Ausdance (Vic) services the largest dance community in Australia. Victoria hosts a vibrant dance culture with several contemporary dance companies, hundreds of studios and a myriad of independent artists producing work in the state. Victorians prove to be keen to learn, with the Ausdance (Vic) office daily fielding enquiries from the public who are seeking dance classes and training in all dance styles.
Street Address
Ground Floor, Fitzroy Town Hall,
201 Napier Street,
Fitzroy Victoria
Postal Address
PO Box 1472
Collingwood VIC 3066
T 03 9417 1200
F 03 9217 3011
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website www.ausdance.org.au//vic
Office Hours 10.00am- 6pm Monday- Friday
Victorian Branch Board
President Jill Rivers
Treasurer Darren Rattle
Board Members Stephanie Glickman,
David Wallage, Bec Reid, Jordan Beth Vincent and Jennifer Barry
Staff
Josh Wright, Director, works on providing industry services,
including professional dance, ATSI and culture specific dance,
community dance, regional dance and audience development. Dr Katrina Rank, Education and Training Manager, focuses on the issues
surrounding youth dance, training and education, and teacher
development and services.
Director Josh Wright
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Education and Training Manager Dr Katrina Rank
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Operations and Communications Offier Melanie Moravski Dechnicz
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Education and Training Administrative Assistant Kate Kaleb
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Honorary Librarian Ron Ewington
Ausdance RTO 20949
As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), Ausdance (Vic) is
involved in vocational arts training throughout the state. Currently
on its scope of registration is VET in the VCE dance (Certificate
II in Dance). Ausdance (Vic) provides support to several schools
in both Victorian metropolitan and regional settings, as well
as interstate. Ausdance (Vic) also offers a short course training
arts volunteers entitled; Creative Volunteering- No Limits. This
course is being delivered in partnership with Regional Arts Victoria.
Library
Carefully collated and catalogued by honorary life member Ron Ewington,
the Ausdance (Vic) library boasts a variety of dance resources.
There are a number of monographs covering: Art, Arts administration,
Biographies, Choreography, Community dance, Companies, Contemporary
dance, Costumes, Criticism Dictionaries, Directories, Education,
Encyclopaedias, Guides, History of dance, Music and movement, Notation,
Poetry, Philosophy, Repertory, Research, Social dance, Theatre
and theatre training, Year books.
In addition, there is a range of publicity flyers, newspaper cuttings, photographs, programmes and posters featuring the major dance companies, small companies, indigenous dance and dance companies, independent artists, major dance schools, venues, events and festivals. There are programmes from the Australian Ballet dating back to 1962!
The library holds a complete collection of the Ausdance (Vic) magazine Kinesis as well as other Ausdance state newsletters and the national magazine Dance Forum. Periodicals also include Dance Australia, Writings on Dance and Brolga. There are copies of dance conference papers from all of the Ausdance conferences dating back to the founding meetings in 1977, Movement and Performance (MAP) and Green Mill.
Ausdance (Vic) holds a number of dance videos ranging from small independent projects to community dance and performances by major companies.
Over the years Ausdance (Vic) has received several donations, providing unique and often quirky pieces to our collection. Alongside the Dame Peggy Van Praagh and the Patel Walker Collections, which include books from their personal libraries, are anonymous scrapbooks lovingly collated in the early 70s.
While lending out material is not permitted, Ausdance (Vic) does have a pleasant reading room with access to a video/DVD player and a photocopier. Feel free to meet by appointment and browse through the library. Searches can be made on the database with the aid of a staff member and further aid can be sought from the librarian, Ron Ewington.
