Support the next chapter of Notes of Self as it tours internationally, connecting audiences of all ages through movement, imagination and shared discovery.

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James Batchelor and Collaborators are a creative team led by choreographer James Batchelor, working between Australia and Europe. Across performance, research and education, they create ambitious choreographic encounters shaped by attention, imagination and movement. Their practice explores how dance connects people, histories and ideas, with a particular focus on intergenerational exchange and transmission.

Image credits: Morgan Hickinbotham

Studio1 gives Brisbane's independent dance and body-based artists room to grow. Go behind the scenes and help fund what's next.

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Studio1 is Queensland's only dedicated home for independent dance and body-based practice. Through The Workroom Program — Studio1's year-round platform for artist development, research and exchange — more than 30 South East Queensland artists annually are given the time, space and support to explore, develop and test new work, strengthening Brisbane's performance ecology and building sustainable, thriving careers for independent artists.

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Support DRILL Performance’s youth dance programs and help build confidence, connection, & emotional intelligence that help our communities prosper.

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DRILL is Nipaluna/Hobart’s youth dance company where young people aged 9-15 take active roles as the makers of our performance work. DRILL facilitates collaborations with inspiring professional and emerging artists in the studio, on stage and in our schools, providing holistic artistic and social skills development, creating resilience and building confidence while creating performance work.

Image credits: Katie Palmer

Golden Thursdays is raising funds for its 2027 creative development program: 5 artists across 5 cities build choreographic material towards a major production

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Golden Thursdays (GT) is a contemporary dance ensemble based in the Northern Rivers region/Bundjalung country led by five artists with diverse lived experiences. GT exists to elevate and centre the choreographic voices, leadership and professional development of neurodivergent and disabled artists through rigorous creative processes and inclusive collaboration.

Image credits: Georgia Haupt

Our 2026 AusArt Day is produced by five young artists who are each creating short clips based on their lived experience of Quantum Leap programs.

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Quantum Leap Australia is a contemporary dance company dedicated to the artistic development of young people through the collaborative, curious and rigorous creation of original work.

Image credits: Olivia Wikner, O&J Wikner Photography

Our $10,000 target will directly commission two of the five exciting Naarm/Melbourne choreographers for the third iteration of ESCALATOR in 2027.

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Stephanie Lake Company is one of Australia’s leading contemporary dance companies, celebrated for its inventive choreography and electrifying performances. We employ some of the most outstanding dancers and collaborators in the country, and we are met with international acclaim from critics and audiences alike.

Image credits: Stephanie Lake Company's ESCALATOR 2023, 'BIG WIG SMALL GIG' by Harrison Ritchie-Jones, image by Mark Gambino

Our campaign will help build awareness about the benefits of co creative dance for young people, working towards professional presentation in a leading Australian arts centre

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Ausdance ACT is the peak body for dance in the ACT, led by Executive Director Dr Cathy Adamek. We deliver accessible, diverse programs across genres, engaging dance makers, educators, studios, performers, and participants. A member-based not-for-profit charity, we contribute to federal advocacy through Ausdance National and are funded by artsACT.

Image credits: YDF24 Opening Piece Photo Helen Fletcher Canberra Streets

ALTER is an Austral/Asian collaboration. Design and dance collide in a double-bill exploring the interplay between body, identity and cross-cultural exchange.

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Liz Lea is an award winning internationally recognised dance artist, choreographer and producer. Over three decades she has created and presented groundbreaking, accessible dance theatre. She lives and works on Ngunnawal land, directs the BOLD and DANscienCE Festival and The Stellar Company and works as an Audio Describer in Australia and the UK.

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Help STRUT bring a little more dance to WA by supporting the independent artists, audiences and communities who make us move.

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A choreographic centre based in Boorloo/Perth, STRUT nurtures and sustains a thriving community of diverse dance artists and connects them with audiences to share their work. For over 20 years, STRUT has provided our members with the training, opportunities and belief they need to build ambitious, creative lives.

Image credits: Subliminal Drift (2023) by Laura Boynes. Commissioned by STRUT Dance and the Fremantle Biennale for SIGNALS 23. Photo by Rebecca Mansell.

Today is AusArt Day! For one day of giving I am asking you to support my new dance work The Other Side of Half to help bring it to life.

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Deanne Butterworth is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, and teacher whose practice is preoccupied with the investigation of movement and how it relates to the physical, emotional, and sonic space in which it is located. A graduate of WAAPA she has shown her work and performed in the works of other choreographers both nationally and internationally since 1995.

Duprada’s 2027 NT tour showcases original classical and contemporary works choreographed by NT artists Lynne Hanton, Erin Selleck, Miriam Nicholls and Leisa Jackson.

