Queensland Ballet will premiere a new contemporary ballet set to the music of INXS, with Elegantly Wasted opening at HOTA on the Gold Coast in September.

Nineteen-year-old Kamilaroi performer Aurielle Smith has been accepted into the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive in New York, becoming the first Aboriginal Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year student to attend the program.

The cancellation of Waitress’s Sydney season adds to mounting concern across Australia’s live performance sector, with artists, crew and venues facing an increasingly fragile touring landscape.

Australian dancer Kyra Martynov has advanced to Round II of the prestigious Moscow International Ballet Competition, continuing an impressive journey from Queensland Ballet Academy to the Bolshoi.

From rising corps members to newly appointed Senior Artists, six Australian Ballet dancers have been recognised in the company’s latest round of promotions.

The Australian run of Beetlejuice the Musical will end early, with planned seasons in Sydney, Perth and Adelaide cancelled.

Chunky Move will premiere Time Remaining, a new work by Artistic Director Antony Hamilton, at Melbourne Town Hall this August as part of Now or Never.

Acclaimed choreographer Lucy Guerin AO will step down as Artistic Director and CEO of Lucy Guerin Inc at the end of 2026, bringing to a close a 25-year tenure with one of Australia’s most influential contemporary dance companies.

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The live-to-film concert experience will bring the digitally remastered Dirty Dancing to Sydney, with a live band, vocalists and a post-screening after-party.

Queensland dancer Sienna Westcott has been named the recipient of the 2026 RAD Australian Advanced 1 Bursary.

The Sydney Opera House will present homecoming seasons for two acclaimed First Nations choreographers, with Amrita Hepi’s Rinse and Lewis Major’s Triptych arriving in September.

STRUT Dance’s annual Restore program returns to PICA with two contemporary dance works exploring memory, transformation, connection and repair.

Dance, circus, performance and community movement feature prominently in Brisbane Festival’s 2026 program, the first under new Artistic Director Ebony Bott.

Townsville-born dancer Zai Calliste has been recognised at English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2026 awards.

Restless Dance Theatre teaching artist Emma Stokes has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to dance education and inclusive practice.