The latest arts appointments and departures.

Frances Rings will replace Stephen Page when he leaves Bangarra early in 2023 after more than 30 years as Artistic Director.

Amy Flannery and Leon Rodgers announced as the 2021 David Page Music Fellows, a program that offers First Nations composers culturally safe and collaborative mentorship.

The six productions include the return of The Picture of Dorian Gray, a collaboration with Bangarra Dance Theatre and the STC debut of drag star Courtney Act in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit.

The Australian Ballet's new Artistic Director announces an exciting addition to the dance calendar, a festival called DanceX, which will bring together eight Australian dance companies.

Combining contemporary and traditional dance, Bangarra's first full-length work in three years is stunning on every level.

While live performance is returning, travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic mean virtually no international artists will tour here. Will we seize the chance to create a greater space for Indigenous, female and ethnically diverse voices to speak to us about Australia today?

Jiří Kylián allows the company to perform his 1983 work inspired by a corroboree.

The former dancer will leave at the end of 2020 after two decades as Artistic Director, while Frances Rings becomes Associate AD at Bangarra.

The dance company’s 30th anniversary season will see it embark on its most ambitious national tour yet.

We finish our round up of the shows that excited us most in 2018 with a look at dance.

A fabulous, two-part show that honours the life and legacy of David Page in all his various guises.