Capacity-building program for indie dance sector launched in Brisbane

Skills development, capacity building and funded creative residencies are being offered to independent dance artists in south-east Queensland.

A year-long program focused on professional development and capacity-building for independent dance artists has been launched in Brisbane. Operated out of Studio1 in Brisbane’s Yeerongpilly, The Workroom Program is funded through The Australia Council, Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council.

Lisa Wilson, Director of Studio1, says the program is focused on ‘skills development, capacity building and paid, funded creative residencies, which are so valuable for artists to be able to have space to make, experiment and explore.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts