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Available worldwide from 7 Sep until 7 Oct 2023
The Australian Ballet presents a production by Erik Bruhn after August Bournonville’s nineteenth-century original, telling the tale of the Scottish dreamer James, who is fascinated by a woodland sprite and spurns his fiancée to follow her. 

Available worldwide from 14 Sep to 14 Oct 2023
Commissioned by Sydney Dance Company, 'Dream Lucid' by Melbournian Stephanie Lake uses form, colour and magnetism to explore the flux between chaos and control, and appeared as part of Sydney Opera House’s Spring Dance Festival in 2012. (Stream Premiere)

Available worldwide from 21 Sep to 21 Oct 2023
Wayne McGregor’s 'Dyad 1929', made for The Australian Ballet and performed to Steve Reich's 'Double Sextet', tests the limits of classical movement in a laboratory-white set.

Available worldwide from 4 Oct to 4 Nov 2023
A collaboration between Shaun Parker and composer Nick Wales, and featuring a cast of 14 musicians, singers and dancers, 'AM I' is an inspired blend of spoken word, razor-sharp choreography and live music. (Stream Premiere)

Available worldwide from 18 Oct to 18 Nov 2023
In collaboration with Iva Davies and the band Icehouse, Graeme Murphy produced a phenomenally successful dance / theatre / rock music extravaganza, in a breathtaking production which quickly filled the Opera Theatre to capacity in November 1985. (Stream Premiere)

Available worldwide from 16 Oct to 16 Nov 2023
Recorded at Sydney Opera House in 2013, Paquita is a sparkling showcase for The Australian Ballet, showcasing Marius Petipa's choreography, in a performance that is full of spectacular turns, exuberant leaps and delicate footwork.

Shortwave is a series of new digital commissions, designed to platform a diverse cross-section of emerging or early career interdisciplinary Australian artists working at the forefront of digital performance.

Hold your very own dance party with Daz and Jax Compton, stars of the popular TV show Move it Mob Style! Big and little kids alike are invited to learn contemporary Indigenous and hip-hop infused dance moves.

In 'Beyond Black', the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) challenges the fundamental elements of the creative process, by employing artificial intelligence to choreograph a new work.

Rhythm is a universal concept, but it can have a whole different meaning when incorporated into storytelling. Join the cast of Infusion for a closer look at the importance of rhythm in performance.

Few dancers boast a career as stellar as Natalia Osipova. In this interview, Osipova unpacks the moments that made her — from a mentorship with Alexei Ratmansky, to becoming principal artist at The Royal Ballet. 

Shortwave is a series of new digital commissions, designed to platform a diverse cross-section of emerging or early career interdisciplinary Australian artists working at the forefront of digital performance.

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Terrain, choreographed by incoming Artistic Director Frances Rings, is inspired by the area of Australia known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, a landscape from where human beings draw life and express meaning to that life. 

For almost 10 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have travelled to Sydney to take part in Sydney Opera House’s various First Nations Festivals and our principal Festival now known as DanceRites.

Explore the contemporary dance works of five Sydney choreographers. On the Joan Sutherland Theatre stage, each artist dances their own choreography, responding to a soundtrack that has inspired them to reflect on this moment, its challenges and transformative possibilities.