As we reported some weeks ago, the Sydney season of La Sylphide will be the last chance Australian audiences have to see Olivia Bell on stage with the Australian Ballet.

If you love TV dance competitions then imagine how much more fun it would be to watch a dance competition live! Australian and international champions of dancesport will be strutting their stuff at the 68th Australian DanceSport Championship in Melbourne this December.

This November, STRUT dance (WA) will be presenting the Eyes Wide open dance platform, a festival that is all about asking questions, opening minds and taking dance back to where it begins... the studio.

Buzz Dance Theatre is searching for two male and two female contemporary dancers, for a new creation by Artistic Director Lucas Jervies for performance in 2014 with a creative development at the end of 2013.

The days have long gone since doing class alone is enough to make you an elite dancer. It is now commonplace to include additional body conditioning and fitness work into dance training from an early age.

A study has been published that concludes that "ballerinas" don't go dizzy like normal people...

The Dance Makers Collective is about to give its premiere performance in Sydney from October 23-26. Called "Big Dance in Small Chunks", the program will showcase nine short works by 10 passionate up-and-coming choreographers.

The delightful children’s all-dancing mouse, Angelina Ballerina, is returning to Australia for the summer holidays.

Australians were once again prominent among the medallists at the RAD Genee International Ballet Competition, which was held in Glasgow from Sep 20-29.

Queensland-based ballet lovers should be very happy with Queensland Ballet's (QB) 2014 program, which was announced earlier today.

Luke George's new work NOT ABOUT FACE sees the audience clothed in full-body shrouds as he explores the relationship between performers and audience. Nina Levy caught up with George to find out more about this innovative dance artist and his latest work.

Aakesh Odedra, one of the UK and South Asia’s rising dance stars, is coming to both Brisbane and Sydney -- first at the Brisbane Powerhouse on September 27 and 28 and then at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, on October 5 and 6 as part of the Parramasala Festival.

West Australian Ballet Artistic Director Aurelien Scannella will be holding auditions in Perth on Saturday, 19 October 2013.

Bangarra Dance Theatre announced today that its next production, "Dance Clan 3", will be made up of an all-female choreographic team, with four of the company's senior female dancers each creating a new work. The four choreographers are Deborah Brown, Yolande Brown, Tara Gower and Jasmin Sheppard.

The story of Cinderella has something to appeal to all, its choreographer tells Karen van Ulzen.

Sydney-based film-maker and choreographer Sue Healey will be in arriving in Perth this week.