The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia is pleased to announce the prize recipients from the 2026 Susan Sargison Awards and Joan Burnett OAM Scholarship, held in Launceston across 26–27 September. The weekend brought together young dancers, teachers and families from across Tasmania for two days of awards, scholarships and masterclasses, and also
One of the Mornington Peninsula’s longest-standing performing arts institutions, Peninsula School of Dance (PSD), will celebrate 65 years of dance, community and cultural impact with a landmark Gala Dinner hosted by internationally renowned performer, producer and choreographer Jason Coleman. The special event will take place on Saturday 3 October 2026 at
Talented young dancers from across regional Queensland have been celebrated following the conclusion of the 2026 Shirley Treacy Awards, with this year’s Overall Award recipients announced during a special online presentation on Saturday 12 September. Held across Townsville, Cairns, Rockhampton and Mackay throughout August and September, the Shirley Treacy
Families looking for entertainment during Melbourne’s spring school holidays will have two opportunities to see spectacular skills, comedy and plenty of theatrical fun when The Greatest Magic Show and CIRCUS – The Show take over Spiegel Haus Melbourne from Wednesday, September 23. Both productions are presented at 217 Lonsdale Street, with The Greatest
Kwabo Events and Ausdance VIC have announced the 2026 Kwabo Creative Industries Incubator, a free 10-week professional development program designed by and for People of Colour (POC), delivered as part of the HARAMBEE Creative Futures project. The incubator runs from 12 September to 15 November 2026 at Phoenix Youth Hub in Footscray, providing POC emerging
Award-winning choreographer Harrison Ritchie-Jones returns to Arts House with the world premiere of R.A.I.N, a new contemporary dance work that uses a familiar mindfulness framework as a springboard into fiction, uncertainty and shifting realities. R.A.I.N takes its name from the meditation framework Recognise, Allow, Investigate and Nurture, a practice
bbodance is celebrating 90 years in Australasia by offering 90 dance teachers across Australia and New Zealand the opportunity to join its global community of Registered Teachers for the remainder of 2026 for an exclusive fee of $90. The special offer marks nine decades since bbodance first established its Australasian branch in Sydney in 1936, six years
Following sold-out seasons in London’s West End and the United States, and a record-breaking tour across Australia and New Zealand in 2025, BIG Live’s critically acclaimed
Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest
will return home for 65 performances across Sydney and Melbourne: 35 in Melbourne and 30 in Sydney.
The Australian-born production
NCLH Shows & Experiences is returning to Australia this October, giving dancers, vocalists and singer/dancers the opportunity to audition for entertainment productions across Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ fleet. NCLH Shows & Experiences is the in-house entertainment production company for Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is pleased to announce the prize recipients for the Kathleen Gorham Awards 2026, held on Sunday 16 August at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) in Melbourne. The Kathleen Gorham Memorial Awards provide RAD students with opportunities to build confidence in performance, gain valuable stage experience
Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin will lead a special three-day workshop for dancers in Melbourne this September, marking her final in-studio workshop as Artistic Director of Lucy Guerin Inc before she steps down from the role at the end of 2026. Taking place Wednesday 30 September through Friday 2 October at WXYZ Studios in North Melbourne, the
Circa will transform Brisbane Powerhouse into an after-dark world of acrobatics, rave culture and physical spectacle when it returns to the venue for the world premiere of Show Me Love, closing out Melt Festival 2026. Running 5–8 November, the new work will take audiences beyond the traditional theatre space and through the winding back corridors of
