As we get older our mobility, flexibility, and strength decline. This is an inevitable result of ageing, and we don’t yet have any mythical elixir that reverses this process. However, we do know that moving into the category of “elderly” does not have to condemn anyone to loneliness, despair, or… Read More »Dance and our ageing population
Joshua Pether, Speaking Up for Dance Dancer and performance artist Joshua Pether is a proud Kalkadoon man who lives and works on Noongar country in Western Australia. Joshua has been in Melbourne as one of three curators for Alter State Festival, a celebration of disability, creativity, and culture. Joshua recalls… Read More »One body, two voices
Access a template letter to send to the sitting member and/or candidates in your electorate. We Dance, and We Vote! It is important to let your state representatives know this, and ask them how they will support you, your dance practice and the dance sector.
The 2022 Active Healthy Kids Australia Report Card makes for sober reading. The report card is published every two years by the Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity (ASPA) and involves leading researchers in evaluating data on children’s physical activity across ten measures. The Australian report card is also linked to… Read More »Aussie kids not moving enough? Maybe they could dance!
In conversation with the 2022 winner of the Australia Council Award for Dance.
Advocacy in the lead up to the Victorian State Election As the peak body representing the interests of dance and dancers in Victoria, Ausdance VIC is working to make sure the voice of dance heard in the upcoming state election campaign. We recognise that the dance community is not usually… Read More »We Dance and We Vote
The Federal Government has completed the consultation period for a new cultural policy, shaped by Australia’s arts, entertainment and cultural sector. Organisations and individuals were invited to comment on five pillars of a new National Cultural Policy: First Nations, A Place for Every Story, the Centrality of the Artist, Strong… Read More »National Cultural Policy Submissions
Valerie Tan is a high school student currently completing VCE VET Dance with an Ausdance VIC RTO partner. Valerie attended AYDF 2022 during the July school holidays as an independent dancer, alongside groups from Youth Dance Companies and 20 other independent dancers. Valerie reflected on the experience of attending the… Read More »Attending my first AYDF
A new biennial dance festival 1-31 March 2023 is coming. This will be the festival’s pilot year; an experiment. Call out opens: Tuesday 31 May 2022. Call out closes: 9am Monday 27 June 2022. This is a call for dance artists to propose ideas and projects for the festival to… Read More »Artist EOI: A New Dance Festival
Alisdair Macindoe is an independent multidisciplinary choreographer living on Woi Wurrung country (Melbourne, Australia). He has been on the Ausdance VIC board since 2020. Alisdair is curious about extending the boundaries of choreographic practice, and his work spans dance, sound, electronics, coding and text. In recent works Alisdair has begun… Read More »Reflecting on Dance
In 1982 the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute founded International Dance Day to be celebrated every year on 29 April, the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), choreographer and creator of modern ballet. Every year a message from an outstanding dance artist is circulated throughout the world, and this… Read More »International Dance Day Message 2022
Victorian Government COVID-19 Restriction and Recommendation Changes from 11.59pm Friday 22 April As the peak of the Omicron wave begins to subside – and with almost 70 per cent of adults now armed with their third dose, the Victorian Government has announced that most COVID-19 restrictions will be removed from… Read More »COVID-19 Restrictions easing