The world largest breaking competition has completed the three East Coast City Cypher events across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.  Red Bull BC One, the global one-on-one breaking competition, sees thousands of breakers competing for a chance to represent at the Red Bull BC One Wold Final. Australia showcased its talent over the three Cypher events where the […]

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Queensland Ballet’s sixth Artistic Director, Leanne Benjamin OBE AM, will leave Queensland Ballet, with Assistant Artistic Director Greg Horsman to act in the role with the focus on finalising the 2025 season. The company made the following statement on their website: Early this year, Queensland Ballet was thrilled to welcome Benjamin, following her vibrant career […]

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Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! The Head of Dance at Saint Kentigern College, Geordan Wilcox, is taking up a new opportunity, so the position to lead the school’s dance curricula and co curricula program is available. Saint Kentigern is a leader among independent schools in Australasia, providing a high-quality, values-based Presbyterian […]

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Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! New Zealand’s Fresh Movement Collective will bring its vibrant dance theatre work, MĀUI, to the Sydney Opera House for an Australian premiere tour from 29 – 31 August. MĀUI tells the story of the heroic demi-god who appears as a prominent figure in Pacific folklore. The show opens with the shared […]

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Circa, Australia’s leading circus company, will take flight in Duck Pond, an exuberant take on Swan Lake. Circa is one of the world’s leading contemporary circus companies who have re-imagined the world’s most romantic ballet Swan Lake as a circus spectacular. Duck Pond that will be presented at the Sydney Coliseum Theatre, Rooty Hill from 4 to 6 July. Audiences […]

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Discover Washington Heights at the Sydney Opera House when Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking debut musical In the Heights arrives for a strictly limited six-week season from 20 July to 25 August.  Setting Miranda on a trajectory to superstardom, In the Heights earned 13 nominations at the 2008 Tony Awards with four wins including Best Musical and Best Original Score. The Broadway smash-hit tells […]

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Megan Connelly will be the fifth director in The Australian Ballet School’s 60-year history, building upon the legacy of outgoing director Lisa Pavane and esteemed predecessors, Marilyn Rowe AM OBE, Gailene Stock CBE AM and founding director Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE. The Artistic Director and Head of School is a strategic and creative leadership […]

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Who doesn’t love the full circle thing? The symmetry is sometimes impossible to resist; like when a former student becomes a trusted business partner. But what about when the circle is doubled? Even more satisfying. As good as a 720° spin. Welcome to the world of Studio 7 Dancewear and The National Ballet School. In […]

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Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) is proud to announce the many notable companies their students have been seconded to in recent months – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Footnote New Zealand Dance, Movement of the Human, Atamira Dance Company, SCIMM. Dance Company and the New […]

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Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Brianna Kell to the role of Artistic Associate. Joining ADT’s ensemble in 2022, Kell has danced in Daniel Riley’s The Third, SAVAGE and THE HUM for the company, as well as maintaining her own independent choreographic practice. In 2023, she choreographed the work NOW/AGAIN […]

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