Each summer, Western Australia’s finest dancers perform against a backdrop of stars and gum trees at Floreat’s magnificent quarry amphitheatre – a celebration of the raw beauty and energy of human movement.

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas after The Idea of North and West Australian Symphony Orchestra teamed up to play a smorgasbord of festive music from around the world at the Perth Concert Hall on Friday night.

Flappers dressed in pearls, diamonds and feathers swanned their way around His Majesty’s Theatre for the opening night of WA Ballet’s The Great Gatsby, which transported the audience to Long Island, New York in the roaring twenties.

Fast-paced and intense, The Zone is an hour of dance power, bursting at the seams with 11 whirling, twirling, writhing, twisting dancers.

Blame a fear of political correctness, fake news or Donald Trump, but dystopian fiction is having a moment and George Orwell’s almost-70-year-old classic is riding the wave, leaping to the top of the US Amazon bestseller list at the start of the year.

Princess Elsa. Princess Anna. Twirling on skates in sparkly costumes. Falling snow. I challenge you to think of a way to make a four year old girl happier than by taking her this year’s Disney on Ice: Frozen edition.

The Crown Theatre was alive… with the sound of music. And the music was glorious, both in its familiarity and its delivery, with outstanding performances by the entire cast.

The candlelit arches of St George’s Cathedral provided a stunning setting for the many and varied sounds of Johannes Sebastian Bach performed by the Perth Chamber Orchestra.

Throw together humorous sea creatures, evil stepmothers and sparkling princesses twirling on ice skates and singing beloved Disney songs and you have Disney on Ice – a foolproof formula that has ensured its success around the world.

A buzzing full house made it a fairytale opening night for WA Ballet’s Beauty & the Beast, with classic themes of love and sacrifice danced out amidst a world of fairies, goblins and enchanted mirrors.