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One of Australia’s most influential contemporary dance works returns to the stage, as Chunky Move revives Glow for a limited Melbourne season, two decades after its landmark premiere.

From sweeping tulle to sculptural silhouettes, the Oscars red carpet often echoes the stage. We paired this year’s standout looks with ballet costumes that share their spirit.

Dr. Claire Hiller, President of IADMS, speaks with Josef Brown about the global network advancing dancer health and research.

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A landmark collaboration between The Australian Ballet and Bangarra, Flora fuses movement, music and story into a visually striking and deeply felt meditation on land, history and renewal, writes Anne Runhardt.

Stephanie Lake’s The Chronicles unfolds as a vivid, episodic journey through life, where electrifying ensemble dance meets choral beauty in a richly layered theatrical experience.

A striking opening and superb dancers anchor Hofesh Schechter’s Theatre of Dreams, but despite moments of theatrical brilliance, the work drifts, overextended and searching for structure, writes Maggie Tonkin.

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RAD’s CEO reflects on her Australasian tour, global strategy, and why excellence and inclusion must go hand in hand.

Alice Topp on Creating Macbeth for the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Australian Ballet School student Scarlett Weaver on boarding life, growth and finding balance at Marilyn Rowe House in Melbourne and beyond the studio.

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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.

As Rambert marks its centenary, Maggie Lorraine revisits the company’s 1947–49 tour of Australia and asks whether Marie Rambert’s influence on our national ballet identity has been fully recognised.

Josef Brown on discovering dance through film and television