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ADC presents THREE

Australian Dance Collective is bringing its annual season of THREE to the Brisbane Powerhouse, and Artistic Director Amy Hollingsworth cannot wait to share this new collection with audiences.

Following its hugely successful season at the Sydney Fringe Festival last year, Danza del Arte is bringing its latest production, a collaboration with Taikoz, to the Adelaide Fringe.

CONGRATULATIONS to Australian dancers Jenson Blight and Ruby Day, who have both won top prizes at the finals of the 2024 Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland.

Ruth Osborne has received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours for "services to the performing arts, especially dance".

The prestigious Prix de Lausanne starts this week! 

Leila Lois warns of a funding crisis in the arts, particularly  independent dance.

This terrific all-male troupe from Argentina offers a modern take on the traditional Malambo.

LAST CHANCE: Win a double pass to Shen Yun's all-new 2024 show!

The successful recipients of the Australian Ballet's annual Residency Program have been announced: they are Prue Lang and Deanne Butterworth. 

Ballet for all

The Victorian State Ballet has a busy 2024, with an almost continual schedule of performances in city and regional venues. It is now auditioning for young dancers for its Youth Ballet season of 'The Little Mermaid'.

2024 is Iain Grandage's final term as Artistic Director of the Perth Festival, and he is planning to make it an event "filled with light, life and love".

Phillip Adams, the founding director of Balletlab, is shutting down the company he founded and is taking up the position of MA Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts.

If you thought flight was beyond the capacity of human beings, Elizabeth Streb will make you think again.

Among the many events at this year’s Midsumma Festival in Melbourne is 'Mechorstra', produced and performed by Scimm. Dance Company, and 'Labyrinth', by Forest Collective.

The 2024 Prix de Lausanne, the international eistedfodd for ballet students, runs from January 28 to February 4. This year 425 applied from 43 countries, from which 81 were chosen from the video auditions. Seven Australians are in the finals.

The latest attendance figures show an alarming overall decline in ballet and dance attendances, regardless of Covid, writes Karen van Ulzen.