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Meet the Aussie dancer chosen to run one of the world’s most prestigious dance schools

Meet the Aussie dancer chosen to run one of the world’s most prestigious dance schools

As a 13-year-old, a terrified Melissa Toogood auditioned for a performing arts high school. It began a journey that has taken her to the peak of her craft.

  • by Joyce Morgan

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When fossil fuels pollute Swan Lake: Provocative ballet opens in Brisbane

When fossil fuels pollute Swan Lake: Provocative ballet opens in Brisbane

Greta Thunberg as a swan? Maverick choreographer Angelin Preljocaj says classical ballet can be a form of climate protest.

  • by Nick Dent
Dance didn’t want this troubled young dad. Then he did something big

Dance didn’t want this troubled young dad. Then he did something big

A lack of formal training and fatherhood at 25 meant Botis Seva’s dance career looked doomed. BLKDOG changed everything.

  • by Richard Jinman
‘Take down the walls’: The innovative program bringing ballet to the bush

‘Take down the walls’: The innovative program bringing ballet to the bush

Hundreds of children in regional Australia will have the opportunity to learn from the Australian Ballet’s teachers and dancers.

  • by Cindy Yin