After Images: 60 Years of Australian Dance Theatre

After Images tracks the remarkable history of Australian Dance Theatre, our nation’s oldest continuing contemporary dance company.

In celebration of the company’s 60th birthday, it revisits iconic works by ADT’s six Artistic Directors and the indelible mark they have left on contemporary dance locally and internationally.

Diving deep into public and private collections, After Images seeks to re-activate choreographies that are now elusive.

Combining film, photography, costume and other ephemera, After Images captures what is gained and loss in the life cycle of a company that is in a constant state of motion and evolution.

Image credit | After Images, 2025. Design by Anthony Nocera for Australian Research Council Linkage project LP220200559 ‘Re-Activating Australian Dance Theatre’s Archive for the Future.’

Original image, This Train, 1965, photograph by Jan Dalman, reproduced courtesy of Andreas Dalman and Elizabeth Cameron Dalman