Most Australian dance studios offer at least one, so what is it that makes dance syllabi valuable in the studio landscape and for dancers in training? In April, Vitality Dance Teacher Conference at VDF24 sat down with some of the biggest names in international dance syllabus organisations to find out what they offer, what makes […]

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In a significant move since assuming the role of Artistic Director at Queensland Ballet, Leanne Benjamin has announced the homecoming of Australian-born dancer Alison McWhinney. Originating from Port Macquarie, McWhinney has enjoyed a distinguished career with the prestigious English National Ballet in the UK, where she has thrived since 2005, and was promoted to First […]

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In her first addition to the Company since taking the helm as Artistic Director of Queensland Ballet, Leanne Benjamin has announced the homecoming of Aussie-born dancer Alison McWhinney.  Hailing from Port Macquarie, McWhinney has carved out a distinguished career in the UK with the prestigious English National Ballet. Since 2005, McWhinney has flourished within the […]

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Dance Informa had the wonderful opportunity to pick the brains of three world-renowned contemporary choreographers. Learn what Hofesh Shechter, Franck Chartier and Desmond Richardson had to say about contemporary dance and its role in contemporary society. How would you define contemporary dance? What differentiates it from other related styles and movement vocabularies? Hofesh Shechter, artistic […]

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Book: Cranko: The man and his choreographyAuthor: Ashley Killar, Troubador Publishing, December 2022 Ashley Killar’s book, Cranko: The man and his choreography, is a splendid biography of the major choreographer John Cranko, is warmly written and extensively researched. Readers follow the ups and downs of Cranko’s great successes and dire flops. Much attention is paid […]

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Leanne Benjamin’s autobiography with Sarah Crompton, Built for Ballet, reveals the extraordinary life and career of one of the world’s most important ballet dancers of the past 50 years.  Benjamin was born and raised in the central Queensland town of Rockhampton in a tightly knit hard-working Catholic family. At the age of three, she attended her first […]

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The Australian Ballet has announced its 2021 season, the first programmed by its incoming Artistic Director, David Hallberg. Hallberg has curated an ambitious program that will lead The Australian Ballet into a new era under his custodianship and propel the company back onto the stage after the unprecedented disruptions to live performances in 2020. The […]

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The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has partnered with London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) to co-curate a free-to-enter display to mark the iconic dance education organisation’s centenary. On Point: Royal Academy of Dance at 100, opening 2 December, will tell the story of how the RAD shaped the future of dance training, the famous faces […]

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2020 promises to be another busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dancelovers and creatives. In the mix includes the reliable staging of the classics, the international tour of the world famous Paris Opera Ballet, Queensland Ballet’s 60th Anniversary and Graeme Murphy’s return to stage his neoclassical ballet ​The Happy Prince​. Keeping Australian dance […]

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Rudolf Nureyev’s masterful version of Swan Lake will be screened in Australian cinemas this February 17-22, direct from the stage of Paris’ Opera Bastille. For his first ballet, Tchaikovsky drew on ancient Nordic legends of young girls transformed into swans by a terrible curse. In 1895, Marius Petipa gave the work his own choreographic interpretation, […]

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