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Many auditions will include an improvisation exercise. Michelle Dursun helps you prepare.

Missed out on the 2013 Australian Dance Awards ceremony in Canberra?

The Ballet Teachers' Workshop is going from strength to strength, if Sunday night's event is a guide. The annual competition has six sections covering ages from eight upwards and a total of almost $15,000 in prize money to win.

NICA auditions

The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is now inviting aspiring circus artists to submit their applications for entry into the 2014 Bachelor of Circus Arts course.

The Dance Education in Australian Schools (DEAS) Roundtable 2013 is an opportunity to share knowledge in preparation for implementation of the new national arts curriculum.

How much can you touch while you teach? Karen van Ulzen investigates.

Creature comforts

Dancehouse's Housemate Residency Program is an artist residency with a difference.

Broome is about to experience a contemporary dance performance that traverses two generations.

West Australlian Ballet (WAB) has announced that it has appointed Czech dancer Jiri Jelinek as a Leading Artist.

Musical time

It seems that Australian audiences just can't get enough of their musicals.

The Australian version of TV's So You Can Think You Can Dance will be returning to Channel 10 in 2014, and the producers are already looking for the next round of contestants.

On Sunday 4 August the annual McDonald's Ballet Scholarship and Open Jazz Dance Group Finals played out to their final conclusion in front of a large audience at the Sydney Opera House.

Dance Australia congratulates the winners of the Australian Dance Awards.

Director of the Australian Ballet School (ABS), Marilyn Rowe, will retire at the end of 2014.

ABT to QLD

There was much excitement at the announcement on Friday, 5 August of the tour to Brisbane of American Ballet Theatre (ABT) from 28 August to 7 September 2014.

The Australian Teachers of Dancing Australasian Energetiks Scholarships were held from July 19 to 21 at Mad House Dance and Gardens Theatre at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane.