DANCEWEEKENDER

Jenni Large dances in front of grey brick wall , next to the big orange text - Danceweekender

DANCEWEEKENDER

Are you part of a dance group/troupe/class or secret underground dance society waiting for your chance to share your love for busting out moves?

Tasdance, supported by the Strategic Touring Fund and TPAC, is seeking dance lovers from across the state to participate in an afternoon of performing, teaching, and sharing. Each group will perform a short piece and teach their style to the audience, followed by a special presentation by Tasdance. It doesn’t matter how you like to move your body or what your style is; we would love to meet you.

We are looking for dance groups from the North West, North, and South to showcase their passion and talent on some of Tassie’s biggest theatre stages.

If this sounds like you or you want to know more, please email Adam at adam@tasdance.com.au or call 0423903568.

We look forward to dancing with you soon.

SESSIONS NOVEMBER - JENNI LARGE (TAS) + PAT TOH LING (SINGAPORE)

Image description: Pat (left) and Jenni (right) kneel in front of materials in tied plastic bags. They are wearing grey tops and track pants.

JENNI LARGE
+
PAT TOH LING

Friday 17.11.23 | 5:00-7:30pm | Assembly 197
197 Wellington Street 7250

Please join us for our final SESSIONS for the year, featuring Jenni Large (Tasdance) and Pat Toh Ling (Singapore). These two exceptional artists first met in March this year as part of an Asialink and Arts Tasmania program called Singapore Now.

Jenni and Pat will share their new work in development, where they imagine training scenarios in preparation for the unknown in the face of increasing environmental and geopolitical challenges. 

We will also take this time to celebrate another fantastic year at Assembly 197 and hear from our in-house organisations - Stompin, Mudlark, and Rooke.

Please join us from 5 pm for some drinks, platters, and dance sharing starting at 5:30 pm.

WANT TO JOIN OUR BOARD?

Image: Big Heat at Junction 2023 by Melanie Kate Creative

BOARD MEMBER EOI – CLOSES 16th January 2026

Expressions of Interest are invited from people who want to join our board to help us achieve the Assembly 197 vision. Board positions are voluntary, with Directors expected to attend (in person or remotely) six board meetings a year, as well as our annual strategic planning weekend and AGM, and when possible, participate in Assembly 197 events. Most Board Meetings occur virtually. Any travel costs to attend meetings will be covered by Assembly 197.

WHO WE ARE

We are Assembly 197, a resoundingly Tasmanian, proudly regional, live arts centre on the banks of Launceston’s Kanamaluka River in the heart of Lutruwita/Tasmania. Led by Co-Creative Directors Adam Wheeler and Emma Porteus and governed by an active skills-based board, A197 emerged from the recent amalgamation of the flagship dance company Tasdance, and the internationally recognised development program Situate.

Care for our people is paramount to Assembly 197’s culture. Employing 60+ artists annually, including creative associates, provocateurs, independent artists, and teachers, we are committed to collaborative, long-form artmaking. Assembly 197 is passionate about how the physical body shares stories. Building on Tasdance’s 42-year commitment to pursuing choreographic excellence, we make large-scale works that celebrate the human form in performance. Assembly 197 provides professional development opportunities to build artists’ skills, capacity, and careers through Situate, Tasmanian Residency for Independent Practice (TRIP), choreographic workshops, and intensives. In addition, through our Artery program, we work in partnership with The Smith Family, Stompin, and schools to offer artist-led workshops and pathways for young creatives from Day Care to University.

Assembly 197 believes all bodies deserve to engage with and experience artistic encounters, and we invite you to join us on our journey.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING:

• We are particularly interested in hearing from people with experience in finance, fundraising and sponsorship, governance and/or law, and would also welcome applications from those with experience in diverse areas such as arts administration, marketing, festivals and events, education, community and government engagement, or business.

• Connections with the Australian arts community or broader business, political and community networks in Tasmania would also be an asset.

• We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

• Applicants should be willing to engage actively in Assembly 197’s development, attend Board and committee meetings, and revel in and encourage others to experience and be inspired by our art-making.

