The artistic director of the West Australian Ballet, Ivan Cavallari, discusses his legacy with Karen van Ulzen.

Meet some Australian dancers who have found their niche in other countries. The second in our series of Australians overseas.

Gideon Obarzanek, the outgoing artistic director of Chunky Move.

Mark Byrne was 24 years old, and rehearsing for the Victorian State Opera's production of 'West Side Story' in 1994, when he sustained a serious injury to his back.

Kevin Jackson is a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

Karen Nanasca was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She joined the Australian Ballet School in 2006 at age 16 and the Australian Ballet in 2009. She has recently been promoted to coryphee and was a nominee for the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award last year.

Dance can be a passport to an international career. Meet some Australian dancers who have found their niche in other countries.

Ethan Stiefel is taking it step by step as new artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, writes Jill Rivers.

When Hilton Denis tore a cartilage during his final performance of the tour of 'West Side Story' in January, 2011, he was devastated.

After a brilliant career spanning a number of continents, Amy Hollingsworth retired from performing last year.

What happens when you have to stop doing something you love, and try to replace it with something else? - A personal account by Australian Dance Theatre's Associate Artistic Director, Elizabeth Old.

Most recently a principal dancer with the Queensland Ballet, Alex Wagner has retired from dancing after 16 years on the stage.

Reed Luplau is a young dancer going somewhere, as Nina Levy discovers. Finding full-time employment as a professional contemporary dancer in Australia is no mean feat.

Australian dancer Greg Horsman has been ballet master for the Royal New Zealand Ballet since 2007. In October the company will perform his staging of the ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

Richard Causer was recently nominated for most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer in the Australian Dance Awards. Read about him here.

Most dancers know him as the man who steered Sydney Dance Company in the year following Tanya Liedtke’s death. But Noel has had an astonishing career...