Farewell and thank you

For next year's Asia TOPA festival, Blakdance is presenting a new work called Bunyi Bunyi Bumi, which entreats us to "hear and embody the sounds of the earth – of Country – carrying the stories of shared kinships across the Asia-Pacific region"

Arts Centre Melbourne has commissioned a collaboration that brings together the Australian Ballet's David Hallberg and renown photographer Bill Henson.

After 35 years as editor of 'Dance Australia', Karen van Ulzen has decided to step down. Taking her place in the editor's chair is Olivia Weeks. Here is her message to readers.

Geraldine Higginson reviews 'four unique, diverse and experimental short works'.

This version of the celebrated story took a little while to find its stride, writes Denise Richardson.

This was a delightfully varied evening of six short works that gave NZSD students a chance to shine, writes Geraldine Higginson.

This teacher is the Pathways Coordinator at the National Ballet School in St Kilda, Melbourne. She started teaching while still dancing in 2009 in the United States and moved to full time teaching in 2017.

Grant Aris, Associate Teacher at Queensland Ballet Academy, has been teaching for more than 30 years.

This teacher at Alegria Dance Studios in Sydney is also the founder of DANCEFORMATION, Specialized Contemporary Dance Program.

Dancewear for class: does it need a rethink? Karen van Ulzen asks.

Our fourth REGIONAL HERO is Parkes School of Dance, NSW, five hours drive west from Sydney.

'Tis the season for 'The Nutcracker'! Is it just a confection, or does it have hidden intentions? In this article, balletomane Richard Murphy reminds us of how this most well-known of ballets came into being.