Gould.
We would welcome contributions from former CDT dancers.
We start with a brief slide show of the 40th anniversary performance
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1978 Dance Umbrella poster
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1978-ish Rachel Wylde-Brow
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1978 Jim James in ‘Animus’ by Lorna Marshall
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1978 Peter Heffernan solo ANU Arts Centre
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1978 Graham Farquhar & Neil Roach
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1979 ‘Joy’; Stephanie Burridge & Graham Farquhar
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1979 Tina Harris
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1979 Unknown & Kate Easey
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1980 ‘Drifters’ Zuraida Ariffin, Peter Heffernan
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1980 Ken McSwane Playhouse season guest artist
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1980 ‘Shards’ by Cheryl Stock, with Russell Cunningham, Margaret Brodrick
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1980 ‘Battle Rites’ by Kai Tai Chan, with Sally Richards, Stephanie Burridge, Gaelle Mellis, Sonya Zalucki
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1980 Sally Richards in rehearsal for ‘Drifters’; also perhaps 1984
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1980 Vesna Hindley-Noble
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1980 or 84 ‘Drifters’ rehearsal for Playhouse season; Helen McFarlane, Gail Mellis, Russell Cunningham
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1981 Dinner at 8 1/2 by Andris Toppe; Zuraida Ariffin, Graham Farquhar, Sally Richards, Neil Roach
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1981 school work, with Tina Harris, Neil Roach, Gail Mellis, Bernadette McLaughlin, Stephanie Burridge, Kerry Maguire
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1982 Strike Up The Band rehearsal; Simon (unknown), Penny Richards
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1982 Celebrations
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1982 Strike Up The Band (CDT dancers)
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1983 ‘Driftwood’ by Stephanie Burridge: Helen McFarlane
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1983 ‘She’ll Be Right Mate’ by Andris Toppe, featuring his leg, Elizabeth Stevenson, Helen McFarlane, Sandy Griffin, Vesna Hindley-Noble, Stephanie Burridge
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1983 Conversations & Sketches from Oz
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1980s Elizabeth Sentfleben
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early 80s Graham Farquhar, Tina Harris, Russell Cunningham, Vesna Hindley-Noble
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1984 Phillip Adams
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1984 Katrine Nielsen, Nicole Parry-Williams
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1984 ‘Little Killings’ season, Katrine Nielsen, Phillip Adams, Nicole Parry-Williams
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1984 Islington Arts Factory
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1980s Kerry Murphy
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1985 Little Killings
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1986 ‘Distillations’; Kathy Coghill; Sue Peacock; Raymond Blanco
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1986 Apartments season
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1986 Sue Peacock; Kathy Coghill
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1986 ‘Webbed’ with Katrine Nielsen, Phillip Adams
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1988 Barbara Mullins, with Russell Cunningham in the middle, and unknown dancers
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1988 ‘Two Tribes’ by Stephanie Burridge; Anna Smith
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1988 Two Tribes poster
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1988 ‘Two Tribes’ by Stephanie Burridge; Anne Smith, Fiona Eakin
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1988 ‘Something to Remember’ by Stephanie Burridge; Kim Dundas, Russell Cunningham, Jonathan Rees Osborne, Elizabeth Sentfleben
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1989 ‘Something to remember’ by Stephanie Burridge; Chi Long
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1989 ‘Five Sticks to Live’ by Stephanie Burridge, Tony Twigg, Euon Upston; Jonathan Rees Osborne, Chi Long, Stephanie Burridge; video still
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1989 Two Up
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1989 ‘Passion’ season; Kim Dundas
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1989 Jonathan Rees-Osborne
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1989 Passion
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1990 ‘Point of Contact’; Elizabeth Sentfleben
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1990 Kirsty Hilson & Barbara Mullin
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1990 ‘Point of Contact’; Barbara Mullins & Kirsty Hilson
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1990 Warm Up poster
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1990 ‘Ten Years After’ with Chi Long, studio show
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1991 Elizabeth Cameron Dalman solo
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1992 ‘Birds of Paradise’ season; Hang Nguyen
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1992 ‘Birds of Paradise’ season; un-named dancers
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1991 Visions 4 poster
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1990s Amalia Hordern
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1993 ‘Wedding on the Eiffel Tower’, Harlin Martin, Hang Nguyen
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1993 Studio showing; Cameron McMaster, Chi Long
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1993 Unceremonious Porcessions; Tara Bendall, other dancers
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1993 ‘Wedding on the Eiffel Tower’
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1994 ‘Princess’ by Kerrie Murphy; Tina La Puma, Kylie Ainsworth
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1996 ‘Journey: A Rite of Passage’; Kelly Phillips, Janine Ayres, Kerry Murphy, Amalia Hordern, Sandra Inman
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1997 Visions story by Tina Waring for Ausdance ACT’s Dance Action magazine
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1998 ‘Spirit of Place’ season; company
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1998 Islands and Spirit of Place
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1999 ‘Il Poeta Morte’ by Stephanie Burridge; Tara Bendall, Nina Cooper, Amalia Hordern; video still
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1999 CDT – CELEBRATING 21 YEARS IN DANCE
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25th Birthday at The Street
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2004 Sunday Afternoon Concert with Canberra Community Orchestra; video still
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2004 Sunday Afternoon Concert with Canberra Community Orchestra poster
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2008 ‘Enduring Intimacy’ by Meg Millband
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2008 ‘Transient Rooms’ by Meg Millband
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2008 Contact Impro Philip Piggin & Meg Millband
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2009 CDT performance group at Floriade post performance; Jeanette, Diana, Tania, Paul, Sonya
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2012 Winter House Party; Quake Bellydance
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2012 Studio opening
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2012 ‘Indian Light’ by Liz Lea; the GOLDs; video still.
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2012 Studio opening African dance
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2012 Hilal Dance at I-Dance-Day
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2013 GOLDs intensive with Tammi Gissell for the ‘Black Gold’ work.
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2014 Fans and Veils at Floriade, performer Rachael Hilton
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2015 ‘Chromasome 16’ by Meg Millband; the Golds; video still
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2016 ‘Great Sport’ with the GOLDs; Doug Capp, Greg Barrett, David Turbayne, Graeme Collin; photo Lorna Sim
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2016 CDTeens at National Multicultural Festival
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2017 CDTeens perform at IDay at Belconnen Arts Centre
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2018 Performance Group with ‘Happiness Is…’
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2018 Ballet group with ‘A Maze In Day’ by Fusako Skelton; performers in shot Kirsty Chan, Karina Carter, Xiaoyan Zhang, Azrianne Rahman ,
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2018 Happiness Is…
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2019 UnFramed; Gretel Burgess and Amy Macris in “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”
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2019 Flashmob in City Walk, with Jake Kuzma and Ashlee Bye and a whole bunch of CDT dancers from different classes
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2019 UnFramed; The Revel group in “Departures”, choreographed by Jacqui Simmonds and the dancers Suzanne Carroll, Esme Koslitz, Merina Farida, and Hiria Reppion
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2020 Revel group performs Concentricity for Art Not Apart; Anne Gardner, Jacqui Simmonds, Merilyn Jenkins, Esme Koslitz, Joey Wilton, Hiria Reppion. Still from video by Neil Roach
