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Performing arts
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Performing arts
This section contains resources specific to the performing arts sector. Below you
will find the details of membership organisations and peak bodies, awards, prizes
and trade fairs, along with a list of opportunities and links to further information
and resources. The opportunities section contains some funding opportunities
specific to the performing art sector. For a full listing of funding opportunities
available across artforms, please refer to the individual Financial Support section
within arts-e resources.
National membership organisations
and peak bodies
APRA and AMCOS
The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) collects and distributes licence fees
for the public performance and communication of its members’ musical works. The
Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) collects and distributes
mechanical royalties for the reproduction of its members’ musical works.
— www.apra-amcos.com.au
Ausdance
Ausdance is Australia’s professional dance advocacy organisation.
— www.ausdance.org.au
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory
body. The Australia Council cultivates the nation’s creativity by investing in artists and arts
organisations working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts, community partnerships,
dance, literature, music, theatre, visual arts and multi-artform practices.
— www.australiacouncil.gov.au
Australia Council for the Arts - indigenous protocols
The Australia Council has produced five guides that cover protocols for producing
Indigenous Australian media arts, music, performing arts, visual arts and writing.
— www.australiacouncil.gov.au
Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (APCA)
APCA is the national peak body representing and supporting performing arts centres. They
also support the development of performing arts in general throughout Australia with a
rapidly growing associate membership including producing companies, touring organisations
and funding bodies. Annually APACA members present in excess 53 000 events, with over
11 million attendances, in an industry valued in excess of $1.1 billion.
— www.apaca.com.au
Australian Script Centre (ASC)
The ASC is the key organisation providing essential infrastructure services to the
theatre sector. The ASC is a non-profit association with a membership base comprising
a diverse community of theatre makers, including many playwrights, drama educators,
students, theatre companies and producers.
— www.ozscript.org
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