2025 Youth Dance Festival
Is there anybody out there… or are we the aliens?
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Youth Dance Festival 2025 blasts off with the theme ‘Life on Mars’, as students from across the region take to the Canberra Theatre stage for an electrifying night of creativity, movement, and imagination.
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Don’t miss this non-competitive celebration of dance, passion, and storytelling – created and performed by the next generation of local talent.
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28 + 29 October Canberra Theatre Centre
Relive Youth Dance Festival!
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Pre-order your 2025 Youth Dance Festival 'Life on Mars' video!
Use the link below to pre-order a full-length high-quality recording of each night's show provided by Cowboy Hat Films.
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Videos will be uploaded and accessible via streaming on our website by the 4th of November.
HomeGround - by Somebody's Aunt
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We are thrilled to have been able to support Somebody's Aunt as they celebrate 20 years of choreographic practice, playfulness and performance to connect and work with Serena Williams and the Yukkumbruk Dreaming dancers in their upcoming work HomeGround.
Grounded in the theme of ‘home’, the work draws on several perspectives including earth as home, connection to country, homelessness, at home in the body, and more. HomeGround showcases the results of two years of creative development and celebrates 20 years of dance practice.
Exploring the theme of ‘home’, the work draws on several perspectives including earth as home, connection to country, homelessness, and at home in the body and more.
Being in the original home of the Ngunnawal people, Aunty Serena Williams and the Yukkumbruk Dreaming dancers share their dance and culture with us, grounding the ‘HomeGround’ work.
1st - 2nd November QL2 Theatre, Gorman Arts Centre
Safe Dance® Practice - Online Professional Development Course
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Stay ahead of Safe Dance® practices in the ever-evolving dance landscape! Enrol today for the Safe Dance® Practice - Online Professional Development Course.
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This course draws from the Safe Dance® practice recommendations, developed from over 30 years of rigorous research by the Ausdance network into dancer injury prevention, wellbeing, and health.
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Topics include:
~ What is Safe Dance?
~ Anatomy basics and injury prevention
~ Safe physical environments
~ Supervision and monitoring of children
~ Working with seniors and elders
~ Legal obligations​​
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Become an advocate for safe dance practices and teaching methodologies and help ensure dancers enjoy sustainable and thriving careers!