Dance partners

Our dance partners (project partners, member dance companies and tertiary dance directors), help provide leadership in dance education, advocacy, policy development and debate. They give their time and expertise to create a national voice for dance development in Australia (and internationally too).

ReelDance

ReelDance is an internationally recognised arts organisation supporting innovative collaborative practice across dance, film and new media art.

Dance Australia

Dance Australia is Australia's leading specialist magazine devoted to the art of dance.

dancetrain magazine

Now 10 year old, dancetrain magazine has over 38,000 readers and a fabulous website providing a wide range of information to young dancers, teachers and performing artists.

De Quincey Co

De Quincey Co is committed to the development and empowerment of artists engaged in Bodyweather and body-based performance.

BlakDance

BlakDance Australia is a newly formed organisation that was born from an Ausdance National program called Treading the Pathways.

Foundation for Community Dance (FDC)

FDC (UK) is the professional organisation for anyone involved in creating opportunities for people to experience and participate in dance.

Kath Papas

Kath is a creative producer and arts consultant based in Melbourne.

Innovations and Business Skills Australia (IBSA)

IBSA is the national voice on skills and training for business, education, information and commmunications technology, cultural, financial services, printing and graphics industries.

Lucy Guerin Inc

This company is committed to the exploration of everyday events and the redefinition of the formal concerns of dance.

Force Majeure

Force Majeure produces award-winning dance theatre works that reflect upon contemporary life and explore issues that affect us all.

QL2 Dance

QL2 Dance Inc, in Canberra has a 12-year track record of excellence in youth dance.

ArtsPeak

ArtsPeak is a group of peak organisations that advocate for the inclusion of all art forms in the lives and education of Australians.

Kage Physical Theatre

Visually stunning, arresting, provocative, humorous and humane, we continually explore and redefine what dance can be.

National Library of Australia

The NLA supports learning, creative and intellectual endeavour, and contributes to the continuing vitality of Australia’s diverse culture and heritage.

Chunky Move

Chunky Move makes a diverse and distinctive brand of genre-defying dance performance.

Restless Dance Theatre

Restless Dance Theatre is Australia’s leading dance company working with young disabled and non disabled people to create dance theatre and run workshop programs.

Leigh Warren and Dancers

LWD is a compact group of dance artists whose experience and special talents combine to present new Australian dance of an international calibre.

National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE)

NAAE advocates for arts education in both institutional and community settings, develops arts education policy and promotes quality teaching and learning in the arts.

Bangarra Dance Theatre

Bangarra Dance Theatre is fuelled by the spirit, energy and inspiration derived from the culture, values and traditions of Indigenous Australians.

Tracks

Based in Darwin, Tracks performances capture the essential Spirit of the Northern Territory, connecting you to its stories, its vastness and its unique sophistication.

Aon

Aon is Australia's leading provider of broking and consulting services for risk management, insurance transactions, reinsurance, human capital consulting and financial planning.

Buzz Dance Theatre

Based in Perth, Buzz is one of Australia's leading dance theatre company for children and young people.

Dancenorth

Dancenorth is a contemporary dance theatre company that experiments with all art forms to create dynamic dance experiences for audiences all over the world.

Expressions Dance Company

Expressions Dance Company makes enduring contemporary dance works that are artistically risky, but also grounded in human stories that speak to a diverse audience.

Tertiary Dance Council of Australia (TDCA)

The TDCA was formed in 1985 so that Directors of tertiary dance courses might better connect with dance practitioners, share information, review policy and plan for the future.

Tasdance

Tasdance is a vital force in Tasmania and provides a proving ground for Australian dancers and choreographers.

Sydney Opera House

It stands by itself as one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity, not only in the 20th century but in the history of humankind.

Australian Copyright Council (ACC)

The ACC is an independent non-profit organisation which assists creators and other copyright owners to exercise their rights effectively.

Queensland Ballet

One of only three full-time professional ballet companies in Australia, QB is proud to be part of our state's thriving arts culture.

Australia Council for the Arts

This is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, supporting and enriching Australia’s arts through funding, strengthening and developing the arts sector.

West Australian Ballet

WAB has an impressive reputation for superior classical and contemporary ballet and contemporary dance.

Australian Dance Theatre

ADT is one of Australia's pre-eminent contemporary dance company with an increasingly high profile throughout Europe.

Sydney Dance Company

Sydney Dance Company has been one of Australia’s leading contemporary dance companies since the 1970s.