Code Reviewer’s Compliance Report (APRA AMCOS & OneMusic)
There are so many opportunities to improve the strength and health of the dance industry and community sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start. So, we’ve gone with the principle of addressing the issues affecting the largest proportion of our members first. Music licensing is one of these. Ausdance QLD collated input from our […]
ADQ23 Launch
How do we design a program for an industry including independent contemporary dancers, dance studios, ballet companies, First Nations Cultural dance groups, Latin dance clubs and much much more? We listen, and listen more, and listen again. When I first started this job, my first program proposal to the board was a bit of a […]
Making your dance happen despite the federal budget
Image by M-art production Contributed by Julie Englefield, Executive Director – Ausdance QLD I joined Ausdance QLD, the peak body for all dance in the state, on the 8th of March 2020. There is always a pause after I say that, as people do the calculations in their head. Yes. It was a week […]
International Dance Day Message 2022
Image by Jail Souen International Dance Day Message 2022 by KANG Sue-jin The Covid-19 catastrophe has stopped life as we so freely knew it and being amidst this tragedy makes us rethink the meaning of “dance” and “dancers”. In the distant past, dance was a primal means of expression and communication through gestures; becoming performance […]
Our 2022 Management Committee Members
The Ausdance QLD annual general meeting was held on the 24th of March 2022. We are excited to announce our newly elected management committee and welcome our new and returning members. The newly elected committee are; Dr. Jordin Steele – Chair Lindsay Carroll – Vice Chair Allison Bennett – Treasure Julie Barns – Ordinary member […]
Meeting with Traditional Owners
Image L to R – Stephanie Pokoj, Julie Englefield, Leanne Ruska, Michelle Ruska, Uncle Eddy Ruska, Aunty Denise Ruska & Rita Pryce Ausdance QLD is honoured to have finally sat and yarned with the Ruska Family – Traditional Custodians and Caretakers of Yuggera and Turrbal Countries, upon which the Ausdance QLD office in Meanjin (Brisbane) is […]
Ausdance National elects new board
Ausdance National has elected a new board to navigate the national organisation for the next two years. Ausdance National board Lizzie Vilmanis – President Julie Dyson – Vice President Sebastien Ananian-Cooper – Treasurer Cathy Adamek – Director Shyamla Eswaran – Director Ella Havelka – Director Sally Richardson – Director Lauren Vassallo – Director LIZZIE VILMANIS […]
Tax Time – Be Prepared
It’s tax time! It pays to learn what work-related expenses you can claim Do you know what you can and can’t claim during tax time? Lodging your tax return is easy with the ATO’s work-related expenses guide for performing artists. When completing your tax return, you may be able to claim deductions for some work-related […]
2021 Ausdance National board – call for nominations
In accordance with the Constitution, Ausdance National calls for nominations to fill a maximum of three new board vacancies. The Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on 27 June 2021 at 12.30 pm. For more information on Board positions click the button below or head to the Ausdance National website. Nominations must be […]
Growing Child Safe Organisations in QLD Submission
In April 2021, Ausdance QLD made a subsmission on behalf of the dance sector to the Queensland Government, Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural affairs relating to a national reportable conduct scheme delivered by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Listed below are 6 recommendations Ausdance QLD has made to […]