Dilshani Weerasinghe

Queensland Ballet and HOTA, Home of the Arts Present Elastic Hearts

Dance 22 Jun, 2025

Elastic Hearts A World Premiere Ballet to the Music of Sia Queensland Ballet, in partnership with Experience Gold Coast and HOTA, Home of the Arts, is proud to announce a bold new three-year collaboration that will see a world-premiere, music-led ballet presented annually on the Gold C… Read Article

Queensland Ballet Announces Seventh Artistic Director

Dance 2 Feb, 2025

Queensland Ballet Ivan Gil-Ortega Queensland Ballet has announced that celebrated international ballet professional Ivan Gil-Ortega will step into the role of Artistic Director in February this year. “We are thrilled to welcome Ivan to the Queensland Ballet family following a st… Read Article

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

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