Dance, big band, cabaret and classical; music pepper HELEN MUSA’s latest Arts in the City column.

Resonance is a new dance work from ace choreographer James Batchelor, who divides his time between Berlin and Canberra. Batchelor’s meditative style engages with the legacy of the late choreographer Tanja Liedtke. It involves his collaborators, dancers who had worked with Liedtke, an intergenerational cast, and guest performers from QL2 Dance’s Quantum Leap Ensemble. The Courtyard Studio, October 10-11.

Blamey Street Big Band will be back with James Bond themes reimagined for jazz orchestra. Ian McLean and the band, joined by singers Leisa Keen, Ashleigh Harris and Jared Newall (of the Ten Tenors) will swing through the decades. The B, Queanbeyan, October 11.

Youth Cabaret presents its first full-scale production, Ride the Cyclone, a cult musical sensation that follows six choir kids killed in a freak rollercoaster accident. The show sees them battle it out in song for a chance to return to life. Smith’s Alternative, Civic, October 8-17. 

Ronan Apcar and the Ellery String Quartet celebrate one of the grand dames of new music, Sofia Gubaidulina, through a program that includes her early Piano Quintet, a violin and piano duet, and their response to Bach’s final, unfinished work. Wesley Music Centre, October 10.

Canberra region writer Judith Nangala Crispin’s new illustrated verse novel The Dingo’s Noctuary will be released in hardcover by Puncher & Wattmann on October 1. It features hand-drawn maps of the central deserts, rare plant pressings, and 47 lumachrome glass prints. Profits will support The Purple House and its remote dialysis unit in Lajamanu, NT.

Jon and Jero: STUFF! is a choose-your-own-adventure kids’ show that has recently had a successful run at Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The B, Queanbeyan, October 10. 

An Early Music Day will feature traverso flute players Latham Horn and Marion Treupel-Frank, harpsichordist Ariana Odermatt, flute virtuoso Sally Walker and her students, plus Wesley Scholars, with masterclasses and performances throughout the day. Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, October 10.