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Queensland Ballet Invites Audiences Behind-The-Scenes

Dance 7 Sep, 2024

Queensland Ballet Thomas Dixon Centre In a first for Queensland Ballet, the company is peeling back the curtain to allow audiences to experience the ritual of daily Company Class. Audiences often remark on the dazzling grace and ease of a Queensland Ballet performance, but when not in t… Read Article

Queensland Ballet Academy’s $1 Million Dollar Fundraising Target

Latest News 10 Aug, 2024

Queensland Ballet’s Annual Giving Day Supporting The Next Generation Queensland Ballet’s annual Giving Day has set a bold target this year: the Company aims to raise $1 million to ensure a sustainable future for the next generation of artists at Queensland Ballet Academy. The annual f… Read Article

Free Dance Classes To Incentivise Boys to Dance

Dance 31 Jul, 2024

The Ballet Boys Project Queensland Ballet This month Queensland Ballet launched The Ballet Boys Project, a series of initiatives designed to explore and address the decline of boys in ballet and dance. Since 2020, Queensland Ballet Academy has seen a 36% decline in male enrolment… Read Article

Queensland Ballet Achieves World-First WELL Certification™ for the Thomas Dixon Centre

Dance 22 Jun, 2024

Thomas Dixon Centre Queensland Ballet Queensland Ballet is the first performing arts organisation in the world to become WELL Certified™ at the Platinum level, for its home the Thomas Dixon Centre.   Ten years in the making, the development involved a complex restoration of the herita… Read Article

QB Moves One Step Closer to Realising Three Sites: One Vision

Dance 18 May, 2024

Three Sites: One Vision Queensland Ballet Queensland Ballet’s plans for a dedicated production centre to house its set and costume assets have now moved to Brisbane, after the company purchased land on Montague Road, 200 meters from the Thomas Dixon Centre. Queensland Ballet Executi… Read Article

Queensland Ballet Announces New Artistic Director

Dance 21 Dec, 2023

Leanne Benjamin AM OBE Queensland Ballet Queensland Ballet has announced Leanne Benjamin AM OBE as its new Artistic Director.  Named Australian of the Year in the UK 2023, this is a homecoming for Ms Benjamin, a Queenslander who has been a vibrant voice in ballet, vocational developmen… Read Article

Queensland Ballet’s Giving Day 2023

Dance 25 Aug, 2023

Giving Day 2023 Queensland Ballet Queensland Ballet held its annual Giving Day on Thursday 24 August, asking supporters raise vital funds to support its vision to enrich the lives of as many people as possible through the magic of ballet. Every donation will be quadrupled thanks to gene… Read Article

Experience 4 Nights of ‘Global Fusion’ at the Thomas Dixon Centre

Latest News 3 Sep, 2022

Global Fusion Thomas Dixon Centre Soak up vibrant culture through dance, food and music without leaving Brisbane in a series of wanderlust-worthy mini-festivals at the Thomas Dixon Centre – Brisbane’s newest cultural hub. The first ‘Thomas Dixon Centre Presents’ series, Global Fu… Read Article

Queensland Ballet Annual Giving Day

Dance 27 Aug, 2022

‘Step Into the Future’ Annual Giving Day Queensland Ballet Queensland Ballet held its annual Giving Day on Thursday 25 August, asking supporters to step into the future and raise vital funds to support its vision to enrich the lives of as many people as possible through the magic of bal… Read Article

Discover the Secret Lives of Costumes!

Dance 9 Jul, 2022

Exhibition – Secret Lives of Costumes Queensland Ballet and Griffith University Step inside the magical world of ballet costumes as Queensland Ballet and Queensland College of Art (QCA), Griffith University presents Secret Lives of Costumes at the Thomas Dixon Centre. Thi… Read Article