Digitising dance works for posterity

Sydney Dance Company is creating a visual archive of the works of choreographer Graeme Murphy, its former Artistic Director.

Wakako Asano, Connor Dowling & Shane Placentino in Graeme Murphy’s Grand. Photo: Jeff Busby via Ausdance.org.au

The new filmic resource, the Heritage Collection, will include re-mastered and re-edited films of both short and full-length works created by Murphy on the Sydney Dance Company (SDC) ensemble during his 31 year tenure from 1976 to 2007.

SDC Executive Director Anne Dunn said the development of the Heritage Collection was part of the company’s 45th anniversary celebrations.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts