Murphy and Vernon have been life partners as well as creative collaborators for over 50 years, pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance and offering innovative interpretations of the classical ballet canon. Their body of work spans decades and continents. Full evening dance works are denoted with an asterisk (*).
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Top
Year
Work
Company
Video
Program
1971 Ecco Le Diavole
The Australian Ballet
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1973 Off
Ballets Félix Blaska, France
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1975 Homage
Melbourne State Dance Theatre
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1975 Tableaux
Melbourne State Dance Theatre
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1975 Pandora
The Tasmanian State Ballet Company
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1975 Papillion
The Australian Ballet School
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1975 The Revenger’s Tragedy
Melbourne Theatre Company
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1975 Sequenza VII
The Queensland Ballet
Watch video Download program
1975 Three Conversations
The Queensland Ballet
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1976 Glimpses
The Australian Ballet
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1977 Fire Earth Air Water
The Dance Company (NSW)
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1977 Scintillation
The Dance Company (NSW)
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1977 Third Conversation
The Dance Company (NSW)
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1977 Tip
The Dance Company (NSW)
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1977 Up
The Dance Company (NSW)
1977 Volumina
The Dance Company (NSW)
1978 Poppy*
The Dance Company (NSW)
Watch video Download program
1978 Rumours II
The Dance Company (NSW)
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1978 Tekton
The Australian Ballet
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1979 Rumours (full length)*
The Dance Company (NSW) renamed Sydney Dance Company
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1979 Shéhérazade
The Dance Company (NSW) renamed Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1979 Signatures
The Dance Company (NSW) renamed Sydney Dance Company
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1980 Beyond Twelve
The Australian Ballet
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1980 Daphnis and Chloé
Sydney Dance Company
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1980 Viridian
Sydney Dance Company
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1981 An Evening*
Sydney Dance Company
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1982 Hate
Sydney Dance Company
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1982 Homelands
Sydney Dance Company
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1982 Limited Edition
Sydney Dance Company
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1982 Wilderness
Sydney Dance Company
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1982 Orpheus
The Royal New Zealand Ballet
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1983 Flashbacks*
Sydney Dance Company
1983 Some Rooms*
Sydney Dance Company
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1983 The Selfish Giant
Sydney Dance Company
1983 Death in Venice*
Canadian Opera Company Choreographer
1984 Deadly Sins*
Sydney Dance Company
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1984 After Venice*
Sydney Dance Company
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1984 Old Friends New Friends
Sydney Dance Company
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1984 Meander
The Australian Ballet
1984 Song of India
Torvill and Dean (ice dance)
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1985 Shimmering
Sydney Dance Company
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1985 Boxes
Sydney Dance Company
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1985 Encounter
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
1985 Diabolo Tango
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
1985 Heaven and Hell
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
1985 The Planets
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
1985 Metamorphosis
The Australian Opera
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1986 Sirens*
Sydney Dance Company
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1986 Nearly Beloved*
Sydney Dance Company
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1986 Shining*
Sydney Dance Company
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1986 Fire and Ice
Torvill and Dean with Company
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1986 Song of the Night
Nederlands Dans Theater
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1987 Afterworlds
Sydney Dance Company
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1987 Late Afternoon of a Faun
Sydney Dance Company
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1987 A Streetcar Named Desire
Sydney Dance Company
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1987 Gallery
The Australian Ballet
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1988 Kraanerg*
Sydney Dance Theatre
Watch video Download program
1988 Vast*
Australian Bicentennial Authority with Sydney Dance Company, Australian Dance Theatre, West Australian Ballet, and Queensland Ballet
Watch video Download program
1988 Man of La Mancha
State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre
1989 Evening Suite
Sydney Dance Company
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1990 King Roger*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1990 Soft Bruising*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1990 In the Company of WoMen*
Sydney Dance Company
1990 Turandot
The Australian Opera
