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The West Australian Ballet is about to take up residency at Perth's State Theatre with the perfectly titled 'State' contemporary ballet season.

Marina Tamayo, the Sydney-based flamenco artist and founder of Flamenco Australia, has been nominated for the Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography in New York.

In Wollongong, NSW on 17th & 18th May 2024, AUSTI. Dance and Physical Theatre launches their 2024 season, bringing two new pieces choreographed by French-born artist Cloé Fournier and Artistic Director Michelle Maxwell to the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre.

Last week BlakDance proudly presented two bold works to Perth audiences in West Australian premieres.

At the moment Amelia Soh (formerly a student of Mosman Dance Academy) is living many a young dancer’s dream training overseas in a prestigious pre-professional school. and is about to graduate from Level 8 at San Francisco Ballet School (SFBS).

On the 28th May Sydney Dance Company will present the world premiere of Rafael Bonachela’s newest work momenta in its hometown of Sydney before embarking on a national tour of NSW, QLD, NT & WA.

This week Belvoir presents the world premiere of Nayika (A Dancing Girl).

In her first addition to the Company since taking the helm as Artistic Director of Queensland Ballet, Leanne Benjamin has announced the homecoming of the elegant, expressive Australian born dancer, Alison McWhinney.

FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present DUTI Dance Company Mathew Mizyed’s None Of Us at the Lennox Theatre from Thursday 9th May to Saturday 11th May.

Dance Makers Collective (DMC) is a collective-led dance organisation based in Western Sydney and a vital source of support for the independent dance sector in NSW.

The announcement of Megan Connelly as the Australian Ballet School’s new director follows a global search that attracted candidates from Australia and abroad.

The Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine (GKB) will return to Australia in May, June and July 2024.

Now in its 42nd year, Australian Dance Week (ADW) is an opportunity to turn the spotlight on the local dance scene, with Ausdance ACT supporting a broad range of events highlighting the diversity and popularity of dance, both professional and community, in Canberra and surrounds.

YAGP - THE RESULTS

After 10 days of classes, performances, two sensational gala performances and a gala dinner, the results of the 25th Youth America Grand Prix were announced at a ceremony at the David Koch Theater at the Lincoln Centre, New York, on Saturday.

YAGP - THE FINALS!

Karen van Ulzen reports on the 25th Youth America Grand Prix in New York.

This week a total of 19 dancers from Australia and New Zealand are competing in the Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals 25th Anniversary Season.