Five experimental dance artists from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific will lead masterclasses, a forum, dance battle and jam session at the Sydney Opera House

The Royal Academy of Dance has launched a new Musical Theatre syllabus, expanding beyond ballet with a structured pathway for triple-threat training.

The Australian Ballet has reported a reduced underlying operating loss for 2025, as the company continues to navigate venue disruption, rising costs and changed audience behaviour.

Garry Trinder will retire as Director of the New Zealand School of Dance at the end of 2027, closing a tenure of almost three decades.

Australian soprano Claire Lyon will play Eliza Doolittle in the 70th Anniversary Australian season of My Fair Lady, opening at Sydney Opera House in September.

The Australian Ballet will take Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar© to California and New York, marking the company’s first full-length US engagement in more than a decade.

The Australian Ballet has promoted Davi Ramos to principal artist, making him the company’s first Brazilian and first Black male principal artist.

From Met Gala spectacle to ballet’s most dramatic costumes, we pair celebrity looks with their stage-world counterparts in a playful celebration of fashion as performance.

A 16-dancer lineup will go head-to-head in Sydney this July, with freestyle battles, surprise tracks and audience voting shaping one of the most unpredictable events on the street dance calendar.

The Australian actress will portray Dame Margot Fonteyn in a new film on her partnership with Rudolf Nureyev, a role that arrives with high expectations from dance audiences.

A high-energy contemporary work set to Aaron Copland’s music arrives in Australia this year, with a 30-strong cast and 22 fast-moving episodes marking a major addition to the company’s repertory.

Queensland Ballet will bring all Academy training under one roof from 2027, with a unified model at the Thomas Dixon Centre designed to strengthen progression while maintaining distinct training pathways.

Two works in Sydney Dance Company’s INDance 2026 program turn to pressure, endurance and performance, with Emma Harrison and Jenni Large examining how power is carried and negotiated in the body.

Ausdance ACT’s 2026 Australian Dance Week brings a packed program of performances, classes and community events, with Floeur Alder returning as a featured artist.

Winners have been announced at the 2026 Claudia Dean Scholarships, with dancers recognised across four age divisions alongside a suite of special awards and international training opportunities.

From Cinderella to two thread, this year’s Performing Arts WA Awards recognised work across mainstage and independent dance, with multiple artists and collaborations acknowledged across performance and choreography categories.