YDF 2024 Video Purchase
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Relive the performance! Use the button below to purchase a full-length high-quality recording of each night's show provided by Trent from Cowboy Hat Films.
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This year, the videos are being hosted on our website. The videos have been uploaded and are available for purchase and can be both streamed and downloaded.
Register your 2025 Australian Dance Week event!
Plans are underway for 2025 Australian Dance Week!
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Australian Dance Week provides the opportunity for us to turn the spotlight on our incredible local dance scene and we are very proud that Ausdance ACT hosts the largest Australian Dance Week program in Australia.
Do you have an event, workshop or class to offer between 29th April - 4th May 2025?
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Inclusion is open to all Ausdance ACT members. See registration form below for further conditions and information.
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thejamcabinet, 2024 Australian Dance Week, photo Jimblah
Investing in Dance: A Call for Federal Budget Action
The Ausdance network is calling on the federal government to recognise the vital role dance plays in the nation’s health, economy, and cultural identity by making meaningful investments in the 2025 federal budget.
In Australia, 573,726 adults and 387,617 children participate regularly in dance activities. According to Fitness Australia, dance is the third most popular form of recreational activity. It is a part of everyday Australians’ lives, and the diversity and impact of its sectors and industry practice needs recognition in all new arts policies.
If we want to see a thriving, inclusive, and sustainable dance sector, investment must be a priority in this budget.
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New Works 2025 Artist Announcement!
Image credit: Gupi de Zavalia
We are excited to leap into the year by announcing the successful recipient of the Canberra Theatre Centre and Ausdance ACT 2025 New Works Program Dance Creative Development partnership!
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Yolanda Lowatta with Aba Bero and Harlisha Newie Joe
Yolanda is a Geidei woman from Lama, ZENADTH KES (Torres Strait Islands) and is also of Papua New Guinea & Fijian heritage. A Helpmann Award winner for dance, she has performed with Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, YT Dingo, Jannawi Dance Clan, Australian Dance Party, and Melanie Lane.
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Yolanda is choreographing a new work called Karbai: a collection of stories drawing on physical theatre, ZENADTH KES, drama, comedy, dance and soul, and a celebration of her totem, her culture, and her people.
Dance for Parkinson's Australia Intensive ELEVATE
Ausdance ACT is proud to support Dance for Parkinson's Australia Advanced Professional Development Intensive 'ELEVATE'.
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The program includes a diverse range of practical and information sharing sessions, involving significant practitioners and arts leaders from the ACT, the nation and beyond.
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1 & 2 March, Gorman Arts Centre
February Newsletter
Our February e newsletter is out now!
In this issue:
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Register your 2025 Australian Dance Week event
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Ausdance ACT's Workshop Series & Dance Artists in Schools
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Ausdance network pre budget submission to Treasury
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Dance for Parkinson's Australia ELEVATE training
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New member discounts and benefits What's On, sector and community opportunities and MORE!
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