2024 Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship Winners

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia has announced that 16 talented Australian semi-finalists have been selected to compete in the The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2024.

What's in the July/Aug/Sep issue?

Three choreographers have been chosen to create new work for the company's PIECES 2024 program.

Tim Podesta's shows are always high quality and thought provoking, writes Karen van Ulzen

Geraldine Higginson attended this festival of six dance works by three choreographers presented by Form Dance Projects and Riverside Theatre over two days.

The work is a huge credit to the underlying approach to contemporary dance that we have come to expect from Bonachela in his leadership of Sydney Dance Company, writes Michelle Potter.

This dancer studied full-time at the Annette Roselli Dance Academy in Brisbane and is about to join the English National Ballet School. She is featured in the 2025 Full-Time Studies Guide, OUT NOW in the current print issue of Dance Australia.

This dancer won ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ in 2010 and since then has been travelling the world with the phenomenally successful ‘Burn the Floor’.

Naiara de Matos arrived at Sydney Dance Company from Brazil via a Cinderella-like story, writes Geraldine Higginson.

Olivia Stewart explains the need for an agent, a good network and a 'quadruple' threat.

Matthew Lawrence provides advice on auditioning – from the panellist's point of view. 

Physical touch is unavoidable in dance, but how do you ensure that no boundaries are crossed? Nina Levy explores a delicate issue.