Dance Makers Collective Forges Ahead

This week Belvoir presents the world premiere of Nayika (A Dancing Girl).

In her first addition to the Company since taking the helm as Artistic Director of Queensland Ballet, Leanne Benjamin has announced the homecoming of the elegant, expressive Australian born dancer, Alison McWhinney.

FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present DUTI Dance Company Mathew Mizyed’s None Of Us at the Lennox Theatre from Thursday 9th May to Saturday 11th May.

Premiering in 1877, La Bayadère is regarded as a highlight of the ballet canon, owing to the classical purism and impressive technical demands of Marius Petipa’s choreography.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is, by any measure, a carefully crafted gem.

As part of their 2024 season the Australian Ballet is currently performing Swedish choreographer Johan Inger's Carmen.

This time last year Adam Elmes and Lilla Harvey were Corps de Ballet dancers with the Australian Ballet who had been nominated alongside three of their peers for the 2023 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award.

Deborah Brown is collaborating with Mãori choreographer and arts laureate Moss Te Ururangi Patterson to create a new work called ‘The Light Inside’, for Bangarra Dance Theatre.

Liesel Zink is currently working on two projects – one for Mature Artists Dance Experience (MADE), and the other for Stompin youth dance, both in Lutruwita/Tasmania.

Audition advice from Matthew Lawrence, Ballet Master for the Queensland Ballet and Queensland Ballet Academy, and former Lecturer for QUT. 

There seems to be a recent reluctance among students and their parents to enter exams. Why? Michelle Dursun investigates.

Injuries will never be easy. However, dancers can prevent a decline in their physical and mental health by proactively supporting themselves and turning their injury time into something both powerful and productive, writes Lucy Christodolou.