The BOLD Festival celebrates the legacy of dance
Our events are an international presentation of intercultural, inclusive and intergenerational dance programming. BOLD draws on the legacies of our cultural elders, celebrating the empowerment of aging. It provides a platform for older artists, to celebrate their longevity and nurtures intergenerational exchange seeding new works from emerging artists and their cultural legacies.
First presented in 2017 then in 2019, 2022 and 2024 we have become an integral part of the dance world in the ACT and across Australia with strong international connections.
In 2024 BOLD24 presented 2 world premieres, 4 national premieres and talks, workshops and films presented across the National Film and Sound Archive, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Gorman House and QL2 Dance.
Our Patron is Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, OAM and she is fabulous.