Israel’s L-E-V Dance Company is performing a double bill called Love Cycle at the Sydney Opera House. Sharon Eyal explains the shows and her company.

We reveal our 2018 Artists of the Year. Other features include The Magic Flute, Meryl Tankard's Two Feet and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at 30.

Inside this issue: 2018 Artists of the Year, The Magic Flute, Meryl Tankard's Two Feet, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at 30, Leonardo Da Vinci 500.

Acclaimed choreographer Antony Hamilton takes the reins in February, having also been appointed joint CEO alongside Kristy Ayre.

The production is beginning to show its age, but the dancers bring it to life with joyous exuberance.

Amy Hollingsworth will take up the position in January, with plans to increase collaborative opportunities, and expand EDC’s educational work.

The Russian composer Tchaikovsky wasn't all that keen to pen what has become one of his most popular, and most performed works.

We finish our round up of the shows that excited us most in 2018 with a look at dance.

How Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker has become a magical Christmas tradition.

A fabulous, two-part show that honours the life and legacy of David Page in all his various guises.

The new initiative aims to increase the representation of artists with a disability or who are deaf, with applications now open for the 2020 Sydney Festival.

In the December 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine we pay tribute to Richard Gill's extraordinary life and legacy, and our critics pick 2018's standout CDs.