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Green Room Awards Winners 2020

DanceMusical Theatre 9 Apr, 2020

Winners from the 37th Annual Green Room Awards Melbourne’s Premier Theatre Gongs Presented Online, April 6 With the onslaught of COVID-19 and the mass shutdown of public events, the 37th Annual Green Room Awards Ceremony were (in a first) presented via an Online Awards Presenta… Read Article

Get Moving with Collectively Connected

Dance 9 Apr, 2020

Australasian Dance Collective Launches Online Classes #collectivelyconnected Queensland-based contemporary company Australasian Dance Collective (formerly Expressions Dance Company) have launched Collectively Connected ⏤ a series of digital classes aimed at building com… Read Article

Support Act Funding

Health & Wellbeing 9 Apr, 2020

Music Industry Welcomes Federal Funding for SupportAct Providing Crisis Relief to Artists during COVID-19 The Board, management and staff of Support Act have welcomed this week the $10 million funding package announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure,… Read Article

Ausdance COVID-19 Survey

Dance 2 Apr, 2020

Ausdance National Survey on How COVID-19 has Affected the Dance Sector Ausdance National is asking those in the dance sector impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to complete its survey. To date, the survey has revealed that $4.5 million has been lost across the country for the… Read Article

Helpmann Awards Cancelled

DanceMusical Theatre 2 Apr, 2020

Australia’s Premier Performing Arts Awards Cancelled Live Performance Australia (LPA) has today announced with deep regret the 19th Annual Helpmann Awards will not be presented in 2020. The decision to cancel this year’s presentation is in response to the COVID-19 public hea… Read Article

Queensland Ballet’s Magic Initiative

Dance 2 Apr, 2020

Keep The Magic Alive QBs Supports its Dancers at Home and Seeks Donations Queensland Ballet has launched a campaign designed to Keep the Magic Alive. Intended to surprise and delight both the dance community and the wider community at large, the campaign will inject creativity, dance a… Read Article

Melbourne Fringe Rescheduled

DanceMusical Theatre 2 Apr, 2020

New Dates for Melbourne Fringe Festival 12 – 29 November 2020 Australia’s largest independent arts festival, Melbourne Fringe, is moving its 2020 festival dates and offering support to artists who are facing challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis. Now taking place on 12 – 29 Nove… Read Article

The Rise of the Virtual Studio

Dance 26 Mar, 2020

Sydney Dance Company Launches Online Dance Studio Virtual Studio Replaces Face to Face Classes During this public health crisis, every dance studio has suddenly been forced to either close-up or adapt to providing online dance classes and dance content. Sydney Dance Company is no dif… Read Article

Green Room Awards Move Online

DanceMusical Theatre 26 Mar, 2020

2020 Green Room Awards Presentation to be Live Streamed Monday April 6 from 7pm Like organisations everywhere, technology is being utilised during the COVID19 crisis to take events online. “Out of adversity comes innovation,” states the Green Room Awards Association a… Read Article

Has COVID19 Affected Your Work?

DanceHealth & Wellbeing 26 Mar, 2020

Have Your Say on How the COVID19 Outbreak Has Affected Your Employment Surveys by MEAA & I Lost My Gig As we all know, the impact of the COVID19 coronavirus pandemic on the dance, live theatre, music, festival and events industries has been devastatingly deep. Many hundreds of thousa… Read Article