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Remapping stories of shared connection through dance

Remapping stories of shared connection through dance

Listening and feeling the sounds of mother earth is at the heart of a dance piece co-choreographers say has the power to heal.

Chunky Move dancers wield extra limbs at Asia TOPA

Chunky Move dancers wield extra limbs at Asia TOPA

Chunky Move dancers wield extra limbs at Asia TOPA

Chunky Move dancers wield extra limbs at Asia TOPA

The Asia TOPA triennial returns with dozens of never-before-seen performances, including a Chunky Move dance piece partly inspired by Transformers.

Uni freezes dance intake amid performing arts audit

Uni freezes dance intake amid performing arts audit

Uni freezes dance intake amid performing arts audit

Uni freezes dance intake amid performing arts audit

The only university in Queensland to offer a dance qualification isn't taking new students. But with the Olympics in 2032, it will need more dancers than ever.

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With BMX and skating, who says theatre can't be street?

With BMX and skating, who says theatre can't be street?

Performance company Branch Nebula is bringing street skills such as BMX, skating and parkour to the theatre in the upcoming Sydney Festival show, Air Time.

Indigenous dancer flying from strength to strength

Indigenous dancer flying from strength to strength

A 17-year-old Indigenous circus performer has big dreams for her future in acrobatics, while also giving back to the community that has supported her journey.

Illume: Capturing light and Country through dance

Illume: Capturing light and Country through dance

The phenomenon of light is central to Bangarra's 2025 production, Illume, and marks the first collaboration between the troupe and an Indigenous visual artist.

Sixty years of ballet history 'pointe' to the future

Sixty years of ballet history 'pointe' to the future

The Australian Ballet School's 60th gala performance draws on past and present students in a celebration of artistic growth and legacies turned new.

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Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

With its world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar, the Australian Ballet has put queer love into classical dance.

'Really sad': Raygun breaks silence after Olympics saga

'Really sad': Raygun breaks silence after Olympics saga

'Really sad': Raygun breaks silence after Olympics saga

'Really sad': Raygun breaks silence after Olympics saga

Aussie Olympic breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn says she has needed support after the international fallout from her controversial performance in Paris.

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

The Australian Ballet's 2025 season features two world premieres, by Stephanie Lake and William Forsythe, and the return of Nijinsky, Manon, and Carmen.

Song spirals of ancestors will be heard in new work

Song spirals of ancestors will be heard in new work

Song spirals of ancestors will be heard in new work

Song spirals of ancestors will be heard in new work

A dance piece based on traditional Milkarri, or women's song spirals, of East Arnhem Land will premiere at the Darwin Festival this month.

New dance show Plagiary moves to the AI beat

New dance show Plagiary moves to the AI beat

New dance show Plagiary moves to the AI beat

New dance show Plagiary moves to the AI beat

Performers respond to AI-generated instructions in a new dance show - no judgment allowed, unless you're trying to work out what it means.

Hamish Blake, Jimmy Rees forget King's birthday gift

Hamish Blake, Jimmy Rees forget King's birthday gift

Hamish Blake, Jimmy Rees forget King's birthday gift

Hamish Blake, Jimmy Rees forget King's birthday gift

Hamish Blake and Jimmy Rees are among hundreds of people on the King's Birthday Honours List, although neither comedian remembered to get the monarch a gift.

Romeo and Juliet Suite renewed at Sydney Opera House

Romeo and Juliet Suite renewed at Sydney Opera House

Romeo and Juliet Suite renewed at Sydney Opera House

Romeo and Juliet Suite renewed at Sydney Opera House

Benjamin Millepied has brought fresh vision to the Shakespearean tragedy and Prokofiev’s classical score, using dance, theatre and cinema.

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Funding woes put ballet school at risk of curtain call

Queensland Ballet's academy faces the prospect of closure, say the dance company's leaders who are calling for more federal funding to ensure its survival.

Deaf Indigenous dancers still feel the beat after 27yrs

The Deaf Indigenous Dance Group was formed in 1997 by two young women who wanted to show that they could dance. A new exhibition celebrates its history.

Stephanie Lake's electric circle with Australian Ballet

Circle Electric, the latest piece from internationally acclaimed choreographer Stephanie Lake, will debut with the Australian Ballet at the Sydney Opera House.

Hopes of tour for Private View's dance of desire

Restless Dance Theatre's Private View sold out its Adelaide Festival shows, hitting the audience with the company's brand of hilarity, heart, and discomfort.

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Alien travelator dance show trucks to Fringe Festival

Future Cargo, a science fiction dance performance staged in the back of a 40-foot trailer, is coming in to land at the Adelaide Fringe.

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

A documentary following the elite dance students at Sydney's Brent Street school shows just how tough it is to become a professional dancer.

Climate warriors inspire choreographer's new work

Sea level rises forced a group of Torres Strait Islanders to mount a legal challenge to Australia and their story has sparked a new dance work.

First woman to helm Qld ballet, replacing Li Cunxin

The Queensland Ballet has named its first female artistic director, Leanne Benjamin, to replace Li Cunxin.

Indigenous dancers reach for the stars at Opera House

Australia's only national dance competition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural dance groups is returning this weekend to the Sydney Opera House.

Work hard, play hard: final bow after 22 years of dance

Australian Ballet dancer Amy Harris says there will be happiness and tears when the curtain falls on her 22 year career.

Dancer to take final bow after 22-year ballet career

Amy Harris has spent 22 years with the national ballet company, and dancing as Marguerite at the Sydney Opera House will be her final performance.

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