2008 Media Releases

Deutsche Bank and Sydney Dance Company today jointly announced a significant new Platinum Partnership in support of Sydney Dance Company’s exciting new direction and renewed creative endeavours.

The Platinum Partnership will see Deutsche Bank providing financial support to the Company for up to three years commencing with the 2008 season.

Sydney Dance Company Chairman, Tom Dery said “The confidence and belief demonstrated by Deutsche Bank, with the decision to nurture this new relationship, is of inestimable value to Sydney Dance Company and its artists, all currently hard at work in the creation of new repertoire.”

Sydney Dance Company’s newest choreographic commission, INUK 2, created by Meryl Tankard, will premiere at Sydney Theatre Royal on Saturday March 29 before touring to Melbourne and Canberra.

2008 is to continue as a year of substantial variety in the Company’s artistic planning, and includes premiere full length works by international choreographers Rafael Bonachela and Aszure Barton, as well as new short works by Australian choreographers as part of a new Overture Series.

Deutsche Bank CEO, Chum Darvall said “This partnership will directly assist in the support and growth of the capabilities of an iconic Australian success story. It also affords us the opportunity to engage our clients and our people in the appreciation of world class achievements of the Sydney Dance Company.”

Executive Director Noel Staunton stated that the announcement of the Platinum Partnership by Deutsche Bank is a milestone in the Company’s new era of development.

For further information, please call:

Libby Greig, Sydney Dance Company +612 92584806, 0418 194 554
Kate Abrahams, Deutsche Bank +612 8258 2416