Watch video Download program
1991 Bard Bits
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1992 Nutcracker — The Story of Clara
The Australian Ballet
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1992 Piano Sonata
Sydney Dance Company
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1992 Synergy with Synergy
Sydney Dance Company
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1993 Beauty and the Beast*
Sydney Dance Company
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1993 The Protecting Veil
Sydney Dance Company
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1993 Salome
The Australian Opera
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1993 Sensing
ABC TV Dance Film
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1994 Trojans I
The Australian Opera
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1994 Trojans II
The Australian Opera
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1995 Berlin*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1995 Fornicon*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1996 Embodied
Mikhail Baryshnikov
1996 Free Radicals*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1998 Party*
Sydney Dance Company
1998 Salome*
Sydney Dance Company
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1998 Samson et Dalila
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
1999 Air and Other Invisible Forces*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2000 Mythologia*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2000 Body of Work*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2001 Tivoli*
The Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company
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2002 Ellipse*
Sydney Dance Company
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2002 Swan Lake*
The Australian Ballet
Watch video Download program
2004 Shades of Gray*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2005 Die Silberne Rose*
Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich
Watch video Download program
2005 Grand*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2005 Hua Mulan*
Shanghai Song & Dance Ensemble and Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2006 Cut
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
2007 Berlin (with iOTA)*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
2007 Ever After Ever (Short Stories)
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2008 Ainadamar
Adelaide Festival of the Arts
Watch video Download program
2008 Aida
West Australian Opera for Opera Conference (Opera Australia, State Opera of SA, Opera Qld)
Watch video Download program
2009 Firebird
The Australian Ballet
Watch video Download program
2009 Mao’s Last Dancer
Feature film
Watch video
2009 Water
Shanghai Ballet
2010 Forty Miles – A River of Dreams
Tasdance
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2010 The Silver Rose*
The Australian Ballet
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2011 Romeo & Juliet*
The Australian Ballet
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2011 Love Never Dies
Musical
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2012 The Narrative of Nothing
The Australian Ballet
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2015 Giselle*
Universal Ballet, Seoul
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2015 The Time Together
Tasdance
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2016 Almost
The Australian Ballet School
2017 The Frock*
MADE (Mature Age Dance Experience), Hobart
Watch video Download program
2017 The Merry Widow
West Australian Opera for Opera Conference (Opera Australia, State Opera of SA, Opera Qld)
Watch video Download program
2019 Madama Butterfly
Opera Australia
Watch video
2020 The Happy Prince*
The Australian Ballet
Watch video Download program
2020 7 Deadly Sins*
MADE
Watch video
World tours
Year
Work
Company
Video
Program
1981 American Debut Season
Sydney Dance Company
1985 New York Program
Sydney Dance Company
1992 International Tour
Sydney Dance Company
* denotes full evening dance works
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top
Year
Work
Company
Video
Program
1987 A Streetcar Named Desire
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
1984 After Venice*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1987 Afterworlds
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2008 Aida
West Australian Opera for Opera Conference (Opera Australia, State Opera of SA, Opera Qld)
Watch video Download program
2008 Ainadamar
Adelaide Festival of the Arts
Watch video Download program
1999 Air and Other Invisible Forces*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2016 Almost
The Australian Ballet School
1981 An Evening*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1991 Bard Bits
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1993 Beauty and the Beast*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1995 Berlin*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2007 Berlin (with iOTA)*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
1980 Beyond Twelve
The Australian Ballet
Download program
2000 Body of Work*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1985 Boxes
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2006 Cut
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
1980 Daphnis and Chloé
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1984 Deadly Sins*
Sydney Dance Company
Download program
1983 Death in Venice*
Canadian Opera Company Choreographer
1985 Diabolo Tango
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
2005 Die Silberne Rose*
Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich
Watch video Download program
1971 Ecco Le Diavole
The Australian Ballet
Download program
2002 Ellipse*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
1996 Embodied
Mikhail Baryshnikov
1985 Encounter