THE NEXT STEPS

If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Simon McKenzie, Board President, at president@assembly197.com.

If you’d like to express interest in joining our board, please email us a brief (no more than 300 words) statement explaining why you’d like to join us and what you consider you could contribute to the board. Email this, with a copy of your current CV, to Simon McKenzie at president@assembly197.com by 16th January 2026

ASSEMBLY 197 x MUDLARK x TCW present BIG HEAT

Design by Studio Bacon, image by Nick Hanson

BIG HEAT peeks behind the curtain of Tasmanian Championship Wrestling to tell an underdog story of 17-year-old Izzy becoming a local wrestling celebrity. This multi-artform feast captures the significance of our innate need for community and connection. Built on real-life accounts of the trials and tribulations of professional wrestling in Launceston.

WHEN: SEPTEMBER 21st, 22nd, 23rd - 6:30-7:15pm + 23rd - 2:00-3:15pm

WHERE: MILTON HALL, 15 Fredrick Street Launceston (right next to the park)

COST: $15/$10

FEATURING: Cheyne Mitchell, Conor Wild, Freyja Wild, Gabriel Comerford, Grady Lynch, Isabel Partridge, Jane Johnson, Jenni Large + special guest Wrestlers from the TCW

LEAD CREATIVES: Adam Wheeler, Amelia Evans. Cheyne Mitchell

SOUND: Anna Whitaker

COSTUMES: Hickey Hardware

LIGHTS: Cheyne Mitchell

PRODUCER: Emma Porteus

SUPPORTED BY: Arts Tasmania, Festivals Australia, Junction Arts Festival, TCW

LAUNNIE CAN DANCE - SAVE THE DATE

SAVE THE DATE - TUESDAY 4TH JULY

We are thrilled to be sharing the exciting news that LAUNNIE CAN DANCE will be lighting up the Princess Theatre stage on July 4th.

Tickets on sale next week

STAY TUNED…

Image description: young people from Alice Springs in coloured costumes dancing on stage.

BABY GIRL LAUNCESTON + SYDNEY SHOWS

Image by Gabriel Comerford - Mona Foma 2023

Two opportunities to see Amber McCartney’s newest solo, Baby Girl.

After the success of Baby Girl's premiere at Mona Foma 2023, Launceston and Sydney audiences can get up close and intimate with Amber McCartney's newest solo.

Baby Girl is a performance of a persona whose physicality slides on a spectrum of her original body’s memories and her new being. This work investigates physicality, which involves emptying the body of familiarity to refill it with someone or something disturbingly otherworldly. 

TOURING DETAILS

LAUNCESTON 8TH + 9TH JUNE 2023 - ASSEMBLY 197

SYDNEY 11TH JUNE 2023 - SOFT CENTRE

Wanna learn more? CLICK HERE

SESSIONS - NIKKI TARLING

SESSIONS is back for 2023

FRIDAY 28.04.23 | 5:30-7pm | Assembly 197

We have had the pleasure of having Nikki Tarling in the studio on a TRIP residency.

A note from Nikki

'My solo residency is focused towards exploring a physical language that emphasises slow cyclical body waves, hyper form and fluid dynamics. I'm curious about how the blend of these qualities may engage the viewers in a way that slowly funnels and potentially tips their perception of body and time. Alongside this, I'm interested in exploring performative and pedestrian mannerisms and how the two can merge as well as exist separately.'

Please join us for some wine, cheese, and art sharing. All welcome

Image description: four thin images of Nikki Tarling looking down at the ground in a pastel pink top.

#tasdance #assembly197 #assembly197trip #assembly197sessions #tasmaniandance #contemporarydance

TASDANCE PUBLIC PROGRAM OPEN DAY

Wanna dance like no one is watching or do you wanna dance with somebody?
Maybe, dancing in the streets is your thing?

We're having an Open Day on Saturday 4th of February. Come along and try our classes for FREE!

Parents and friends are welcome to view the classes and our current students are encouraged to bring their friends along to try a class together!

There will be refreshments in the garden and if you find a class you love you can enrol on the day.

Come dance with us!

