The Latest Breaking News from Australian Ballet

Contemporary dance can be a lot of things – audacious, thrilling, arousing, funny, joyous, even brutal. If you want to understand it, first stop trying to understand it.

James McDonell grew up in the Macedon Ranges surrounded by dogs, cats, some pet sheep, and alpacas. Now, he's set to star in the Australian Ballet's Swan Lake Variations.

The beloved tutor and choreographer died earlier this month, after a career which spanned four generations.

Sharni Spencer, Newcastle-raised and trained ballerina with the Australian Ballet, has just received one of the highest industry accolades in the country - the promotion to principal artist of the Australian Ballet. Announced during the final curtain calls of the Australian Ballet's performance of Alexei Ratmansky's Harlequinade on June 25…

"It's just such a magical thing, you really go into this whole other world."

Australian Ballet, Arts Centre, MelbourneLong lines of dancers jitter like marionettes and the principal artists shine in this bold Dutch work that thrums with a dark energy

From miracle recoveries in Aussie Rules to changing the way the dance world thinks about fitness, the Australian ballet scene is causing waves — and other sports could learn a thing or two from their lead.

The Australian Ballet’s 2023 season will feature Swan Lake in a production its new artistic director David Hallberg hopes will define a new era.

The Australian Ballet, SydneyYuri Possokhov’s beautiful and distilled version of Leo Tolstoy’s epic tale sees the magnificent Robyn Hendricks in the titular role, alongside rising star Callum Linnane as Count Vronksy

Dancers Rina Nemoto and Lilly Maskery have been named as winners of the 2022 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards.

A dancer since he was seven, Australian Ballet’s new principal artist talks about his surprise promotion on stage, struggling in lockdown and what he wants to do next