For dance lovers, Ausdance NSW is offering Dance NSW readers a FREE double pass ticket to watch the 2010 Australian Dance Awards in Melbourne. 

Lots to talk about in this Autumn issue of DanceNSW, and lots of people talking. We love the opportunity to hear your perspective of working in the dance sector, and have been lucky enough to catch up with quite a few people in this edition.

SCOPE (Securing Career Opportunities and Professional Employment) is an independent arts organisation, funded by Australia Council for the Arts.  It provides a professional development program providing career and professional development support services to Australia’s dance, physical theatre and circus sectors.

‘Choreographing the Future: A report on the 2008 World Dance Alliance Choreolab,’ is a discussion of one observer’s experience of the Choreolab held as part of the World Dance Alliance Global Summit in Brisbane, July 14-18. Ann Dils

Students at the Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy have had some exciting times over the last few months.

Currently in performance at Sydney Theatre, New Creations features Rafael Bonachela’s new work 6 Breaths, with a score commissioned by Ezio Bosso, and Adam Linder’s first commissioned work in Australia, ARE WE THAT WE ARE.

This season Ausdance NSW presents Dance Week in May and an introduction to the Australian Youth Dance Festival 2011.

Trish Wood is a young dancer/choreographer who graduated from her tertiary studies recently and has since been busy developing her career opportunities with some considerable success.

Ausdance NSW presents updates on the Aboriginal Arts & Cultural Strategy NSW, the Industry Forum for the small to medium sector which took place on the 19th March and the Australian Participation in Arts report.

Well 2010 is set to be another successful year for WSDA with performances earlier this year by youMove Dance Company at both Sydney Festival and with Circus Solarus at Parramatta in the Park.

To Think of Dance in Different Ways:  In dialogue with the work of Xavier Le Roy - by Martin del Amo

While speaking to French choreographer Xavier Le Roy in a Melbourne café last November, I was reminded of when I first watched one of his works more than ten years ago, in Berlin in 1999.

There's lots going on to keep you entertained this season - don't miss out on all the exciting events!