This month’s cover features the amazing Australian-born dancer, choreographer and writer Eileen Kramer, who is now 109. In 1940, she became an original member of Bodenwieser Ballet, Australia’s first modern dance company. She subsequently lived and worked overseas for 60 years before returning to Australia in 2013, at the age of 99, where she continued to make work as a centenarian. Her book Life Keeps Me Dancing was published last year.

This month’s cover features 109-year old Eileen Kramer, who is still dancing as a centenarian. Photo © Sue Healey

Extraordinary though Eileen Kramer is, she is not the only person determined to keep dancing well beyond previously accepted norms. In our feature Still Stepping Out, Jill Brown examines the ‘age-quake’ that is shaking up the dance world, and the collectives, classes and programs that are keeping people moving.

In July, the West Australian Opera unveils a brand-new, all-Australian production of Rusalka, commissioned by the Opera Conference (the national partnership of professional opera companies). Directed by Sarah Giles, it will star Elena Perroni in the title role. In our second feature A Tale Retold, Jansson J....