More then 250 dance students from around Australia will descend on the NSW coastal town of Gosford during Easter for the 7th Australian Youth Dance Festival.

'Dance Australia' has 20 double passes to give away to the sensational new dance film, 'Street Dance 2'

'Dance Australia' has 20 double passes to give away to the moving new documentary about choreographer Tanja Liedtke.

Independent dance artist Claudia Alessi comes from a diverse dance background, interwoven with acrobatics, aerial work, physical theatre, puppetry and film.

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is not renowned for its contemporary dance content. This year's Comedy Festival, however, sees the inclusion of 3's Company, 2's a Party, a dance theatre work by independent choreographers Helen Duncan and Quindell Orton.

Dance teachers from across Australia will meet at the 2012 Come Together Dance Teachers Convention which will be held at Jason Coleman's Ministry of Dance from 13-15 April.

Young dancer Aaron Smyth has signed a contract with The Royal Ballet. The talented Queenslander has been on a winning streak for the last few years, reaching the final of the McDonald's Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship twice...

BlakDance Australia Limited is thrilled to announce the launch of a new website showcasing talented Indigenous artists.

The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) will be bringing a little disco-inspired musical fantasy to Perth with the Broadway hit, Xanadu.

The rumours that have been circulating are true - Lucy Durack will play Elle Woods in the Australian premiere of Legally Blonde: the Musical, which opens in October at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney.

Restless plays the Dolphin Theatre at the University of Western Australia, 10, 16 and 17 March.

Brisbane audiences will be given a rare opportunity to see Australian and European-styled contemporary dance side-by-side in a shared program entitled "Scripsi Scritpum" at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts from 23-30 March 2012.

Calvin Richardson, who was a finalist in the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland this year, has accepted an offer of a full scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in London.

The Queensland Dance School of Excellence (QDSE) will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2012 with a lunchtime picnic at Kelvin Grove State College on Saturday 24th March.

Antony Hamilton and Melanie Lane have teamed up to present a “catalytic” double at the North Melbourne Arts House under the title, “Clouds Above Berlin".

Farah Shah believes passionately that boys should be given as much opportunity to dance as they have to play sport.