Queensland Ballet has launched a new philanthropic initiative designed to connect culturally curious young professionals with the company, offering rare access to the creative process while supporting ambitious new work in Brisbane.

Applications open June 1 for the 2026 Brisbane International Contemporary Dance Prix, a six-day program offering classes, coaching, networking and performance opportunities for dancers aged 11 to 22.

The Olivier Award winner will play Professor Henry Higgins in the 70th Anniversary Australian season of My Fair Lady, joining Claire Lyon, Reg Livermore, Robyn Nevin and Tony Llewellyn-Jones.

Shaun Parker & Company has announced a major new fellowship supported by the Denise and Michael Kellen Foundation, with Wiradjuri and Gamillaraay artist Beau Dean Riley Smith named as the inaugural recipient.

Sydney Dance Company will give Central Coast audiences the first look at Engine, its new triple bill, before the production moves to the Sydney Opera House.

Dancenorth will bring RED back to Melbourne this June, with five performances of the acclaimed duet presented as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale.

The Royal Academy of Dance has announced the international judging panel and faculty for The Fonteyn 2026, with the final to be held at London’s Coliseum.

Bangarra Dance Theatre will tour Sheltering nationally in 2026, bringing together three works by Glory Tuohy-Daniell, Daniel Mateo, Cass Mortimer Eipper and Frances Rings.

Five experimental dance artists from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific will lead masterclasses, a forum, dance battle and jam session at the Sydney Opera House

The Royal Academy of Dance has launched a new Musical Theatre syllabus, expanding beyond ballet with a structured pathway for triple-threat training.

The Australian Ballet has reported a reduced underlying operating loss for 2025, as the company continues to navigate venue disruption, rising costs and changed audience behaviour.

Garry Trinder will retire as Director of the New Zealand School of Dance at the end of 2027, closing a tenure of almost three decades.

Australian soprano Claire Lyon will play Eliza Doolittle in the 70th Anniversary Australian season of My Fair Lady, opening at Sydney Opera House in September.

The Australian Ballet will take Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar© to California and New York, marking the company’s first full-length US engagement in more than a decade.

The Australian Ballet has promoted Davi Ramos to principal artist, making him the company’s first Brazilian and first Black male principal artist.

From Met Gala spectacle to ballet’s most dramatic costumes, we pair celebrity looks with their stage-world counterparts in a playful celebration of fashion as performance.