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
1989 Evening Suite
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
2007 Ever After Ever (Short Stories)
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1986 Fire and Ice
Torvill and Dean with Company
Watch video
1977 Fire Earth Air Water
The Dance Company (NSW)
Download program
2009 Firebird
The Australian Ballet
Watch video Download program
1983 Flashbacks*
Sydney Dance Company
1995 Fornicon*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
2010 Forty Miles – A River of Dreams
Tasdance
Download program
1996 Free Radicals*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1987 Gallery
The Australian Ballet
Download program
2015 Giselle*
Universal Ballet, Seoul
Watch video
1976 Glimpses
The Australian Ballet
Download program
2005 Grand*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1982 Hate
Sydney Dance Company
Download program
1985 Heaven and Hell
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
1975 Homage
Melbourne State Dance Theatre
Download program
1982 Homelands
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
2005 Hua Mulan*
Shanghai Song & Dance Ensemble and Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1990 In the Company of WoMen*
Sydney Dance Company
1990 King Roger*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1988 Kraanerg*
Sydney Dance Theatre
Watch video Download program
1987 Late Afternoon of a Faun
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1982 Limited Edition
Sydney Dance Company
Download program
2011 Love Never Dies
Musical
Watch video
2019 Madama Butterfly
Opera Australia
Watch video
1988 Man of La Mancha
State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre
2009 Mao’s Last Dancer
Feature film
Watch video
1984 Meander
The Australian Ballet
1985 Metamorphosis
The Australian Opera
Download program
2000 Mythologia*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1986 Nearly Beloved*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1992 Nutcracker — The Story of Clara
The Australian Ballet
Watch video Download program
1973 Off
Ballets Félix Blaska, France
Download program
1984 Old Friends New Friends
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1982 Orpheus
The Royal New Zealand Ballet
Download program
1975 Pandora
The Tasmanian State Ballet Company
Download program
1975 Papillion
The Australian Ballet School
Watch video Download program
1998 Party*
Sydney Dance Company
1992 Piano Sonata
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
1978 Poppy*
The Dance Company (NSW)
Watch video Download program
1975 The Revenger’s Tragedy
Melbourne Theatre Company
Download program
2011 Romeo & Juliet*
The Australian Ballet
Watch video
1979 Rumours (full length)*
The Dance Company (NSW) renamed Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1978 Rumours II
The Dance Company (NSW)
Watch video
1993 Salome
The Australian Opera
Download program
1998 Salome*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video
1998 Samson et Dalila
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
1977 Scintillation
The Dance Company (NSW)
Download program
1993 Sensing
ABC TV Dance Film
Watch video
1975 Sequenza VII
The Queensland Ballet
Watch video Download program
2004 Shades of Gray*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1979 Shéhérazade
The Dance Company (NSW) renamed Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1985 Shimmering
Sydney Dance Company
Download program
1986 Shining*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1979 Signatures
The Dance Company (NSW) renamed Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1986 Sirens*
Sydney Dance Company
Download program
1990 Soft Bruising*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1983 Some Rooms*
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1984 Song of India
Torvill and Dean (ice dance)
Watch video Download program
1986 Song of the Night
Nederlands Dans Theater
Watch video
2002 Swan Lake*
The Australian Ballet
Watch video Download program
1992 Synergy with Synergy
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1975 Tableaux
Melbourne State Dance Theatre
Download program
1978 Tekton
The Australian Ballet
Download program
2017 The Frock*
MADE (Mature Age Dance Experience), Hobart
Watch video Download program
2020 The Happy Prince*
The Australian Ballet
Watch video Download program
2017 The Merry Widow
West Australian Opera for Opera Conference (Opera Australia, State Opera of SA, Opera Qld)
Watch video Download program
2012 The Narrative of Nothing
The Australian Ballet
Download program
1985 The Planets
Torvill and Dean, World Tour Company
1993 The Protecting Veil
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1983 The Selfish Giant
Sydney Dance Company
2020 7 Deadly Sins*
MADE
Watch video
2010 The Silver Rose*
The Australian Ballet
Download program
2015 The Time Together
Tasdance
Download program
1977 Third Conversation
The Dance Company
Watch video
1975 Three Conversations
The Queensland Ballet
Watch video Download program
1977 Tip
The Dance Company (NSW)
Download program
2001 Tivoli*
The Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1994 Trojans I
The Australian Opera
Download program
1994 Trojans II
The Australian Opera
Download program
1990 Turandot
The Australian Opera
Watch video Download program
1977 Up
The Dance Company (NSW)
1988 Vast*
Australian Bicentennial Authority with Sydney Dance Company, Australian Dance Theatre, West Australian Ballet, and Queensland Ballet
Watch video Download program
1980 Viridian
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
1977 Volumina
The Dance Company (NSW)
2009 Water
Shanghai Ballet
1982 Wilderness
Sydney Dance Company
Watch video Download program
World tours
Year
Work
Company
Video
Program
1981 American Debut Season
Sydney Dance Company
1992 International Tour
Sydney Dance Company
1985 New York Program
Sydney Dance Company
* denotes full evening dance works
