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Celebrating dance and supporting Australian talent locally and globally.

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Move and be moved

Dance offers a creative platform for Australian artists and art workers to explore and push the boundaries of dance, choreography and movement-based works. Contemporary dance practice can include work that is traditional or intersects with traditional dance practice, whether it is Indigenous or from non-dominant cultures.  

Applicants to the dance panel cover practices such as contemporary, hybrid and technology-based work, improvisation, conceptual, experimental or narrative based, street dance, dance theatre, classical ballet, physical theatre, youth dance, screen-based work, and dance for specific communities including d/Deaf and disabled artists. 

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Grants and opportunities

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Community arts and cultural development

Fellowships

17 Mar 2025
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Community arts and cultural development

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Community arts and cultural development

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Sarah Greentree, Head of Dance 

For help with your application, please contact Creative Australia

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Assessment panels

Our assessment panels include artists and creative workers who understand the creative process. Their involvement ensures Creative Australia’s funding decisions remain at arm’s length.

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Application process

Creative Australia encourages applications from practising artists, arts workers and organisations. Find out more about our application process.

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Applications FAQ

Frequently asked questions about how to apply for grants and opportunities and how our application processes work.

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How we assess applications

Find out more about our assessment methods and how we use peer assessment, industry advice and staff assessment.

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Contact Creative Australia 

Sarah Greentree, Head of Dance 

For help with your application, please contact Creative Australia

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations Peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions.

We are privileged to gather on this Country and through this website to share knowledge, culture and art now, and with future generations.

First Nations Peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have died.

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

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