Artists

The Australian Ballet soloist Katherine Sonnekus reflects on the resilience she developed during training, and why learning to work sustainably has been essential to her career.

Brazilian prima ballerina and choreographer Marcia Haydée’s Sleeping Beauty revives the Russian roots of the ballet for Melbourne audiences, writes Belle Beasley

Nova City Ballet graduate Charlie Blow, now in the Academy of Northern Ballet’s Graduate Program in Leeds, reflects on a supportive training community and the importance of following your own path.

National College of Dance graduate Caleb Durbin, now a Soloist at Alberta Ballet, reflects on caring for his body and developing the determination to keep improving.

Full-time training: The McDonald College and The Royal Ballet School. Currently dancing with: English National Ballet

“I love my job and I love my life!” Davi Ramos speaks to Daniel Gaudiello about his journey from Brazil to principal artist with The Australian Ballet, and finding his feet in Australia.

Full-time training: ED5 International. Currently dancing at the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Full-time training: New Zealand Youth Ballet Company. Currently training with The Royal Ballet School

Full-time Training: Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy Presently: Joining Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo for its next season from September

Full-time Training: The National Ballet School, Melbourne Presently: English National Ballet GAP Trainee Programme, from July 2026

The musicians of Burn The Floor: Luminous are on stage and inside the action. Tyler Azzopardi, Carlos C Major and Elenoa Rokobaro reveal how live music drives the show.

Graduate of the Australian Ballet School, now with the Australian Ballet

When photographer Barbara Morgan met Martha Graham in 1935, an extraordinary creative partnership began. Zoe Forbes reflects on the images that helped define modern dance photography.

Full-time training: Australasian Dance Collective

Returning to the company he helped define, Jason Gilkison discusses the making of Luminous, the freedoms of live theatre and why ballroom must keep changing

Graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts, now working independently following a guest engagement with Australian Dance Theatre.