Sally Clark talks to a number of high profile dance professionals about the rewards of passing on the passion.

In commemoration of the ANZAC centenary, the New Zealand Dance Company is making its first ever tour of Australia.The company is bringing Rotunda, choreographed by founding co-artistic director Shona McCullagh.

Want to know what goes on behind the scenes at the Australian Ballet? Well, if you’re in Sydney, you’re in for a treat because the company has just launched its new “Step Inside” program, featuring special events, talks and classes during April.

Our cover photo this issue is of the phenomenally talented Harrison Lee, who recently won gold at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne international ballet competition in Switzerland.

Moscow Ballet La Classique is about to commence its 2015 Australian Tour, performing Sleeping Beauty at venues in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, WA and SA.

DirtyFeet is seeking dancers to work with choreographer Rhiannon Newton, as part of her Choreographic Lab.

Joseph Simons, winner of the 2013 Tanja Liedtke Fellowship, will be touring his new work, First Things First to venues in regional and metropolitan New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia between March and May this year.

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For those of you disappointed to have missed the visit of Mark Morris Dance Group to Perth in February, the good news is that the company will return in June, this time to Sydney.

A new arts event for Campbelltown, Western Sydney, scheduled to take place in 2016, ha just been launched by Campelltown Arts Centre.

Leigh Warren Dance is offering an intensive workshop, April 20-24.

Queensland Ballet, Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland have joined forces to study the effects of dance on people living with Parkinson’s disease.

Dance Australia congratulates Garry Stewart on receiving the inaugural Australia Council Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in acknowledgement of his massive contribution to dance.

The Tanja Liedtke Foundation has announced Gabrielle Nankivell as the winner of the 2015 Tanja Liedtke Fellowship.

Madeleine Eastoe, one of the Australian Ballet’s most loved ballerinas, has announced that she will retire from the stage at the end of the company’s season of Giselle.

The 2015 Victorian Dance Festival will take place 17-19 April. Catering to dance teachers and dance students (and their parents), the festival will be held in Ballarat.