Photo Credit: Lorna Sim
Dancer Credit: Alana Stenning
FEATURED NEWS
It's AGM time. Join us on Wednesday 1st June from 5.30pm at Ainslie Arts Centre for Ausdance ACT's AGM. We had a busy and productive 2021, members are encouraged to attend to hear more and participate in the meeting.
We are looking for a diverse mix of board members who see the value of investing in dance and can leverage their skills and networks to help grow the organisation into the future.
Board nominees must be Ausdance ACT members. To join visit MEMBERSHIP | Ausdance ACT.
For further information or to express your interest please email a copy of your biography to act@ausdance.org.au.
Nominations close on Monday 30th May.
Photo Credit: Stephen A'Court Photographer
The Centre of Applied Dramaturgy - CoAD’s first Australasian course of ‘Doing Dramaturgy with Lou Copland’ has begun.
Ausdance ACT is thrilled to have been able to offer a bursary place to a Canberra region based dance artist to take part in this course.
The successful recipient is emerging dance artist and dance theatre maker Max Burgess. Max trained at Fresh Funk Canberra before furthering his studies at the New Zealand School of Dance.
Max was a recipient of an artist in residence placement at Canberra Dance Theatre - CDT and recently presented a showing of his new work ‘Synthesise Me’ as part of Australian Dance Week.
Congratulations Max!
During Australian Dance Week, Ausdance ACT was thrilled to make a donation to the National Library of Australia of two ballet shoes - autographed by two of Australia’s greatest dancers, Sir Robert Helpmann and Marilyn Jones! Beautifully on pointe, the ballet shoes now have a new home in the National Library's performing arts collection.
After a very successful start to our new Dance Artists in Schools 2022 Program in Term 1, Ausdance ACT is excited to open new bookings for Term 2!
Our programs create the special opportunity to work with some of the leading dance artists in Canberra.
There are a wide range of genres available in Term 2 including Cultural Dance (Afro, Chinese, Indigenous), Hip Hop, Creative Dance, Ballet, Contemporary Dance and more!
We are excited to announce that entries are now open for Ausdance ACT's 2022 Youth Dance Festival
To confirm your participation, please complete and submit your entry form by Friday 20th May.
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You may enter up to 3 works (live, dance film, multimedia).
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Each work can be up to 5 minutes in length.
We encourage you to think about making a film or incorporating film as multimedia into your live performance.
We will be announcing the theme very soon!
Don’t forget we are offering free of charge YDF Mentor visits during Term 2 and Term 3, and that you will be able to book a time with Kimmo Vennonen to prepare your sound-track from the 20th of June. Please contact Kimmo at kimmo@kvp.net.au
Contact Debora, our Programs Manager for YDF Mentor visits and for any further information, email ydf.act@ausdance.org.au or call 0422 727 929.
These classes are designed for adults who want to keep their body and brain active and healthy, regardless of their mobility, skill or age. Please come and feed your body and spirit with music and movement; be physically and mentally inspired and stimulated, have fun, meet some new friends and feel good!
Ausdance ACT helps keep the dance community in the ACT in the loop about events and performances that are happening, opportunities for dance artists, COVID Safe guidelines and any other relevant dance news.
We send out regular newsletters to connect our vibrant dance community together, encouraging to keep creating, dancing and learning.