{{Short description|Dance company from Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Tasdance''' is a contemporary dance company based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
It was founded in 1981 as Australia's first dance-in-education company.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Statistics|first=c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=Australian Bureau of|date=2004-04-22|title=Feature Article - TasDance (Feature Article)|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/d3e2577347741b38ca256c32002417b9!OpenDocument|access-date=2020-09-13|website=www.abs.gov.au|language=en}}</ref> Since then, Tasdance's activities have broadened to mainstage performances as well as development and engagement programs for dance artists, students and the community.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilkins|first=Kasey|date=2018-07-07|title=Newly named creative director to bring 'new era' to Tasdance|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5510943/newly-named-creative-director-to-bring-new-era-to-tasdance/|access-date=2020-09-12|website=The Examiner|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-13|title=Tasdance artistic director's swan-song|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-13/tasmania-focused-swan-song-for-outgoing-tasdance-director/6770916|access-date=2020-09-12|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>
It received the Group Award at the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards for 2007.
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Category:Dance companies in Australia Category:Contemporary dance companies Category:Culture of Tasmania Category:Companies based in Tasmania
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