Karen van Ulzen had the privilege of observing Sydney Dance Company rehearsing for the upcoming season "Interplay" last week.

The nominees for the 2014 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award were announced last week in Melbourne at the Australian Ballet’s free annual outdoor event, Telstra Ballet at the Bowl.

Congratulations to young dancers Belle Beasley (NSW), Olivia Paine (NSW) and Samuel Pereira (VIC) who have been announced as winners of the 2014 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships, which support young Australians in furthering their artistic gifts both locally and globally through travel.

This year has seen an unprecedented number of Australian submissions for the Youth America Grand Prix. Congratulations to the following Australian dancers who have made the finals of this prestigious international ballet competition:

West Australian Ballet's artistic director Aurelien Scannella will be holding auditions 12 April 2014 at 4pm, at the West Australian Ballet Centre, Maylands WA.

The Australian Ballet School (ABS) has announced that Lisa Pavane will take over the reigns as director when Marilyn Rowe OBE retires at the end of 2014.

It’s two days till the Adelaide Festival opens, and one of the main dance attractions is the local duo, Paulo Castro and Jo Stone.

The February/March issue of Dance Australia features our annual Critics Survey. All major dance critics in the country have taken part in this survey, which asks them to nominate their choices in categories such as "Most Outstanding Dancer", "Most Outstanding Choreography" and "Highlight of the Year".

Classical Chinese dance company Shen Yun will be arriving in Australia next month. The company’s Australian tour begins in Melbourne in March, and then heads to Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide and the Gold Coast in April.

Attention tertiary dance students and recent graduates! ADT’s 2014 Secondment Week is happening 12-16 May at ADT’s studios in Hawthorn (Adelaide).

The schedule for Lucy Guerin Inc professional classes during the next Lucy Guerin Inc development has been announced and features an impressive lineup of dance and yoga teachers from around Australia. 

DirtyFeet is giving two early-career choreographers a chance to showcase their work as part of a new project entitled Out of the Studio.

The Australian Ballet's annual Telstra Ballet in the Bowl is particularly special this year because 2014 marks the 30 year anniversary of the partnership between Telstra and the Australian Ballet.

In 2010, four students who had graduated in 2009 from full-time tertiary courses at WAAPA; ED 5; Brent Street and Patrick Studios shared their experiences on how they were carving a niche for themselves in the performing arts scene in Australia. Now, four years later, we touch base again with two of those students; Emily Cascarino (ED5) and Tobias Madden (WAAPA) to see how their careers have unfolded.

When Dance Australia editor, Karen van Ulzen, heard I was returning to Israel, she asked me to write a travelogue-cum-interview to lay the ground for Batsheva's 2014 tour to Australia.

The winners of Short+Sweet Dance (Sydney) were announced at the gala final on Sunday 2 February.