Dan McCabe/PICA
Shelley Lasica was the first dance artist represented by an Australian commercial gallery. But how do you stage an exhibition on dance?
SBS/Paramount+/Binge
The weather might be turning, and the sun might be shining – but these picks will have you wanting to spend some more time on the couch.
Kate Longley/The Australian Ballet
In their 60-year history, this will be The Australian Ballet’s fifth take on Swan Lake. It has opened in Melbourne before touring nationally.
Daniel Boud/The Australian Ballet
The Australian Ballet’s new double-bill Identity stages the work of Daniel Riley and Alice Topp in a reflection of the identity of Australian dance – and Australia.
Exposed by Restless Dance Theatre.
Roy Vandervegt/Arts House
Some offerings were political and academic, some were celebratory. Some told us personal or cultural stories, some had 100 dancers, some had one.
Stephanie Lake Company’s Manifesto.
Supporting and celebrating today’s women choreographers is vital to encouraging a new generation of women to follow, giving women in dance a voice into the future.
West Australian Ballet/Bradbury Photography
Choreographer Krzysztof Pastor reproduces something familiar with a dash of local flavour.
Abby Murray/Rising
With former Chunky Move founder and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek as co-director, dance had a heavy presence at this year’s Rising festival.
Yaya Stempler
This new dance work from Chunky Move is mesmerising and wondrously odd.
Daniel Boud/Bangarra
Embedding traditional dance stories and modern dance within Bangarra’s signature style, SandSong is a rich, evocative and powerful production.
Perth Festival/Christophe Canato
From choreographer Emma Fishwick, this slow, dreamy performance and its cast of 15 dancers, speaks especially loudly to Australia of today.
Bangarra dancer Beau Dean Riley Smith in Bennelong.
Daniel Boud/Icon Films
A new film about Bangarra Dance Theatre carries the deep Indigenous knowledge and personal trauma behind its 30-year history.