Ausdance WA

We've got three amazing Professional Development opportunities coming up at the end of this month! Have you booked yet? 👀

Our PD workshops are designed specifically in response to feedback from teachers, with practical, relevant sessions delivered by experienced industry professionals.

We’d love to see strong participation across the program, not only to ensure these workshops can proceed successfully, but to help us continue developing and delivering future programs for teachers and students alike.

📲 Register now via our website https://www.ausdancewa.org.au/

We are thrilled to share that we've formalised a new partnership with Edith Cowan University. ✨

A significant milestone for the organisation, the agreement reflects a shared commitment between ECU’s School of Education and Ausdance WA to foster collaboration in research, professional learning, sector engagement and knowledge exchange, while creating new pathways to support the future dance workforce in WA.

Special shout out to our Chair, Gary Hodge, and board member, Dr Maria Gamble, for their work in this space. 👏

📲 You can read the full article here: https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/articles/news/ecu-and-ausdance-wa-formalises-new-partnership

📸 Dr Min Zhu, Amy Wiseman, Gary Hodge, Professor Caroline Mansfield and Dr Maria Gamble. Image from ECU.

AUSTRALIAN DANCE WEEK SPOTLIGHT: Paige Gordon

To celebrate ADW this week, we asked some of our Ausdance WA members to respond to Crystal Pite's International Dance Day Message.

Paige Gordon has worked in the Australian dance industry for over thirty years. She has performed with dance and theatre companies - WA Ballet, Meryl Tankard Company, WBK Theatre and numerous independent practitioners - and was the Artistic Director of Buzz Dance Theatre (1998 - 2003). Paige is the Director of Lifespan Dance which she founded in 2019 to offer outreach dance services into aged care.

"Dance is a shortcut to joy." 💛

📸 Lifespan Dance's Performance of 'WHORL', Art Gallery of WA. Photo by Damian Doyle.