Events
BlakDance choreographic showcase announced
A choreographic showcase that celebrates First Nation contemporary dance choreography from Australia, Canada and New Zealand will be held at the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane from 4 to 9 June 2012
The showcase will provide a platform for Australian and international First Nation contemporary choreographers to work together in a program of performances, post‐production forums, an artist symposium and master classes.
Australian artists will include Rita Pryce (Baiwa Dance Company), Jacob Boehme (Idja Dance Theatre) and Tammi Gissell (Figures of Speech).
The international choreographers will include Sandra Laronde from Canada (Red Sky), and Jack Gray and Cathy Livermore from New Zealand (Atimira Dance Collective).
Other Australian First Nation contemporary dance choreographers, dancers and artists are invited to participate. For more information contact BlakDance or call +61 (0)7 3220 3377
Australian Dance Week 2012
The Ausdance network celebrates and promotes dance in all its forms every year during Australia Dance Week.
Each state and Territory hosts a variety of events from book launches to free performances and community classes, and encourages its dance community to promote their own activities throughout the week.
Dance medicine conference in Singapore
Singapore will host next year’s International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) conference, the first time an IADMS conference has been held in Asia.
This is a great opportunity for Australia's dance medicine practitioners to get involved in an IADMS conference so close to home. Sharing our research and learning about new developments in dance medicine and science will boost our knowledge and raise the profile of our best dance teachers and scientists.
For more information, email Hollis Johnson or visit the IADMS website.
Live Performance Training Package workshops
Industry Business Skills Australia (IBSA) today announced industry information sessions to support the launch of the new CUA11 Live Performance Training Package in November. IBSA will also hold professional development sessions for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).
In June 2011 the new training package for the cultural industries was endorsed, the first qualifications to cover dance performance, dance teaching and management and cross sector qualifications in community dance and theatre, musical theatre and community culture. These information and professional development workshops will be a valuable complementary addition to the new qualifications, so if you're a dance teacher, make sure you're there!
2012 Australian Youth Dance Festival
The 2012 Australian Youth Dance Festival (AYDF), is presented by Ausdance NSW and hosted at NAISDA, Australia’s national Indigenous dance training institution, at Mt Penang Parklands, near Gosford, NSW. The AYDF will take place during the NSW Easter school holidays from 8 to 14 April 2012.