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The Royal Academy of Dance recently held its 2019 Victorian Audrey Nicholls Grade Awards at the Australian Ballet studios in Melbourne.

The fifth edition of Grand Audition for professional dancers and graduate students (ages 17-26) will be held 4-5 February at the Teatre-Auditori Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain.

Sydney Eisteddfod’s Dance of Champions saw troupes of dancers aged 4-18 years, from across NSW, perform competing at the UNSW Science Theatre, Sunday 15 September.

Queensland Ballet (QB) will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020 with a season that is equal parts old and new works, honouring the past whilst also looking to the future.

SDC in 2020

SDC has planned a year packed with performances.

The 2019 Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art returns to Sydney's Carriageworks this October.

Two Australians received coveted medal placings at this year’s Genee International Ballet Competition, held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Canada, on 29 August.

Amelia's Diary #2

Amelia Drummond, our Emerging Female Classical Choreographer recipient, describes her week-in-residence at the Sydney Opera House.

A wake-up call

Over the weekend I came across the video footage of 'Good Morning America' host Lara Spencer mocking young Prince George for taking (and – gasp – enjoying) ballet lessons.

Congratulations to Hyo Shimizu (The Conlan College, NSW), winner of the Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship for 2019.

Congratulations to David McAllister AM, artistic director of The Australian Ballet, who has won the 2019 Creative Partnership Awards for Arts Leadership.

A brother and sister scooped the pool at this year's annual Ballet Teachers Workshop (BTW).

New name, new era

LWD Dance Hub is taking a new direction, with a new name to match – Dance Hub South Australia.

Taking place between October 17 and November 3, the 2019 OzAsia Festival dance line-up boasts some of contemporary dance’s biggest international stars.

The Australian ballet community mourns the loss of Alan Alder.

Ausdance National has announced its closure. The association has been badly hit by decreasing government funding, resulting in diminishing reserves and severely limited resources.