In ballet, everyone loves Giselle. This 178-year-old tale has love, betrayal, ghosts looking for vengeance and the ultimate forgiveness. Whether they are the...
Even amidst the swirl of gregarious, digital modernity, ballet retains an aura. For young dancers in this country, the dream of one...
The prestigious Sydney Eisteddfod ballet scholarship has been won this year by 16-year-old Hyo Shimizu. This is his first year in the...
Dancers love to sit in an impressive stretch and yank their legs into all sorts of positions in order to ‘increase’ their...
Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) has recently announced its much anticipated 2020 professional development day for teachers and studio owners, Vitality Teacher Day,...
The eighth annual Australian Tap Dance Festival will shuffle into Melbourne this spring, 28 September – 5 October, featuring a world class...
Simonne Smiles, Sydney-based dancer and emerging ballet choreographer, is creating a new Australian-themed ballet, developing it from the ground up. With a unique...
When David Hallberg returns to perform with ballet luminary Natalia Osipova in Pure Dance at the Sydney Opera House, it caps a remarkable comeback. ...
Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane.27 June 2019. QPAC’S decision to return the Bolshoi Ballet as part of its International Series is a masterstroke,...
Li Cunxin has had a distinguished career, first as a dancer, then as a stockbroker, author and as Artistic Director of Queensland...
Last month, we asked, “Is ballet future proof?” This month, we dig deeper, and ponder what comes next for an artform sandwiched...
The Australian Ballet will be collaborating with the Ballets de Monte-Carlo to produce the Australian premier of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s LAC. This is a...
It’s not often you meet someone who personifies the broad themes of an article; but a few days after being commissioned by...
International Ballet Workshops (IBW) is known for bringing exceptional teachers to ballet students across Australia and New Zealand, and is very pleased...
At the age of 18, Alex Dellaportas decided to create a dance company so that she could choreograph and create what she wanted...
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 5 April 2019. Verve gives Sydney a triple dose of contemporary ballet. All three works by The Australian Ballet...
Melbourne-born Rani Luther has recently joined Queensland Ballet (QB) in the role as Ballet Mistress and Creative Associate. Luther has danced with...
Just a couple months in, 2019 has already proven to be a busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dance...
“A dancer, more than any other human being, dies two deaths: the first, the physical when the powerfully trained body will no...
At the age of 28, Matthew Slattery is about to realise a dream; but it so nearly didn’t happen. Indeed, his journey...
“Ballet is unique: It has no written texts or standardised notation. It is a storytelling art passed on from teacher to student.”...
Juggling her career as principal dancer at West Australian (WA) Ballet and being a parent must be working out for Brooke Widdison-Jacobs,...