New Zealand dancer Rebecca Bassett-Graham has been nominated for two major awards at the 25th National Dance Awards in the UK — a remarkable achievement that highlights her growing impact on the international dance scene.

The Tait Memorial Trust is thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s ballet awards. The recipients are dancers from Australia and New Zealand who study at the Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Elmhurst Ballet School and Rambert Ballet School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance .

A little magic was sprinkled when Tait Memorial Trust hosted Festive Firebird - an evening of music and ballet - at Leslie MacLeod Miller’s glorious and glittering salon in London.

The dazzling new autobiography by Leanne Benjamin - former principal dancer at The Royal Ballet - is the talk of the dance world as it goes on sale on Monday 1 November.

It was a full house at Australia House in London this week for the launch of Leanne Benjamin’s autobiography, Built for Ballet. As the High Commissioner for Australia George Brandis noted in his speech, the room was sparkling with ballet stars.