Time is drawing closer for the announcement of the 2011 Australian Dance Awards, which will be held for the first time in Brisbane this year.

Anouk van Dijk will take over from Gideon Obarzenek as the artistic director of Chunky Move in Melbourne following Gideon Obarzanek’s departure at the end of 2011.

The Australian Ballet will perform in New York next year, presenting an exciting sample of its repertoire.

Sydney Festival has appointed Lieven Bertels as the new director for Sydney Festival from 2013 to 2015.

The Queensland Ballet’s annual “. . . with Attitude season” is a showcase for new choreography. This year it will feature the work of a new up-and-coming choreographer from within the company’s own ranks – Gareth Belling.

No one was more surprised than Shayarne Matheson when she was announced as the winner of the Alana Haines Awards, held over the Easter weekend in Auckland, New Zealand.