RISING receives lifeline from Creative Australia to deliver 2026 dance biennial

ArtsHub exclusive: RISING will return in 2026 as the national presenter of the Australian Dance Biennial.
A production photo of dynamic dancers dressed in black suits, forming single file while pulling at each other’s clothes. RISING

Melbourne’s winter festival RISING has been appointed by Creative Australia as the delivery partner of a new national celebration of Australian dance, the Australian Dance Biennial.

The Biennial will launch officially in 2026 to run alongside RISING every other year, with the first two iterations focusing on a curated program of Australian dance works, promising representation from every state and territory.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_