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Young dancers around the world will gain new access to six Ashton variations through a digital resource combining expert coaching, notation, music and historical context.

A new Australian cast is preparing to take on Henry VIII’s six wives as the global musical phenomenon begins its latest national tour in Melbourne this month.

Sixteen of Australia’s leading street dancers will go head-to-head at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, with no judges and the outcome decided entirely by the crowd.

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Sydney Dance Company’s Engine brings three distinct choreographic worlds to the Drama Theatre, with Melanie Lane’s Love Lock the clear highlight in an evening powered by precision, intensity and exceptional dancing.

Young Dance Scholar Olivia Hayes Marshall responds to Sydney Dance Company’s Engine, finding a triple bill rich in texture, intensity and technical command.

Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes brings The Australian Ballet into a vivid, kaleidoscopic world, where classical precision meets athletic transparency, colour, rhythm and sweeping American sound.

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West Australian choreographer Scott Elstermann will take part in the prestigious ATLAS program at ImPulsTanz in Vienna, following recent success at home and abroad.

Totally Crazy!

Meet the Australian dancers taking the reins at Crazy Horse Paris.

Anna Pavlova’s 1926 tour was not the beginning of ballet in Australia, but it changed how the country imagined the art form, and who might belong to it, writes Emma Sandall

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Athletistry founder Shane Wuerthner on navigating auditions

A practical, clear-eyed guide to building a dance career after full-time training, from redefining success to staying connected, creative and employable.

Recent comments by Timothée Chalamet about opera and ballet sparked debate across the arts. Dance leaders reflect on the endurance, relevance and shared humanity that continue to sustain these artforms.