2024 Annual Report
​2024 was a busy, creative, productive and successful year for Ausdance ACT. We produced a series of high-quality programs that created public engagement and raised the profile of dance in the ACT. We are proud to be a part of and support the rich dance culture we have in Canberra.
Find out more about our activities in 2024 in our Annual Report now available.
Survey Date Extension
In partnership with the ACT Children and Young People Commissioner (CYPC), Ausdance is seeking your assistance to distribute a short survey to children and young people, and their parents/carers in the dance community to help us better understand how we can support studio owners and teachers meet the requirements of the ACT Child Safe Standards Scheme.
This survey is an important part of helping each of us to learn more about what we are currently doing well and where we can focus our improvement efforts to increase children and young people’s feelings of safety when they participate in dance activities.
ACT Child Safe Standards Scheme
ACT Public Advocate and Children and Young People Commissioner, Ms Jodie Griffiths-Cook spoke at our annual Networking Morning Tea about amendments to the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 that make it mandatory for all organisations providing services for children and young people to commence taking actions that will improve their child safety processes and practices, under the ACT Child Safe Standards Scheme. If you missed Jodie's presentation you can view it HERE.
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!
Ausdance Submission
The national Ausdance network has made a landmark submission for Dance to the National Office for Child Safety in response to its Child Safety Annual Reporting Framework consultation paper.
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The national Ausdance network has championed ‘Safe Dance’ since 1990. Currently, improving safety in dance environments, particularly for children, is a key priority for the network.
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The National Office for Child Safety’s proposed child safety annual reporting framework aims to encourage and support organisations through capability building to implement good practice child safety policies and processes to embed cultures that prioritise the best interests of all children.