Thanks to a new initiative from Tasdance, dance artists and choreographers around Australia have the opportunity to apply for the new Tasdance Residency for Independent Practice (TRIP). Hosted by Tasdance at their premises in Launceston, TRIP is an artist-in-residence program intended for both project-based and research-based residencies.

December/January may traditionally be a quiet time but that's not the case at Lucy Guerin Inc. The company is busy supporting independent choreographers and young dancers/students with a season of work by independent artists entitled "Pieces for Small Spaces", as well as invitations to apply for 2013 residencies and 2013 secondments.

With the development of commercially available prosthetic arches, it is now possible to enhance the shape of one's foot. Is it cheating?

Melbourne's Dance Massive is living up to its name. Taking place over 10 days from March 12 to 24, the biennial contemporary dance festival will present no less than 18 productions over 10 days as well as a national dance forum.

This December you can catch the internationally-acclaimed Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) on the big screen.

Asanti Dance Theatre's new work Sankofa (Return and Get it), by Appiah Annan, brings together West African performance traditions and contemporary Australian dance practices.

Developed out of a desire to bring Brisbane's community of independent dance artists together, Lucid Dance Theatre invited choreographers and dancers to create and present short preparatory works.

After extensive renovations, the Royal Academy of Dance premises at 20 Farrell Ave, Darlinghurst, in Sydney, have been acclaimed by visitors as "a wonderful transformation", "fresh and spacious" and "light, bright and airy."

Buzz says goodbye to Artistic Director Cadi McCarthy and seeks preliminary enquiries for new AD...

Queensland Dance School of Excellence student, Indya Gardner has been awarded the school's Most Outstanding Dancer of the Year and has also bagged the title of 2012 Dux of Kelvin Grove State College.

Earlier this year Bangarra Dance Theatre, in partnership with the Arts Unit, held a series of two-day workshops across Sydney and regional NSW to identify talented Aboriginal students for inclusion in the NSW Public Schools Aboriginal Dance Company.

West Australian Ballet's new Artistic Director Aurelien Scannella will be holding auditions in Perth, WA and Mulhouse, France...

Young Brisbane dancer Nobel Lakaev is in his first semester at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York.

Sydney City Youth Ballet’s Nutcracker opens at Glen Street Theatre, Thursday 27 November.

Ochre Contemporary Dance Company will make its debut this month.

Li Cunxin has revealed that nine new dancers will also join Queensland Ballet next year.