Ausdance QLD represents and advocates for the Queensland dance sector, supporting and guiding the broader issues that impact our community in conversations with government and other peak bodies.
In 2026, we will:
Strengthen safety and build confidence across the dance sector, with a clear focus on child safety and compliance with the Child Safe Standards.
Continue our ongoing learning in First Nations advocacy—deepening relationships with First Nations leaders and communities, and embedding the Universal Principle for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children across our child safety work.
Expand cross-sector partnerships with education, health and wellbeing, and sport.
Maintain strong networks across local, state and federal government.
Represent our members’ interests to government, funders and industry peak bodies.
Ausdance QLD exists to champion and support the diverse companies, studios, educators, artists and traditions that make up Queensland’s dance community. In 2026, we will continue strengthening our role as a trusted guide, connector and advocate — ensuring our members are equipped not only to meet standards, but to thrive.
We will deepen our commitment to First Nations advocacy. Through ongoing learning, we aim to support cultural respect and responsiveness across the dance ecosystem. This is incredibly important as our sector implements the legislated Universal Principle for First Nations Cultural Safety.
We will provide timely, practical and expert frontline support to members across employment, career pathways, business development, industrial relations and workplace health and safety — helping artists, studios and organisations operate sustainably and confidently.
We will curate and coordinate inspiring events — both live and online — while encouraging member-led initiatives and facilitating professional experiences that elevate artistic practice, leadership and connection across the sector.
Through the Ausdance Educators QLD Subcommittee, we will strengthen professional development opportunities for early childhood, primary and secondary educators across all schooling sectors, ensuring dance education in Queensland remains innovative, supported and future-focused.
Ausdance QLD is committed to developing and promoting knowledge and resources to support Cultural safety for all dance industry workers.
We aim to encourage and develop relationships and respect with and for First Nations Elders, Traditional Owners and Community throughout Queensland.
We will also contract paid appropriate First Nations’ consultants to advise on process and Protocol for all Ausdance QLD events and services.
We are deeply committed to strong regional representation. Dance in Queensland is not confined to metropolitan centres, and neither is our support. Through our Regional Arts Advisor ~ Dance and ongoing engagement with regional artists, studios and communities, we ensure that the unique opportunities and challenges of regional practice are heard, represented and supported. We are focused on strengthening pathways, visibility and connection across regional Queensland so that dancers and educators, wherever they are located, have equitable access to resources, advocacy and professional opportunity.
Safe, Sustainable Practice
Ausdance QLD has long championed health, wellbeing and safety across the dance sector. This commitment is delivered through SafeDance for Kids (SDFK) — our dedicated child safeguarding and safe practice online education program for the Queensland dance community.
Child safety is our immediate priority. Through SDFK, we support studios, educators and organisations to strengthen safeguarding culture, build practical capability, and meet their obligations under the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024.
SDFK provides sector-specific training, reflective practice tools and practical guidance to help embed safer environments for children, safer physical spaces, safer workplaces and safer bodies and minds. It is designed not only as a way to meet compliance obligations, but as a cultural shift — supporting studios to move beyond policy into everyday safe practice.
Our work is informed by ongoing learning with First Nations leaders and communities. We are committed to embedding the Universal Principle for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children across all SDFK child safety frameworks, ensuring cultural safety and respect are central to safeguarding practice in dance. This work is ongoing for our organisation.