STEPPING away from something you’ve invested your heart and soul into for more than 20 years is never going to be easy. But as he relinquishes the position of Artistic Director of Australian Dance Theatre after more two decades, Garry Stewart is sanguine. Although he admits to what he calls “bifurcated feelings” – sadness at the loss of a role that has become part of his identity and the vague thought he might “drop off a cliff into anonymity” – for the most part, he’s hugely excited about future possibilities as he closes one door in order to open many others.
It won’t surprise anyone familiar with Stewart that these possibilities are legion. He already has a part-time appointment as a Professor of Creative Arts at Flinders University, where he is
