Meryl Tankard’s new work ‘The Oracle’ is driven by the powerful score of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. It was inspired by the haunting work of Scandinavian painter Odd Nerdrum, the powerful images and spirit of Ingmar Bergman’s film ‘Virgin Spring’ and Nijinsky’s own traumatic life and experiences of choreographing Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
Meryl Tankard / Artistic director biography
Internationally acclaimed Meryl Tankard is one of Australia's finest contemporary artists. Tankard continues to work around the world, producing sell out works for the Sydney Festival through to Broadway. Having leapt to fame in Europe with Pina Bausch, Tankard returned to Australia to create a dance theatre aesthetic all her own. The Oracle is Performed by Helpmann Award winning Paul White, designed by international set and visual designer Regis Lansac and lit by Damien Cooper & Matt Cox.
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Meryl Tankard began her career as a dancer with the Australian Ballet. After three years she left the company to join Pina Bausch’s Wuppertaler Tanztheater and danced with the company as a principal soloist for a period of ten years. She returned home and in 1989 established her own dance company in Canberra. From 1993 to 1999 she was Artistic Director of Australian Dance Theatre, creating over 15 full-length works including Furioso, Possessed, Aurora, Songs with Mara, Two Feet, Rasa and Inuk, as well as touring extensively to Europe, USA, UK and Asia.
