Ausdance National is offering a $10,000 fellowship for a mid-career independent choreographer, supporting targeted professional development and the next stage of choreographic practice.

For anyone who grew up on the Barbie and the... films, this one is personal: Barbie and The Australian Ballet are joining forces to celebrate the story that introduced a generation to ballet.

Created by David McAllister AC, the interactive family production will visit Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne across the summer school holidays.

ADC’s acclaimed triple bill returns for a fourth iteration, with new commissions by Amber McCartney and Joel Bray alongside the Queensland premiere of Harrison Ritchie-Jones’s CUDDLE.

MEAA’s Dancers Australia has updated the Dance Industry Code of Practice for 2026–27, lifting minimum rates and key entitlements for dancers, teachers and choreographers from 1 July.

Queensland Ballet will premiere a new contemporary ballet set to the music of INXS, with Elegantly Wasted opening at HOTA on the Gold Coast in September.

Nineteen-year-old Kamilaroi performer Aurielle Smith has been accepted into the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive in New York, becoming the first Aboriginal Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year student to attend the program.

The cancellation of Waitress’s Sydney season adds to mounting concern across Australia’s live performance sector, with artists, crew and venues facing an increasingly fragile touring landscape.

Australian dancer Kyra Martynov has advanced to Round II of the prestigious Moscow International Ballet Competition, continuing an impressive journey from Queensland Ballet Academy to the Bolshoi.

From rising corps members to newly appointed Senior Artists, six Australian Ballet dancers have been recognised in the company’s latest round of promotions.

The Australian run of Beetlejuice the Musical will end early, with planned seasons in Sydney, Perth and Adelaide cancelled.

Chunky Move will premiere Time Remaining, a new work by Artistic Director Antony Hamilton, at Melbourne Town Hall this August as part of Now or Never.

Acclaimed choreographer Lucy Guerin AO will step down as Artistic Director and CEO of Lucy Guerin Inc at the end of 2026, bringing to a close a 25-year tenure with one of Australia’s most influential contemporary dance companies.

From backstage ballet banter to studio business, creative careers and deeper conversations about dance culture, these Australian-connected podcasts are worth adding to your listening queue.

The live-to-film concert experience will bring the digitally remastered Dirty Dancing to Sydney, with a live band, vocalists and a post-screening after-party.