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3 February 2023

National Cultural Policy: A Renewed Commitment To The Arts

Ausdance VIC welcomes the federal government’s $300m National Cultural Policy Revive, which signals a renewed commitment to funding, inclusion, access ...

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1 December 2022

Dance and our ageing population

As we get older our mobility, flexibility, and strength decline. This is an inevitable result of ageing, and we don’t ...

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26 October 2022

One body, two voices

Joshua Pether, Speaking Up for DanceDancer and performance artist Joshua Pether is a proud Kalkadoon man who lives and works ...

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20 October 2022

State Election and Dance

Access a template letter to send to the sitting member and/or candidates in your electorate. We Dance, and We Vote! ...

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19 October 2022

Aussie kids not moving enough? Maybe they could dance!

The 2022 Active Healthy Kids Australia Report Card makes for sober reading. The report card is published every two years ...

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5 October 2022

Helen Herbertson - Still Dancing

In conversation with the 2022 winner of the Australia Council Award for Dance. ...

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A group of dancers standing close together with their eyes closed and their arms in the air

31 August 2022

We Dance and We Vote

Advocacy in the lead up to the Victorian State ElectionAs the peak body representing the interests of dance and dancers ...

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31 August 2022

National Cultural Policy Submissions

The Federal Government has completed the consultation period for a new cultural policy, shaped by Australia’s arts, entertainment and cultural ...

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Reconnect by Valerie Tan. AYDF 2022. Image Mel Faull (Get Snapt)

31 August 2022

Attending my first AYDF

Valerie Tan is a high school student currently completing VCE VET Dance with an Ausdance VIC RTO partner. Valerie attended ...

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31 May 2022

Artist EOI: A New Dance Festival

A new biennial dance festival 1-31 March 2023 is coming. This will be the festival’s pilot year; an experiment.Call out ...

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27 May 2022

Reflecting on Dance

Alisdair Macindoe is an independent multidisciplinary choreographer living on Woi Wurrung country (Melbourne, Australia). He has been on the Ausdance ...

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