Congratulations to Kristina Chan who received the Ausdance National Peggy van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship at the 2017 Australian Dance Awards on Sunday 24 September 2017.
Kristina Chan receives the Peggy van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship
2017 Australian Dance Awards recipients
The annual Australian Dance Awards (ADA) recognise and honour professional Australian dance artists who have made an outstanding contribution to Australian dance.
Ausdance Victoria and Harlequin Floors presented the 2017 Awards on Sunday 24 September at Arts Centre Melbourne.
Congratulations to the winners and shortlisted nominees!
And the winners are....
Great news—our fourth keynote speaker for National Dance Forum 2017 is Professor Kim Vincs
Kim will provide an exploration and scan of the creative technology intersection—from the beginnings of the digital age and beyond.
Kim is Professor of Interactive Media, and Research Director within the Department of Film and Animation at Swinburne University of Technology. She is a leading creative arts researcher with 6 Australian Research Council grants, 35+ industry partnerships, and 20+ arts/science collaborations across fields including dance, motion capture, game development, robotics, haptics, app design, 3D stereoscopy, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, cognitive psychology, biomechanics, mathematics, architecture and exercise science. She has been a choreographer for over 20 years, has created 18 dance technology and digital artworks. Her industry partnerships include national and international companies such as Autodesk, Motion Analysis, Act3animation, Iloura, Alt.vfx, Arts Access Victoria, Victorian Opera and Australian Dance Theatre. She has commercial motion capture credits for several computer games, television commercials and film projects, including the Cannes Silver Lion winning Nocturnal Migration. She is currently developing a new centre for Transformative Media Technologies at Swinburne University of Technology with Professor Angela Ngdalianis.Ausdance National Council President’s Report – September 2017
It is all systems go at Ausdance National in light of the upcoming Australian Dance Awards and National Dance Forum—which are only a handful of weeks away! The shortlisted nominees, and the LIfetime Achievement and Hall of Fame recipients have been announced already. The invited speakers and presenters for the 2017 NDF are shaping up to be exceptionally exciting, and the announcement of the final program will be out very soon. Please ensure you book your ADA tickets and register for the NDF as soon as possible as tickets to both events are selling fast!