ADVOCACY

ADVOCACY, CONSULTATIONS AND CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS

SECTOR NETWORKS – Facilitated Meetings

Our current key areas of focus and existing facilitated meetings, working parties and advisory groups are:

Cultural Diversity in Dance Working Party

Disability + Dance in partnership with Accessible Art NSW

Independent and Commercial Freeland Dancers

Dance Studio Leadership Network

Small to Medium Dance Organisations

The Tertiary Dance Network

Creative Aging

COVID-19 – Advocacy, Information and Resources

We are constantly seeking, gathering and sharing information to support the dance sector on COVID-19. This includes:

- Weekly opt-in check-in meetings for the dance sector to connect and network
- Contacting government and local funding bodies to discuss restrictions, funding and financial support for the dance sector
- Communicating the current restrictions and how it affects the dance sector
- Sharing of COVID-19 resources
- Releasing the “Return to Dance” guidance notes in 2020 to aid in the safe return to dance. We are now reviewing this and waiting for guidlines or a roadmap for easing restrictions to release an updated version.

DANCING NATION

Ausdance NSW regularly meets with state and federal agencies, funding bodies and key stakeholders. The director of Ausdance NSW also sits on boards and committees in order to further advocate for the dance sector, as part of our Dance Nation.

LETTERS AND SUBMISSIONS

From our critical conersations and research (particularly during the COVID-19 period), Ausdance NSW submits letters and submissions to the government and funding bodies.

AUSDANCE NSW

Ausdance NSW is the key support & advocacy body, for the creation, presentation and practice of dance in NSW.

Ausdance NSW is part of the Ausdance National Network.

Ausdance acknowledges and respects the Traditional Custodians of the Lands on which we work and dance and pays respect to elders past, present and emerging.