Jarryd Madden has been nominated for the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for a second time; his wife Amy Harris won in 2012.

An exquisite performance of Odissi dance.

How much of your life do you prefer to keep off the record? And what if you didn't have much choice?

Shadowland offers us a peek into the way that the magic is created

Dancer Alison Plevey has been making a mark in Canberra.

The blockbuster production will cast 24 local boys and young men - who need not have ever set foot on a stage.

The Strange Attractor dance "lab" looks at the role of choreography in the art world.

This is a smart, fast show that takes the tango onto the commercial stage and propels it to the edge of the circus ring.

Bangarra Dance Theatre's triple bill presents three very different works.

Classical Indian dance and Japanese drumming are combined in this new show.

Broome company Marrugeku Theatre's show refashions motifs from Indigenous mythology and culture into contemporary parable with an environmental focus.

DANCE ROMEO AND JULIET ★★★★ Houston Ballet State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne Until July 9

A dance tour of Australia was the undoing of American TV series Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller, who admitted to smuggling money into the US. 

In Chi Udaka music and dance combine as the five dancers pick up speed and a feisty approach that sometimes suggests they know Bollywood is not far away.

An Irish-Australian co-production, this dance work instantly encapsulates its theme. Reaching into the past and present, it explores the separation of friends and family on opposite sides of the world.

The dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater are magnificent, and so are the works in this program. It is a must see.

A new Canberra performance of Divenire shows there is a place for the Melbourne Ballet Company in Australia.

Matilda The Musical leads Helpmann Award nominees with 13 nods, followed by Opera Australia with 10 and Melbourne Theatre Company with eight.

Robyn Hendricks was the latest Australian Ballet member to be named a principal artist after Swan Lake at the Arts Centre on Friday night.

Bangarra Dance Theatre has a vibrant new program of three works that not only celebrate Stephen Page's 25 years as artistic director, but look ahead to an exciting future.

Bangarra Dance Theatre choreographer Jasmin Sheppard set out to confront audiences with some uncomfortable truths about Governor Lachlan Macquarie, the so-called Father of Australia.

Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake hits a number of strong notes, but something about this production is constrained and dissatisfying.

For Jacob Boehme – Indigenous, HIV-positive, a gay man – blood leaves a legacy of fear, discrimination and shame. Blood on the Dance Floor lays bare those painful realities.

Review: Dance on screen offers the potential to frame and curate a presentation of ourselves.