A blood-red video underscores a passionate show.

Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet has been adapted into a narrated version especially suited to introduce young children to the art form.

With commentary from Channel Seven's Mel McLaughlin, the festival show is about Australia's obsession with sport.

The six dancers of Canada's Company 605 attack their action-packed material with enormous energy and impressive agility.

Spectra, a Japanese-Australian collaboration between Dancenorth and the butoh collective Batik, pursues a theme of interconnectedness.

Was it the dancers? The paintings and sculpture? The music? The audience? The gallery ambience? The nudity that got us there in the first place?

The great thing about a festival is the way it brings together people and performances that you wouldn't otherwise encounter.

A lot has changed since Burn the Floor first premiered two decades ago.

The name SIRO comes from the Japanese for "white" or "colourless". The "A" stands for "anonymous". But this techno-pop dance and mime troupe are anything but.

The production is aimed at introducing Tchaikovsky's classic to young children in a shortened version with a narrator.

Nakedness in dance can be beautiful but it doesn't improve the quality of the choreography.

 Shifting patterns... Bodies moving in space to a grand plan... Tension building, then releasing...

This performance was far from inspiring; I have seen much better by a dance school.

From locally created "underground" performances to an excellent touring traditional ballet, this was a strong year for dance.

End of year wrap up- Dance

Are you big on RiRi or are you more in the Sasha Fierce camp? Or maybe you haven't a clue what that even means.

The Australian ballet clearly understands the needs of its young audience in this Storytime Ballet version of the Christmas classic.

Irina Kolesnikova is outstanding in the lead roles. It's a shame the supporting cast wasn't up to scratch.

Dancer Ruth Osborne has been mentoring young people in Canberra for almost 20 years.

The audience buzz after 16-year-old Joshua Price completed his solo from Le Corsaire told you instantly who was going to get the audience choice award.

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American ballet superstar David Hallberg sits gently rotating his left ankle. He has, say ballet experts, perfect feet with "dolphin arches".

The Australian Ballet delivered some thrilling displays of dance, presented not in an exhibitionist way but with a kind of modesty that fits the folksy theme of the ballet.

From a new musical about Australia's first female prime minister to a three-person adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, there's plenty on offer in next year's season at the Q.