Australia’s professional dance advocacy organisation—producing programs and resources to support professional dance practice. http://www.ausdance.org.au Australia's professional dance advocacy organisation. We design and deliver programs and resources to support and sustain professional dance practice in Australia. Ausdance National's members are dance professionals and cultural leaders from across Australia who engage in a great diversity of dance forms and practices. With a vision for dance to become a valued part in the lives of all people, Ausdance National's advocacy, programs, resources and partnerships help to facilitate and promote the processes and benefits of best practice dance engagement. Part of a leading affiliation of peak bodies for dance, arts and culture in Australia, Ausdance National works with the federated network of Ausdance associations Ausdance ACT, Ausdance NSW, Ausdance Qld, Ausdance SA, Ausdance Victoria and Ausdance WA. Ausdance National is the Australian Chapter of the World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific and is also a founding and continuing member of ArtsPeak, the National Advocates for Arts Education and the Tertiary Dance Council of Australia. It's been a difficult and challenging year for the Australian dance community, and at Ausdance National we've been very aware of those companies, independent artists and community groups that have suffered so much in some parts of the country. Cancellations, loss of jobs and disruption to practice have created enormous challenges for half the country, with the other half although protected from Covid19 suffering from isolation and disruption of a different kind. Nevertheless, there have been some inspiring responses to these challenges, which we acknowledge and celebrate. In June Ausdance National elected a strong and committed working board that has continuedt to deliver on national representation for dance in several ways. It has Reassessed the Australian Dance Awards, with an announcement to be made in January about their future. Formed a Diversity and Inclusion task force, chaired by Marilyn Miller, to assist our board with a review of its policies and procedures, and provide support for other dance organisations wishing to take similar action. This will be a major part of our work in 2022. Worked closely with ArtsPeak colleagues to develop a preBudget submission and key messaging for the Federal election in 2022. Reformed the Tertiary Dance Council of Australia (TDCA), with Prof. Sue Street facilitating 13 institutions that offer dance as a major course of study. Completed an analysis of a TDCA questionnaire that reveals the current status of professional dance training, and distributed it to various decision makers including the Arts Minister, the Shadow Arts Minister, the Department of Communications and the Arts, and the Australia Council. Worked with our World Dance Alliance colleagues on plans for the next Global Summit in Hong Kong in June 2022, and on the publication of AsiaPacific Channels and the Journal of Emerging Dance Scholarship (JEDS). As with our earlier Safe Dance research, supported the Ausdance network in the development of Child Safe policies and teacher accreditation, both important steps in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of young students.