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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.

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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

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

Funding woes put ballet school at risk of curtain call

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

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.

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Stephanie Lake's electric circle with Australian Ballet

Stephanie Lake's electric circle with Australian Ballet

Stephanie Lake's electric circle with Australian Ballet

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

Hopes of tour for Private View's dance of desire

Hopes of tour for Private View's dance of desire

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.

Alien travelator dance show trucks to Fringe Festival

Alien travelator dance show trucks to Fringe Festival

Alien travelator dance show trucks to Fringe Festival

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

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

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

Climate warriors inspire choreographer's new work

Climate warriors inspire choreographer's new work

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

First woman to helm Qld ballet, replacing Li Cunxin

First woman to helm Qld ballet, replacing Li Cunxin

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

Indigenous dancers reach for the stars at Opera House

Indigenous dancers reach for the stars at Opera House

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.

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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.

Sydney academic looking to break her way into Olympics

University lecturer Rachael Gunn plans to let her "body take over" at the Oceania Breaking Championships as she puts her best foot forward for an Olympic tilt.

'Journey of human resilience' finds itself at the Opera

A Sting inspired dance theatre production on the issue of refugees will premiere at the Sydney Opera House as part of its 50th birthday celebrations.

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Dancing in a world made for people six feet tall

Having spent a lifetime grappling with the idea that she doesn't fit in the world, short-statured dancer Leisa Prowd is taking to the stage to tell her story.

Small green turtle inspires Bangarra child's play

Father-and-son duo Stephen Page and Hunter Page-Lochard have collaborated on Bangarra's first children's production, telling the journey of a small turtle.

Premiere performance tackles the grey zones of consent

A world premiere show at Sydney's Carriageworks uses dance and movement theatre to tackle the issue of consent.

Chunky Move dancers debut their most demanding work yet

Dance company Chunky Move is premiering 4/4, the most technically demanding work it has developed.

All-abilities dance company leaps at Opera House debut

Restless Dance Theatre, a company of dancers with and without disabilities, will perform at the Sydney Opera House for the first time.

Elders' efforts are being celebrated during NAIDOC Week

Events are being held all around the country to mark NAIDOC Week, the annual celebration of Indigenous cultures. This year's theme honours the roles of elders.

An ugly duckling's explosive take on Swan Lake

The world's best-known ballet will take on a new life as a chaotic display of acrobatics when a circus company Circa premieres its reimagining of Swan Lake.

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