Australian contemporary dance

Contemporary dance in Australia is diverse with dance companies performing a broad range of what elsewhere may be termed contemporary and modern dance styles.

Reduced funding (from the Federal Government level down) has led to a reduction in the ability to sustain full-time employment to dancers, with only 5 companies in Australia that may offer a full year contract. All other companies work on a project basis with artists contracted for a set period of time, ranging from days to months, with no guarantee of further employment. Other funding sources include project specific funding for a dance work by example by a festival or performance venue to raise the expenses required to bring it to fruition.

Dance film

Main article: Dance film

Dance film provides one mode of contemporary dance in Australia with the ReelDance Festival,[1] being the main avenue, with other opportunities being through installations at venues such as night clubs, back alley's to art galleries, shown as part of a live performance, or sometimes purchased for home viewing.

On television

So You Think You Can Dance Australia has drawn criticism for poorly representing dance as an art form.[2]

ABC1 broadcasts contemporary dance as part of its Sunday Arts programming.

Companies

Australian contemporary dance companies include:

References

  1. ↑ ReelDance Festival
  2. ↑ Valerie Lawson, (3 March 2008), "Australia, you can't dance like that", Brisbane Times

External links


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