Deborah Jones is a writer specialising in dance. A former long-serving Arts Editor of The Australian, she is currently the newspaper’s national dance critic and also reviews musical theatre and theatre. She is the Sydney correspondent for London-based Opera magazine and Vancouver-based Dance International.
Though there are signs of belt-tightening, there's plenty to look forward to and anniversaries to celebrate in the Australian arts in 2025.
What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?
Elegance in spades, but little electricity between the leads in this Shanghai Ballet showcase choreographed by Briton Derek Deane.
It's time to pull the 'cracker, with Tchaikovsky, the art of classical dance and a swag of gorgeous tutus lighting up the revival of Peter Wright’s production.
Rising star Tra Mi Dinh makes the hit of the night in a trio of new contemporary dance works.
A new opera about Las Vegas’s famous magic duo, Siegfried & Roy, has its world premiere at the Sydney Festival.
Two terrific scores, one with onstage string quartet, are the bedrock of Sydney Dance Company’s new double bill.
The audience is a crucial element in the ACO’s collaboration with Sydney Dance Company and celebrated countertenor Iestyn Davies.
As her work about Coco Chanel heads to Brisbane, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa discusses her passion for creating ballets about history-making women.
Ahead of a return season of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, Ryan González talks about finding their place in the spotlight.
A new Nick Wales score puts the momentum into Sydney Dance Company's visually spare, aurally rich momenta.
A trusty old work and a brand-new creation face off at The Australian Ballet.
Life’s joys and struggles aired in a wonderful new play by Steve Rodgers, set at an aquatic centre.
