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Dancers of Degas

For ballet dancers and aficionados, the name Degas conjures up images of the artist’s many depictions of ballerinas, both on canvas and in sculpture.

After many hours of sweat and toil, and many Sleeping Beauties, Esmeraldas and Le Corsaires, the Youth American Grand Prix came to an end on Saturday.

Sydney Dance Company is taking its double bill “CounterMove” on a national tour between May and August, taking in Canberra, regional New South Wales, regional Queensland, Darwin and regional Western Australia.

David Nixon, artistic director of the Northern Ballet in the UK, is staging his 'Beauty and the Beast' on the West Australian Ballet.

Gabriel Jahnke, a student of Suzanne Way at Professional  Coaching, Avalon, NSW, has won the Australian Institute of Classical Dance Houston Ballet Academy (HBA) scholarship.

Arts Centre Melbourne’s Stage Presence – Design from the Australian Performing Arts Collection opens 30 April.

Anouk van Dijk’s latest creation for Chunky Move, Lucid, opens in Melbourne this May.

Jakarta bound

West Australian Ballet (WAB) is off to Jakarta this August.

Much-loved principal artist of the Australian Ballet (AB), Daniel Gaudiello gave his final performance with the company last month, after announcing that he would be leaving the stage to focus on new artistic and personal pursuits.

Saturday 19 March saw 20 Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) schools from Victoria and Tasmania gather at the National Theatre in St Kilda for the RAD Showcase.

The newly appointed director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Makhar Vaziev (pictured), took up his position in March this year.

Into the "Vortex"

The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) will be presenting its first dance program for 2016 in May.

If you’re in Sydney this week you can catch Shaun Parker and Company… free!

Safety is a fundamental right, a legal requirement and a moral obligation. The overwhelming majority of dance studios comprehensively uphold their obligations to protect and nurture their students.

The finals of the Youth America Grand Prix are being held in New York next week, and Dance Australia will be there!

The semi-finals of the Keir Choreographic Awards are almost upon us. Eight artists have been selected and commissioned to create a new work for the semi-finals, which will be held at Dancehouse in Melbourne.