Lilian Steiner and Melanie Lane in Lucy Guerin Inc’s Split. Image by Gregory Lorenzutti
Full-length works by female choreographers make up only 13% of programming by Major Performing Arts (MPA) dance companies, while only 26% of newly commissioned works presented by MPA dance companies are created by women. In the past 12 years, the five MPA dance companies – The Australian Ballet, WA Ballet, Queensland Ballet, Bangarra and Sydney Dance Company – have had exclusively male Artistic Directors.
