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Every year the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) present a season of student-choreographed works.

2015 will see the presentation of the Australian Dance Awards (ADAs) take place in Adelaide for the first time.

Throughout September and October 2015, DirtyFeet will be presenting free creative dance workshops for people with and without disability, between the ages of 14 and 26 years.

Registrations are now open for Dance Rites, a new dance competition that aims to reinvigorate aspects of Indigenous culture through the reclamation of age-old song-lines, stories and dance practices

The urban landscape is a giant playground for Parkour practitioners.

Farewell John Auld

We were saddened to hear of the death of Australian dancer John Auld, who has died, aged 90, in London on June 17 this year.

The OzAsia Festival includes a smorgasbord of dance performances, from a collaboration between Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Indian choreographer Shantala Shivalingappa, to Topeng Cirebon’s ancient Javanese masked dance.

On Broadway

New York correspondent Susan Reiter talks us through 12 months of Broadway productions.

The cast of the 2016 production of Singin’ in the Rain has been announced. Adam Garcia will play the lead role of Dan Lockwood. His sidekick Cosmo Brown will be played by Jack Chambers.

Mikhail Baryshnikov refuses to rest on his reputation as the greatest living male dancer. He talks to Susan Reiter about his ongoing exploration of the possibilities of dance.

The producers of The Sound of Music are looking for 18 children to participate in the new production of The Sound of Music which will commence in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre on 13 December 2015.

Creative Behaviours Dance Collective is a volunteer initiative that supports professional dancers and choreographers with regular opportunities to train together and explore creative ideas.

What’s it like to be a full-time music theatre student? Morgan Palmer, third year student at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, talks us through an average day in the Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) course.

Brooke Leeder will be remounting her work Mechanic at PS Art Space in Fremantle, August 13-15

Newcastle’s Catapult Dance Choreographic Centre is about to commence a series of residencies.

Congratulations to 16 year old Harrison Lee of Sydney's McDonald College, the outright winner of the 2015 McDonald's Ballet Scholarship.