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!
The Ausdance National board is undertaking a recruitment search for a replacement Treasurer, with the assistance of some of the large national accounting firms. If you know of an individual with relevant accounting and financial skills that would be interesting in supporting the dance sector through involvement on the board, please invite them to contact me.
Ausdance National is pleased to announce that we will be an inaugural member of the Australian Alliance for Wellness in Entertainment (AAWE), an initiative of Entertainment Assist. AAWE is a proposed umbrella for a series of meetings among peak bodies, sector representatives and educators of Australia's live and recorded entertainment industry, convened to discuss the sector's high incidence of suicide, anxiety, depression and substance abuse. AAWE's purpose will be to develop a prevention-first framework for our industry. Ausdance National will represent the sector at the inaugural meeting of AAWE on 27 September in Melbourne directly after the National Dance Forum.
We look forward to seeing you all at either the Australian Dance Awards or the 2017 National Dance Forum or hopefully both!