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Founded in 1984 by Artistic Director Lynne Hanton OAM, Duprada Dance Company is a classically trained ballet company based in Australia's Northern Territory. Maintaining residences in Darwin and Alice Springs, the company delivers professional classical and contemporary dance performances, enriching regional arts while fostering pre-professional talent.

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MOVE like you. CONNECT in shared time and space. CREATE with agency. BELONG to each other and in the world.

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Since 2019, Great Southern Dance has contributed to Southern Lutruwita/Tasmania and national arts sector cultural vibrancy through contemporary dance. Across performance, choreography, film, design, place, and community, we ask: What emerges when we move with and for one another, attending to the relationships and more-than-human worlds that shape us?

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Help SLIDE bring The Letters to life, connecting generations through dance, storytelling, memory and the voices of young artists.

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SLIDE Youth Dance Theatre is a Darwin-based youth arts organisation creating bold, inclusive contemporary dance theatre with and for young people. Through performance, mentorship and creative development, SLIDE empowers emerging artists, amplifies young voices and connects audiences through stories that reflect contemporary life, community and the Northern Territory

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Help us keep donation-based burlesque, dance and drag classes open to people facing financial barriers.

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Canberra Burlesque Academy is a First Nations and disabled-led performing arts school. We run donation-based burlesque, dance and drag classes, mentor emerging artists and put on shows that give people a chance to take the stage as themselves.

Every donation feeds into Dancenorth’s intricately interwoven programs, supporting us to 1) Make and tour exciting new work from the heart of regional North Queensland; 2) Support independent artists to find their voice, hone their practice and stay curious; and 3) Connect the community to dance, themselves and each other.

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A major champion of the arts in North Queensland, Dancenorth Australia balances a dynamic regional presence with a commitment to creating globally celebrated contemporary dance. Dancenorth is an epicentre of cultural change, empowering and supporting a diverse range of independent dance artists, while alchemizing regional and minority communities through movement.

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Empowering emerging Western Sydney Flamenco artists through professional mentorship, live music training and performance opportunities — from studio to stage.

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Compañía Pepa Molina is a Western Sydney-based not-for-profit Flamenco dance company creating pathways for emerging artists through performance, mentorship and professional development. Led by internationally acclaimed Flamenco artist Pepa Molina, the company champions the evolution of Flamenco in Australia while connecting diverse communities through dance, music and cultural exchange.

This AusArts Day, 25 Champions will help celebrate 25 years of FLING and shape the next chapter of regional dance.

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FLING Physical Theatre is a leading regional performance company based on Djiringanj Land in the Bega Valley NSW. Creating original contemporary performance alongside transformative participation programs, FLING develops artists, builds community and demonstrates that exceptional contemporary performance can be created, experienced and sustained in regional Australia.

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Help me build the next chapter of Bharatanatyam in Australia

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Help me build the next chapter of Bharatanatyam in Australia

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Lifespan Dance 2027 Program will be centred around quality seated dance classes and performances across Perth, regional WA & NSW (Sydney) via studio classes, outreach delivery and unique performance opportunities.

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Lifespan Dance (WA) creates seated (and standing where practicable) dance classes & performances with choreographic connection

Dis-Co Ball: Sprung's annual celebration of people with Disability in the Northern Rivers

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A not for profit community organisation based in the Northern Rivers of NSW. Sprung delivers a range of contemporary dance and community arts programs specifically for emerging d/Deaf and disabled artists.

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Support one of Victoria's longest-running choreographic platforms: commissioning three new dance works in PIECES' 21st year.

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Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI) exists to explore adventurous and experimental contemporary dance that resonates between local and global culture, empowering a community of artists — our company and the independent dance sector who make work at WXYZ Studios — to create performances audiences experience as transformative.

Image credits: From left to right: Image supplied from 'DanceRites' 2020 NITV, John Salisbury, Gregory Lorenzutti

Invest in the next generation of contemporary dance practitioners through studio time, seed funding, professional development and residency programs.

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Chunky Move creates bold, experimental dance that pushes the boundaries of the form. Through major works, commissions, residencies, workshops and collaborations, we support artists to explore new ideas, materials and contexts, while expanding the visibility and influence of contemporary dance in everyday life.

Help keep artists employed, visible, and thriving in Canberra. Every dollar powers the future of the arts in the ACT.

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Based on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra), Australian Dance Party (ADP) is the ACT’s flagship professional contemporary dance company and its largest employer of professional dance artists. Celebrating a decade of bold, socially responsive creation, ADP energises public space, sparks civic dialogue, and drives the regional dance ecosystem. As the primary organisation in the ACT offering viable professional careers in contemporary dance, ADP retains local talent, nurtures emerging national voices, and creates vital return pathways and professional development for established artists.

Image credits: O+J Wikner photography. Dancer: Jahna Lugnan