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Ausdance ACT’s Youth Dance Festival (YDF) continues to be one of Canberra’s most significant and enduring youth arts programs, celebrating more than four decades as a cornerstone of the ACT arts and education calendar. Non-competitive, co-creative, inclusive, and curriculum-aligned, YDF provides young people with a safe, creative, and empowering platform to choreograph, perform, connect, and express themselves through dance.In 2026, YDF invites audiences to step into The Metaverse.
Explore a world where the boundaries between reality and the digital universe have blurred, and where technology, gaming, social media, and virtual connection are transforming the way we move, communicate and experience life. Through imaginative choreography and dynamic performances, dancers from across Canberra and the surrounding region will bring this year’s theme to life, examining the opportunities, challenges, and possibilities of an increasingly online mediated world.
Join us for an inspiring celebration of creativity, innovation and youth expression as performers take to the stage to explore what it means to live, learn and connect in The Metaverse.
Produced by Ausdance ACT, the non-for-profit peak body for dance. With Creative Direction by Dr Cathy Adamek and School Coordination by Debora Di Centa.
Tuesday 27 October
Burgmann Anglican School • Canberra College • Canberra Grammar School • Canberra High School • Caroline Chisholm School • Lyneham High School • Mount Stromlo High School • Radford College • St Mary MacKillop College • UC SSC Lake Ginninderra
Wednesday 28 October
Alfred Deakin High School • Black Mountain School • Calwell High School • Canberra Girls Grammar School • Evelyn Scott School • Lake Tuggeranong College • Marist College Canberra • Melrose High School • Monaro High School
Thursday 29 October
Amaroo School • Erindale College • Gungahlin College • Hawker College • Kingsford Smith School • Narrabundah College • St John Paul II College • Trinity Catholic College Goulburn
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Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra Theatre Centre, Civic Square/London Cct,Canberra,ACT,Australia
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