SCHEDULE

10:00 - 10:30am Ballet Discovery | minimum age 3

10:35 - 11:05am Ballet Beginners | 6-8 yrs

11:10 - 11:40am Dance Discovery (Contemporary) | 6-8 yrs

11:45 - 12:15pm Street Discovery | 6-8 yrs

12:20 - 12:50pm Junior Street | 9-12 yrs

12:55 - 1:25pm Junior Ballet | 8-12 yrs

1:30 - 2:00pm Junior Contemporary | 9-14 yrs

2:05 - 2:35pm Senior Ballet | 15-18 yrs

2:40 - 3:10pm Senior Contemporary | 15-18 yrs

3:15 - 3:45pm Adult Ballet

3:50 - 4:20pm Adult Contemporary

4:25 - 4:55pm PRIME | 40+

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CLASSES CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW
TASDANCE SCHOOL OF DANCE
ADULT CASUAL CLASSES

WHO’S TEACHING? CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

Body Body Commodity + Baby Girl at Mona Foma 2023

TWO OUTSTANDING OFFERINGS OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE AT MONA FOMA 2023

Body Body Commodity

Jenni Large

Five female dancers animate and interact with a mass of pastel foam objects that litter the performance space, ‘exploiting and embracing their habitat’ as the lines between object, body, power and product blur.

$30 / $20

Friday 17 February, 7pm

Saturday 18 February, 3pm + 7pm

Earl Arts Centre, 10 Earl Street, Launceston

Choreographer/dancer: Jenni Large

Dancer / collaborator: Amber McCartney

Dancer / collaborator: Ashleigh Musk 

Dancer / collaborator: Georgia Rudd

Dancer / collaborator: Erin O’Rourke 

Internship dancer: Ebony Nichols 

Sound designer: Anna Whitaker 

Costume + set designer: Michelle Boyde 

Lighting designer + production manager: Chris Jackson 

Producing partner: Tasdance

Supported by Arts Tasmania, RANT Arts Tasmania Project Fund, Regional Arts Fund (QLD), Dancenorth, Judith Wright Centre, Tasdance + Australia Council for the Arts

Venue Partner: Theatre North

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Baby Girl

Amber McCartney

A dance performance of a figure caught between their body’s original memories and the persona of a new, otherworldly being.

$30/$20

Friday 24–Sunday 26 February, 6.30–7.10pm

Nolan Gallery, Mona

Choreographer / dancer: Amber McCartney

Costume designer: Geoffrey Watson

Lighting designer + production manager: Chris Jackson

Artistic director: Adam Wheeler

Producer: Emma Porteus

Supported by Arts Tasmania

Jenni Large's BODY BODY COMMODITY

Image by Gabriel Comerford + Jenni Large

Jenni Large's BODY BODY COMMODITY launched last night as part of the 2023 Theatre North season.

Premiering in Mona Foma in February of next year, Jenni's first major work is a subversive commentary on the impacts of capitalist society and consumerist behaviours on the female body.

Five female dancers animate and interact with a mass of pastel foam objects that litter the performance space, ‘exploiting and embracing their habitat’ as the lines between object, body, power and product blur.

For all the goss head to:

https://theatrenorth.com.au/body-body-commodity

Body Body Commodity represents Tasdance's commitment to not just presenting compelling contemporary dance here in Launceston, but also our dedication to nurturing and supporting Independent makers and producers like Jenni - who has just bought an apartment here in Launnie so we can claim her as one of ours.

Image by Gabriel Comerford + Jenni Large

Image Description: Female bodies are immersed in pastel-coloured offcuts of foam.

DETOUR - INTERCONNECTED DANCE FELLOWSHIP

Images of dancers from Tasdance, Dance Makers Collective, GUTS Dance, Tracks, and Dance North are pictured above the companies logos.

Detour - Interconnected Dance Fellowship
Dance Makers Collective | Dancenorth | GUTS | Tasdance | Tracks

Detour provides one Australian dance artist a paid opportunity to connect with five leading Australian dance companies across a 12-month period, as part of an interconnected residency program, in a spirit of reciprocity.

