Cecchetti Ballet Australia's annual Lucie Saranova Memorial Award was held in Sydney, 12 and 13 July. The competition was adjudicated by Steven and Kathy Heathcote.

If you are planning to study dance for a career, the August/September issue of Dance Australia is a must for you.

KickStart gives elite dance students intensive professional training from Australian Dance Theatre for three weeks. The program includes:

The Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dance held their annual Dance Festival at major centres around Australia during June and July. The Dance Festival which took place in Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland from 26th June through to 13th July, attracted dancers from around the country who competed for trophies, medals and scholarships.

Sydney's McDonald's Ballet Scholarships and Open Jazz Dance Group Finals. Congratulations to Kayla-Maria Tarantolo from McDonald College, NSW and Daniel Russell training at the Sydney Dance Company Pre Professional Year, NSW, who won first place and runner-up respectively.

Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival, an annual two week event celebrating Asian culture, kicks off in September and there are several dance and movement-based works in the program.

It’s audition time at Queensland Ballet! Registrations are now open to audition for company dancer positions in 2015 and also for the company’s 2015 training programs for young dancers.

From 1 August – 7 September, Sydney’s Carriageworks will be presenting a five week festival of dance, sound, music and live art, entitled Performance Space: Score. Amongst the companies and artists featured are Chunky Move, Force Majeure, Narelle Benjamin and Natalie Abbott.

Dance meets visual art in an exhibition entitled Moving Image, by Australian Dance Theatre (ADT). Moving Image is open until 24 August at Artspace Gallery, Adelaide Festival Centre.

The 19th International Solo Dance & Theatre Festival, to be held in Stuttgart, Germany from 12-15 March 2015, will be a tribute to the late Tanja Liedtke.

On the eve of its 75th anniversary, American Ballet Theatre will finally appear on an Australian stage for the first time. S

Smoke and Mirrors is the latest production to be performed at Chrissie Parrott Arts, in Perth.

She's just 24, but Samantha Lynch has already danced on three different continents. Currently a rising member of the Norwegian National Ballet, she is enjoying new repertory opportunities in a company she describes as ìvery open to new things.

Find out what opportunities Critical Path is offering in August.

Queensland based independent contemporary performance company Prying Eye Productions will present its first full-length dance theatre work at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, from July 26 to August 2.

Sydney Dance Company invites applications from talented Australian and New Zealand dancers wishing to take part in its pre-professional year program in 2015.