The Australian Ballet in association with QPAC presents Maina Gielgud's much-loved and extraordinarily beautiful production of Giselle between 8 and 12 July at the Lyric Theatre in Brisbane.

This June at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, The Australian Ballet pays homage to the splendour of Russian Imperial ballet and its father, Marius Petipa, alongside George Balanchine's magnificent tribute to the Russian tradition, Ballet Imperial.

Birmingham Royal Ballet's summer season 2008 continues with David Bintley and Galina Samsova's production of Giselle. After an absence of almost five years, the full-length ballet returns to the Hippodrome stage from 25 - 28 June 2008. The triple bill Stravinsky: the real deal, celebrates the music of the great ballet composer and consists of three contrasting works.

Pennsylvania Ballet has been invited to perform at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of its Ballet Across America series, on JUNE 10-11, 2008. Nine companies will perform in 3 mixed repertory programs designed to showcase the ballet spirit of the United States.

Birmingham Royal Ballet this week announces its 2008/09 season for performances at the Birmingham Hippodrome, aiming to present a selection of old favourites plus a number of ballets that have 'been away too long'. The season will combine full-length popular classics with heritage works, offering a varied and challenging selection of ballets with wide-ranging appeal.

The BalletMet Dance Academy, among the nation’s top five dance-training centers affiliated with a professional company, closes its school year with its performance, The Classroom and Beyond 2008, at the Capitol Theatre, June 6 at 7:30pm and June 7 at 5pm and 7:30pm. Tickets are $14 for a single performance, or $25 for a multiple performance pass.

Ballet San Jose’s four main offerings of the 23rd season in Silicon Valley will feature a story ballet by August Bournonville that is unique to Ballet San Jose’s repertory, the re-staging of one of Dennis Nahat’s most popular comedic ballets, three Company premieres by dance legends and five world premiere ballets by members of the Company.

This spring New York City Ballet will present the first annual Dancers’ Choice program, a special evening that each year will be conceived and supervised by one of NYCB’s dancers. NYCB Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins has created the evening as an annual benefit for the Company’s Dancers’ Emergency Fund.

Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Roy Kaiser is pleased to announce Pennsylvania Ballet’s premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Carnival of the Animals; a co-production between Houston Ballet Foundation and Pennsylvania Ballet.

Asian and European honeybees can learn to understand one another's dance languages despite having evolved different forms of communication, an international research team has shown for the first time. The findings are published this week in the journal PLoS ONE.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the principal casting for Cinderella, on stage at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts from May 28 – June 8, 2008.

At the culmination of its 25th Anniversary, Dance/USA announces the selection of Rena Shagan to receive the Dance/USA Trustees Award. The award will be presented at the Dance/USA Honors Celebration Dinner, held at the Sheraton Hotel, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. The Honors Celebration Dinner will be the kick off of the 2008 Dance/USA National Roundtable.