By working together, we will provide 15-weeks of paid work for an artist to spend time with us, engage with our communities, with no explicit 'outcome' in mind; to free an artist to develop in the context of our unique environs.

For more detail about Detour, please follow this link.

For more info on the companies, please follow this link.

COLLISION PAID PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

Image by Michael O’Neill. Image description: Amber McCartney sits on her knees, in an oversized white bra and purple pants.

A CALL OUT FOR DANCE ARTISTS

COLLISION was first developed in 2021 by choreographer Jo Lloyd with Tasdance (Gabriel Comerford, Jenni Large, Amber McCartney, Kyall Shanks) and GUTS Dance (Madeleine Krenek, Frankie Snowdon), with an exceptional team of designers.

This is a rare opportunity to join the cast and work with one of Australia’s most influential choreographers to implement her practices in the performance season of COLLISION - presented at Junction Arts Festival 2022.

Twenty artists are invited to participate in a paid professional development opportunity. All artists will work with the creative team of COLLISION in preparation for this historic Tasmanian event.

WHEN: Monday 12th September to Saturday 17th September 2022

WHERE: Assembly 197/Tasdance Studio - 197 Wellington Street, Launceston lutruwita/Tasmania and QVMAG Inveresk.

FEE: Each artist will be paid a fee of $1000, plus an honorarium towards travel fees (for those coming from outside of Tasmania). Shared housing accommodation will also be covered for those who live outside of Launceston.

HOW TO APPLY: We ask all artists to fill out the form below and answer the questions either in writing or video. Please contact Bec Jones at bec@tasdance.com.au if you require any assistance.

COLLISION was originally commissioned by The Unconformity in 2021.

COLLISION has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and Arts Tasmania

JOIN OUR BOARD - ASSEMBLY 197 INVITE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

JOIN OUR BOARD

Assembly 197 - The home of Tasdance, Situate and Artery invite expressions of interest to join our Board.

JOIN OUR BOARD

ASSEMBLY 197 - Tasmania’s Live Arts Centre

[Tasdance + Situate + Artery]

Expressions of Interest Invited

JOIN US IN REALISING A FRESH, NEW AND EXCITING VISION FOR THE ARTS IN TASMANIA AND BEYOND

ASSEMBLY 197 - Tasmania’s Live Arts Centre launches in 2022

ASSEMBLY 197 brings in a new era of genre busting art making, creating a fresh cultural asset and burst of energy in the north and throughout Tasmania. Together, we will transform live arts for and with Tasmanian communities, from our home at 197 Wellington Street, Launceston.

No artist entering ASSEMBLY 197 leaves unchanged.

ASSEMBLY 197 is the home of TASDANCE (the company), SITUATE (the program), and ARTERY (the outreach). 

TASDANCE fuses outstanding dance artists with innovative artists from other disciplines to create multifaceted contemporary dance. We know bodies love to dance and we passionately engage communities in dance making around Tasmania and beyond.

SITUATE places artists in conversations and situations that encourage them to think broadly and boldly; a space for investigation of practice – how it connects to place, artists, audience, and community. 

ARTERY believes everyone should have the ability to experience art making by delivering bespoke programs individually designed to reach every corner of Tasmania.

ASSEMBLY 197 knows we make great art when we assemble together. ASSEMBLY 197 also hosts Stompin, Mudlark, and Rooke Circus as in-house organisations.

For more details and examples of Tasdance’s,  Situate’s, and Artery’s work, please visit our websites:

• www.tasdance.com.au

• www.situate.org.au

• www.tasdance.com.au/artery

• www.assembly197.com

JOIN OUR BOARD - BE PART OF THE VISION

Expressions of Interest are invited from individuals with a range of experience and skills who consider they can help make a difference and join us in achieving the ASSEMBLY 197 vision.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH

• Board director experience, especially in the not-for-profit sector - desirable, but not essential

• Arts experience as a creator, an administrator, an educator or in government – an advantage, but not essential

• Connections with the Australian arts community or broader business and political networks and Tasmanian communities 

• Experience and skills in diverse areas including festivals and events, finance, fundraising and sponsorship, marketing, governance, law, education, community engagement, entrepreneurship, and business

• Willingness to make time to engage actively in ASSEMBLY 197’s development, to attend Board and committee meetings, and to revel in and encourage others to experience and be inspired by our art-making.

