Sydney Dance Company
Graeme Murphy and fellow dancer/muse/collaborator Janet Vernon formed Sydney Dance Company in 1976. Sydney Dance Company is now one of Australia's most successful and well-known dance companies.
Murphy could be called Australia's Jerome Robbins because of the way he and his company has marketed dance to a wider audience, and brought contemporary dance into a more commercial arena.
Sydney Dance Company has launched the careers of several highly successful Australian dancers and choreographers, including
- Gideon Obarzanek, now director of Melbourne dance company Chunky Move
- Paul Mercurio who has gone on to make several movies including Strictly Ballroom which was directed by Baz Luhrmann.
- Stephen Page, now choreographer and director of Bangarra Dance Theatre
