Antony Hamilton

Artist

Antony Hamilton is Dancemakers’ 2015-2018 Resident Artist. A Melbourne, Australian-based choreographer, his multi-award winning performances involve a sophisticated melding of movement, sound and visual design. Antony’s last Toronto works were in 2017 when he developed Natural Orders for Dancemakers, and showed MEETING at Canadian Stage Company which garnered him a 2017 Dora nod for Outstanding Production. His major commissions include Crazy Times (Sydney Dance Company, 2017), Sentinel (Skanes Dansteater, 2016), Keep Everything (Chunky Move 2012), RGB (ADT 2010), Black Project 3 (Lyon Opera Ballet, 2010) and I Like This (co-directed by Byron Perry for Chunky Move 2008). Antony was inaugural recipient of the Russell Page Fellowship in 2004, the Tanja Liedtke Fellowship in 2009, the Australia Council for the Arts Creative Australia Fellowship in 2012 and the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship in 2014. In 2014 he was the guest dance curator at The National Gallery of Victoria and was Honorary Resident Director of Lucy Guerin Inc. in 2013. Antony has received three Helpmann Award nominations for Best Ballet or Dance Work, winning in 2013 for Black Project 1 & 2. He has also received numerous Green Room Awards including two each for Black Project 1 & 2 (2012) and MEETING (2016).