THE NEXT STEP: Please email us a brief (no more than 500 words) expression of interest outlining your experience and skills, why you’d like to join us, what you consider you could contribute to the Board and how you could help realise the ASSEMBLY 197 vision. 

Email this, with a copy of your current CV, to Creative Director Adam Wheeler at adam@assembly197.com or adam@tasdance.com.au 

Feel free to also contact Adam if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

ASSEMBLY 197 – BACKGROUND INFORMATION

ASSEMBLY 197: TASMANIA’S LIVE ARTS CENTRE brings together a new generation of Tasmanian creative artists and leaders creating a fresh cultural asset and burst of cultural energy in the North and throughout Tasmania.

ASSEMBLY 197 is led by Adam Wheeler and Emma Porteus, two dedicated and passionate Tasmanian creative professionals, working with a cohort of exceptional artists from across Australia to create work, interrogate practice, and to engage and inspire communities. 

ASSEMBLY 197 is resoundingly Tasmanian and proud to be regional.

ASSEMBLY 197 is a nationally significant artistic partnership between TASDANCE, the iconic Tasmanian contemporary dance company, and SITUATE, a leading Australian initiative dedicated to nurturing emerging and mid-career artists.

This collaboration is a key part of fulfilling Adam and Emma’s vision of Launceston being a centre for interdisciplinary art-making, progessive artistic endeavour, and engaging community outreach.

“We knew we were the keepers of a terrific arts space. A space that has been home to dance for 60 years, but now it is time for an expanded new era. A new platform for those interested in live arts to gather, share, and make. We believe the potential of ASSEMBLY 197 is immense, and we welcome all to join us on the journey as we expand the vision for 197 Wellington Street.” Adam and Emma

ASSEMBLY 197 is testament to an arts sector no longer wanting to work in isolation and the importance of exploring and initiating new ways of making and sharing art.

HOW ARE WE GOVERNED AND MANAGED?

ASSEMBLY  197 (Tasdance) is a company Limited by Guarantee,  governed by a eight member skills-based volunteer board and supported by a small staff (4.5 core FTE) led by two Creative Directors who are responsible for the company’s overall management and operation, the development and realisation of artistic, development, and outreach programs.

HOW WE ARE FUNDED? 

ASSEMBLY 197 receives funding and generates revenue from a variety of different sources and partnerships. Government arts funding is provided primarily by both the Tasmanian Government, through Arts Tasmania, and the Federal Government, through the Australia Council for the Arts, which represents about two-thirds of funding received over the last five years. A further third of our revenue is generated through our Public Program and project fees, philanthropy, local funding, private sponsorship and other State and Federal government funding. 

WHERE ARE WE BASED?

ASSEMBLY 197  is based in a well-positioned heritage building with offices, a large dance studio/ creative development and performance space set in a heritage garden, and a small self-contained apartment all in the heart of Launceston at 197 Wellington Street. Our home helps us build our identity and community presence and engagement, but also enables us to be a creative hub providing  space to other creative partners.  Whilst based in Launceston our artistic activity reaches across Tasmania, the Australian mainland, and internationally. Board meetings include Directors who attend in-person in Launceston, and those who attend virtually via Zoom.

TASDANCE AGM, 28th MARCH 2022

Tasdance AGM 2022

The Tasdance Board of Directors invite you to the 42nd Tasdance Annual General Meeting.

Held at Assembly 197/Tasdance, 197 Wellington Street Launceston 7250

Time: 6:00pm

Further details can be found here: Tasdance AGM 2022

Image: Julian Frichot of Loren Kronemyer’ After Erika Eiffel

tuylupa at Mona Foma Postponed

Due to the current impacts of the COVID pandemic in Tasmania, tuylupa, the world premiere by pakana kanaplila and Tasdance, will no longer proceed this month.

The production was due to premiere at Earl Arts Centre in Launceston on Friday 21 January, before travelling to nipaluna / Hobart the following week as part of the Mona Foma 2022 program.

