News and projects
Dance on Tour
Dance on Tour (DOT) is a joint initiative of four internationally acclaimed and award winning dance companies, Expressions Dance Company, Australian Dance Theatre, KAGE and Shaun Parker & Company. This initiative has been created to maximise awareness, access and engagement with outstanding dance theatre in regional and remote areas of Australia.
New investment in Australian creativity
Rupert Myer AM, Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts has today welcomed the launch of the National Cultural Policy and response to the recommendations of the Australia Council review. Read more >
Massive month of dance in Melbourne - Dance Massive in Artery
Two weeks. Fourteen shows. Hundreds of dancers. Thousands of steps. This March, Dance Massive returns to Melbourne for a fortnight of Australian contemporary dance. There are new works, including the final piece of Matthew Day’s solo trilogy, Intermission, and Lee Serle’s P.O.V. There are works you might have missed the first time around, such as Lucy Guerin’s Conversation Piece and Natalie Abbott’s Physical Fractals, as well as the chance to engage with works still in development that may just become the next big thing.
Dance dialogues: Carin Mistry and Jeff Khan on the 2013 National Dance Forum
Dance dialogues: Carin Mistry and Jeff Khan on the 2013 National Dance Forum in Artery.
National Dance Forum 2013 full program released
The full details of sessions and speakers at the National Dance Forum 2013 are now available. Opening and closing with interactive visioning sessions, the program also features a full morning 'Open Space' session on the Sunday tapping the pulse of the forum, and through it that of the dance sector in Australia.
Nominate for 2013 Australian Dance Awards
Nominations are open for the 2013 Australian Dance Awards, which will be held in Canberra on Monday 5 August.
National forum asks the question: Why dance?
The National Dance Forum 2013 is set to continue the national conversation set in motion by the inaugural event in 2011. Providing a space for sector debate, discussion and ideas, the forum will focus on the central question, "Why dance?"
NT Artist Awarded Major Dance Grant
Acclaimed Indigenous dancer Gary Lang has been named the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts Dance Board Fellowship: a prestigious $100,000, two-year grant.
Gary Lang welcomed as new Dance Board fellow
The Australia Council for the Arts is pleased to announce that Gary Lang of the Gary Lang NT Dance Company has received a Fellowship from the Dance Board.
New Chair for the Dance Board
Elizabeth Walsh’s work and knowledge span the performing and visual arts from small to medium size companies to major centres for the creative arts and international multi art form festivals. She has played a key role in the development of new Australian work that is both culturally relevant to audiences and pushes the boundaries of contemporary arts practice.
The Dance Board Congratulates Nanette Hassall on Lifetime Achievement award
Australia Council for the Arts congratulates Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 recipient, Nanette Hassall, who was selected by the Australian Dance Awards panel.
National Dance Forum 2013
Presented by project partners Ausdance National and Australia Council for the Arts, the second National Dance Forum (NDF2013) will take place at Footscray Community Arts Centre in Melbourne, 15-17 March 2013 and is set to coincide with Dance Massive.
Family: a dance and sound performance about dying and living
The Dance Project engages communities in the creation and presentation of contemporary dance with the purpose of strengthening the capacity of community, producing excellent quality dance works and actively engaging the community in all aspects of the project.
MAPS for Artists in SA
Following a rigorous and competitive process, Insite Arts has been appointed to deliver the Managing and Producing Services (MAPS for Artists) in South Australia.
Screen Dance Initiative
Carriageworks is set to undertake the three year, $300,000 Screen Dance initiative established by the dance board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Dance Massive returns to Melbourne in 2013
Dance Massive will present an exciting program of new independent contemporary dance works, events and activity in Melbourne from 12-24th March 2013.
Dance and Music announcements
The Dance and Music Boards are pleased to announce the results of the second Dance and Music initiative.
Internationally - acclaimed former contemporary dancer, Michelle Ryan joins Dance Board.
Michelle Ryan has over twenty years experience in the areas of performance, choreography, film and administration.
Sandra Parker receives Two Year Dance Fellowship
Choreographer, Sandra Parker received the Australia Council Dance Board’s Two Year Fellowship.
