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Storytime Ballet: Coppelia

With its Storytime Ballet series the Australian Ballet has devised the perfect introduction for young children to the art of classical ballet. The series reduces famous ballets to a digestible 55 minutes, without interva...

QPAC Bolshoi Spartacus - photo by Damir Yusupov

QPAC International Series secures another Bolshoi exclusive

January 18 - Ballet, Dance

The applause and standing ovations are set to continue for the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) International Series with the announcement that the mighty Bolshoi Ballet will return exclusively to Queensland for ...

Chunky Move Antony Hamilton, Freya Waterson and Kristy Ayre - photo by Gregory Lorenzutti

Chunky Move announces new leadership team

December 18 - Creative Industries, Dance, Latest News

Chunky Move has announced the appointment of Antony Hamilton and Kristy Ayre as joint CEOs of the company. The appointment follows a rigorous global recruitment process calling for proposals from teams or individuals wit...

EDC Amy Hollingsworth - photo courtesy of Queensland Ballet AAR Editorial

Expressions Dance Company appoints new Artistic Director

December 10 - Creative Industries, Dance

Brisbane’s Expressions Dance Company (EDC) has announced the appointment of Amy Hollingsworth as its new Artistic Director. “We are delighted to welcome Amy Hollingsworth to the artistic leadership of EDC,” said Ma...

Dr Terry Wu with Lucy Guerin at WXYZ Studios (June 2018) - photo by Bryony Jackson

New Hub for Movement, Dance and Choreography opens in Melbourne

November 22 - Dance, Latest News

The official opening of WXYZ Studios in North Melbourne this month heralds a new era for Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI) and creates a valuable resource for contemporary dance communities. Conveniently located in North Melbourne a...

Energeia

November 19 - Dance, Latest Reviews

Performed by Alison Plevey, Stephen Gow, Alana Stenning, Olivia Fyfe and Adam Deusien, Energeia is a site specific dance work conceived and directed by Plevey for her dance company, Australian Dance Party. With this work...

Sydney Opera House Dance Rites 2017 - photo by Daniel Boud

Dance Rites returns to Sydney Opera House this November

November 17 - Dance

Australia’s First Nations dance competition, Dance Rites returns to the Sydney Opera House Forecourt for a free, two-day nationwide celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island dance and cultures. Taking place on t...

Spartacus

November 14 - Ballet, Dance, Latest Reviews

First presented by The Australian Ballet in 1978 with choreography by Laszlo Seregi, Spartacus with its stirring tale of the Thracian prisoner forced to become a gladiator, kill his best friend and instigate an uprising ...