Composer Erik Satie, jazz singer Lisa Simone, clarinettist Michael Collins, a deep dive into a brand-new Carmen, and a Broadway hit about a 16-year-old going on 70. Limelight's July issue is essential reading.

Featuring 21 world premieres, the 2025 Brisbane Festival promises "a world-class event with a fiercely local heart".

Composer Erik Satie, jazz singer Lisa Simone, clarinettist Michael Collins, a deep dive into a brand-new Carmen, and a Broadway hit about a 16-year-old going on 70. Limelight's July issue is essential reading.

The connection between being and seeing – physically and metaphorically – shapes Bangarra's brilliantly illuminating new work.

Expectations are continually overturned and challenged in this gripping reboot with an emphasis on athleticism and thrillingly accurate unison work.

Jill Rivers talks about meeting Vaslav Nijinsky’s daughter and his decidedly odd grandson while researching her book about the dancer.

The Australian Ballet reports $9.1 million loss - which would have been far worse were it not for philanthropic support and investment earnings.

Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece is back, as potent and sexy as ever, and danced to perfection.

On the eve of the New York City Ballet's spring season, conductor Nicolette Fraillon discusses her preparations for a program of Balanchine's works.

Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's May 2025 magazine.

It took Angelin Preljocaj 50 years before he felt ready to tackle Swan Lake. The French choreographer talks about his modern, ecological production, headed for Brisbane.

From pianos to poltergeists, from Strauss to Swan Lake, Limelight's May issue celebrates music, theatre and wild creativity.