Whilst this is a very disappointing decision to have to make, our number one priority is the health and safety of our artists, their community, as well as our team and audiences. 

This work is a community story, and the decision to present tuylupa later ensures the safety of our Elder’s. We will keep the fire burning! We thank Mona Foma for their ongoing support and care.

Brian Ritchie, Festival Director, Mona Foma, says: ‘We’ve spent many years working alongside pakana kanaplila and Tasdance to bring tuylupa to audiences, and while we are so very disappointed by the delay to this year’s production, we’re willing to wait a little longer to see it through. Mona Foma remains committed to presenting the work at a later date.’

Ticketholders for all cancelled performances will be refunded by Mona Foma.

Mona Foma 2022 will take place from Friday 21 January through to Sunday 30 January 2022, with music and art taking place over two weekends—first in Launceston (Friday 21–Sunday 23 January) and then in nipaluna / Hobart (Friday 28–Sunday 30 January).

ILLUMINATE - TICKETS ON SALE

Image by Caleb Nichols-Mansell

ILLUMINATE -TICKETS ON SALE NOW

A site responsive dance work featuring Tasdance, pakana kanaplila, DRILL, Second Echo Ensemble, Stompin, and MADE. Set in the majestic Cataract Gorge, ILLUMINATE examines our relationship to place and complexities of living in contemporary lutruwita/Tasmania.

Co-driven by cultural leader Sinsa Mansell, Adam Wheeler and Emma Porteus in collaboration with 50 diverse Tasmanian artists. ILLUMINATE celebrates Tasdance’s 40th Anniversary through the lens of contemporary dance.

Duration 1.5 hours
Please note this show involves walking. Please contact our accessibility coordinator Sammie Lester if you have any access needs: samantha@tasdance.com.au

TIMES

19.11.2021 - 7:00pm
20.11.2021 - 7:00pm

COLLISION at THE UNCONFORMITY

Premiering at The Unconformity, Queenstown Oct 14-16

Choreographer – Jo Lloyd
Blacksmith – Pete Mattila
Dancers – Gabriel Comerford, Jenni Large, Amber McCartney, Kyall Shanks, Madeleine Krenek, Frankie Snowdon
Costume Designer – Andrew Treloar
Composer – Duane Morrison
Lighting and Production – Chris Jackson
Videographer – Michael O’Neill
Tasdance Artistic Director – Adam Wheeler
Producer – Emma Porteus

I can wear what you wear and become you, someone else can be me.

This structure could be me.

The undertaking of its stillness is epic.

This encounter is both brief and permanent.

Celebrated choreographer Jo Lloyd and Tasmanian blacksmith Pete Mattila have created Collision, a new work in collaboration with GUTS Dance and the Tasdance ensemble.

The ephemeral nature of dance contrasted with the permanency of a metallic sculpture has an impact, both brief and permanent. Contrasting metals forge and repel with oscillating timelines.

These elements collide to pose the question: What is possible here for those who are present?

Image: Melanie Kate Photography

Charlie Smith's Bending The WIND In Development Showing

Please join us THURSDAY 12.08 - 4pm @ TASDANCE for a special showing of Charlie Smith’s Bending the WIND in development.

Charlie and the Second Echo Ensemble are spending the week at Tasdance as part of our annual Second Echo Ensemble Residency Program.

A note from Charlie Smith

We create a place where fans cease to turn and autumn leaves forget to fall.

Where weather warning sounds are heard and a lost kite surfer flies.

The wind grasps sentences and picks out words to string together and pass along, in whatever language needs to be heard.

Bending the WIND is a contemporary performance work that features live musicians, projections and theatre. Audiences will feel the wind, hear it and be moved by it. The finished work will feature a commissioned score by Dean Stevenson, including live performance by Warren Mason, Emily Sanzaro and the SEE ensemble.

Organically this work has evolved through residencies in significantly different places. This is now integral to its form and vision. The work is site specifically aware, with a respect for land and acknowledgement of ownership. We have committed to continue to create the work through additional residencies across the state. Feeling the wind in each place, finding the windiest places on the island to move in, listen to and create.

