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    What is Public Liability insurance?

    by Aon

    Public Liability insurance covers you and your business for losses or damage a third party suffers (or claims to have suffered) as a result of your business activities.

    Safe Dance report 3

    by Debra Crookshanks originally published on

    This report documents the recurrence of injury in Australia professional dancers. It follows the work of Tony Geeves which began 10 years earlier .

    Safe Dance report 2

    by Tony Geeves originally published on

    The second Safe Dance report presents research into adolescent health issues during intensive dance training.

    Safe Dance report 1

    by Hilary Trotter & Tony Geeves originally published on

    This project was the first of its kind undertaken in Australia. The report is supported by statistics and extensive consultation with dance and health professionals.

    Code of ethics for dance teachers

    We devised this code with leading representatives of Australia's studio teachers. It will help teachers understand the ethical standards expected of dance teachers by the dance profession.

    Copyright for the dance industry

    What a dance teacher should know about copyright and some basic information about licenses specifically tailored for people teaching dance and for groups performing dance to music.

    Safe dance floors

    What you need to know about the floors that you are dancing and teaching on, and recommendations for installing a safe dance floor.

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    Australian guidelines for teaching dance

    originally published on

    The Australian guidelines for teaching dance outlines codes of ethical and professional behaviour and emphasises the importance of safe dance practice and teaching methodology.

    We designed it to help dance teachers and students by providing minimum standards, and by suggesting ways teachers can maintain or upgrade their teaching skills. Parents can use the Guidelines  to help choose a dancing school or group for their children.

    Safe dance factsheets

    Information to help teachers make sure that students are dancing safely and responsibly.

    Professional business practice for studio teachers

    These recommendations include ethical, legal and professional standards identified by the dance teaching profession in Australia. We outline business practice including your rights and legal obligations.

    Safe dance practice

    These safe dance practice guidelines include how to set up a safe learning environment, what makes a practice or performance venue safe, the importance of cater for physical different bodies and abilities, how movements might impact on the body, and simple injury prevention and management strategies.

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    IADMS annual meeting—call for presentations

    by Ausdance & IADMS published on

    The International Association for Dance Medicine & Science is now accepting abstracts for presentations at the meeting in Singapore, Thursday 25 – Sunday 28, October 2012.

    You will need to identify which of the following categories your presentation belongs to:

    • Intervention research
    • Descriptive study
    • Conceptual analysis
    • Practitioner wisdom
    • Movement session


    Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2012. For more information go to the IADMS website

    Churchill Trust Fellowships open

    by Julie Dyson published on

    Applications for Churchill Fellowships are open now until 29 February. They've provided many Australian dance artists in the past with the opportunity to explore their ideas overseas and share their experiences with the Australian dance community.

    To apply you’ll need to be an Australian citizen over the age of 18 years, and these FAQs will help you decide whether you're eligible.

    Competition is high for these fellowships, so make sure you articulate your project clearly and with passion!

    Tanja Liedtke digital archive

    by Ausdance published on

    In news that will particularly interest Australian dance researchers, educators and students, the Tanja Liedtke Foundation has announced that it has created the Tanja Liedtke digital archive, now freely accessible to anyone who is interested in knowing more about Tanja’s life and work.

    The Foundation has also announced that one of Tanja's works, construct, has been voted by The Monthly magazine as one of 20 Australian masterpieces, across all art forms, since the year 2000. The work was declared the masterpiece in the category of contemporary dance, a great achievement!

    Dance support organisations meet in Paris

    by Julie Dyson published on

    Last week 25 dance support organisations met in Paris for three days of talks, presentations and performances. As we are members of the World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific, we had also organised for WDA people to provide this mainly European group with more information about its activities.

    These annual meetings are an opportunity to share dance support strategies, ideas and visions for the future. We were invited on the first day to share this year’s achievements, a challenge for many European organisations that face severe funding cuts. Despite funding difficulties all round, presentations were inspirational and visionary for dance, and we came away with many ideas for collaborations and future planning with now-familiar colleagues such as Madeline Ritter and Ingo Diehl (Germany), Caroline Miller (Dance UK) and our French colleagues Agnès Wasserman and Frédéric Moreau.

    Delegates at Paris meeting of dance support organisations. Ingo Diehl (centre) is the Tanzplan Deutschland Educational Program Director.