Lead Creatives: Charlie Smith, Dean Stevenson, Cary Littleford, Warren Mason

Partners: Tasmania Performs, Tasdance, Moonah Arts Centre, Nayri Niara, Arts House Melbourne

Funding: Arts Tasmania , RANT Regional Arts

WE'RE HIRING - OPERATIONS MANAGER

Image: Jenni Large + Gabriel Comerford by Melanie Kate Photography

TASDANCE in collaboration with SITUATE is seeking an experienced part-time Tasmanian-based Operations Manager to support the day to day running and growth of the organisation.  This role is part time, three days a week for 12 months.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Operations Manager will play a key role within our organisation by ensuring the smooth operation of all office and program administration. The role supports the coordination of an annual program of activities across both Tasdance and Situate - supporting our Executive Team (the Tasdance Artistic Director-CEO and the Executive Producer of Situate) and helping facilitate the Company’s performance against its vision, strategies and goals. The Operations Manager assists in the organisation’s financial administration and, in collaboration with the Executive Team, the administration of and communications with our Board.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We would like a highly organised and enthusiastic individual to join our hard-working and passionate team; knowledge of the Australian arts sector is desirable but not essential.

Tasdance is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds; please contact us if you require support in submitting your application.

To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in Australia according to current Federal Government requirements.

In this position you will:

1. Oversee and ensure all administrative and office operations systems run efficiently and effectively and are kept up-to-date.

2. Manage the office Information Technology and all record-keeping systems, and the Company’s CRM ensuring that they are kept up-to-date, including all databases encompassing key contacts: electronic and print media, presenting and other partners, stakeholders, participants, audiences, Members, supporters, and Tasdance alumni.

3. Coordinate the setting-up of meetings, and prepare and distribute meeting agendas, reports and Minutes.

4. Liaise with internal and external stakeholders including government representatives, Board Directors, donors and corporate partners and other supporters and partners on behalf of the Executive Team, and manage communications on their behalf as required.

5. Ensure all administrative arrangements for meetings, including the booking of venue(s) and meeting set-up, catering, preparation of technology, agendas etc. are completed prior to the commencement of any meetings.

6. Arrange travel bookings for staff, other contracted creative personnel, and interstate Board Directors.

7. Arrange, prepare and distribute agendas for, Minute, and attend weekly management meetings.

8. Work closely with the Executive Team in developing and implementing project plans. Assist the Executive Team in acting as the secretariat to the Tasdance Board, including assistance with confidential Board correspondence and in preparing Board papers as and when required.

9. Assist the Executive Team in implementing marketing and communications strategies and plans, including media liaison, as and when required.

SELECTION CRITERIA ESSENTIAL 

1 Well-developed and strong administration and project management skills, including all aspects of office management. 

2. Demonstrated ability and experience in developing and implementing innovative solutions for addressing structural and operational barriers to achieving project outcomes. 

3. Demonstrated strong skills in IT, database management, and record-keeping systems. 

4. Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively in a team, with the ability to work productively unsupervised and under pressure. 

5. Demonstrated highly effective communication skills. 

Required: A current driver’s licence 

SELECTION CRITERIA DESIRABLE

1. Human Resource management experience. 

2. General knowledge of and interest in the Australian arts and culture sector 

POSITION ENQUIRIES

Enquiries about this position should be directed to Emma Porteus, Executive Producer Situate on 0422 370 667 or email: producer@situate.org.au

TO APPLY

Email: adam@tasdance.com.au

ADDRESS YOUR APPLICATION TO: Adam Wheeler, Artistic Director-CEO, Tasdance

AND PLEASE SUBMIT:

• A cover letter.

• Your response to the selection criteria (two pages maximum).

• Your CV.

Applications will close on 16th August  and interviews will be held on 25th, 26th and 27th August 2021

40th Anniversary Mid Season Artistic Program

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN VERSION - DESIGNED BY STUDIO BACON

We’ve had a big start to the year and now get ready for the second half.

This is the beginning of a whole new era for Tasdance and Situate. Whether you want to get involved, develop your craft or simply experience some cracker art, our mid season program is for you!