November 18th 2022 AEDT
Dear Dancers, Congratulations on the fantastic shows last Sunday! It was so special to see each of your personalities shine on stage and your love of dance emanate through all of you. As we said on the night, it's the best night of the year and we hope you had as much fun as we did. We are planning the dates for the next round already because we love it so much and hope that you will join us - keep an eye on our socials for updates and spread the word to your friends, family, dentists and everyone else! In the m ...Continue Reading
November 12th 2022 AEDT
Dear Performers, 3 sleeps to go!! We are so excited to showcase what Marvellous Melbourne has to offer and can't wait to see you all up on stage! We know you're going to have a blast and so are we. The weekend is really busy and with your help, we should be able to run on time and get through everything that we need to do to make it a great show and a great night for yourselves and your audience! *Schedules* Click to view the schedule for both days here: https://www.thespace.com.au/images/ ...Continue Reading
November 10th 2022 AEDT
Dear Performers, 3 sleeps to go!! We are so excited to showcase what Marvellous Melbourne has to offer and can't wait to see you all up on stage! We know you're going to have a blast and so are we. The weekend is really busy and with your help, we should be able to run on time and get through everything that we need to do to make it a great show and a great night for yourselves and your audience! *Schedules* Click to view the schedule for both days here: https:// ...Continue Reading
May 2nd 2022 AEDT
Hi Performers! In the words of some figure of great historical significance, "It feels like we are at the end of the beginning!". Whatever that means, it's time to get back on stage and get The Space pumping again! So we have picked dates and made plans - hoping against hope that they are not once again dashed on the fearsome rocks of uncertainty poking out of the engulfing and tempestuous sea of Covid. The Plan: Existing performance routines to be brus ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2021 AEDT
Dear Diary, I just found out that we are going into a 5 day lockdown. From midnight tonight! I have no food in the fridge, not much to do at home - other than look after three slightly depressed (verging on pyschotic children), and not much toilet paper. Our studio will be closed and we're back to online for kids classes. Our tickets to Frozen on Saturday night will be postponed until ??????? Oh, and we can't hold our Performance Course performance on Sunday! To add insult to injury, it takes more than 5 day ...Continue Reading
June 24th 2021 AEDT
Hi Dancers, We know you've all been working really hard and the routines are starting to take shape now. But with the lockdown, and following the recent announcements of increasing capacity, we have decided to move the performance and the dress run to Sunday 18th July. Details: Dress Run: 18th July, 1:30 - 4:30pm First Performance: 18th July, 6pm Second Performance: 18th July, 8pm This just gives us a bit more time to work on the routines. Classes will continue up until the performance to make sure that al ...Continue Reading
March 24th 2021 AEDT
Hi Everyone, With yesterday's announcement of the relaxation of Covid restrictions from this Friday, we are very excited to announce a plan to recommence our Performance Courses! With these announcements and the significant protection of vaccinations of those working in hotel quarantine, we are now really confident in the delivery of the courses. We are excited that we will be able to run the Performance Courses properly with a significant audience and the vibe we all really want to create and then dance in! Current ...Continue Reading
December 9th 2020 AEDT
Hi Performers! With the exciting news on the weekend that we can have fifty people in a class and 100 audience members in our SkyDeck... We can finally confirm that we are able to offer the Performance Courses again!! We are still coordinating with teachers to lock in final dates, but the courses will start mid to late January with performances on a Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon toward the end of April / start of May. All courses will start again so we will be inviting new people to join to make 2021 even b ...Continue Reading
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The Space is bound by the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988. If you provide us with information about your health, we also strive to ensure that our handling of that information complies with applicable State and Territory health records legislation.
The Space needs personal information: - to conduct our business (eg to administer accounts, charge fees and to communicate with our members and business contacts).
To illustrate, the personal information we collect about our members includes: - Identification Information, including each member's name, address, contact details (including telephone numbers and email address) and date of birth; - Health information, is a sensitive form of personal information, so we only collect it with your consent, and we only collect what we need; - Financial Information, including bank account details and credit card details, as well as information about payment or non-payment of fees.
This information is collected from application forms, and when people attend our venue and communicate with us through our website.
We also collect: - Business Contact Information from and about our suppliers and other people we do business with (eg our landlords). This information is needed so that we can manage our business; - "Next of Kin" Information, is collected in the case of an emergency. We suggest that our members tell their next of kin that they have been nominated for this purpose; and - Employee Information. is also collected for human resources purposes.
For example, if you are a member, will use your personal information to process any applications, charge you fees for classes and studio hire and administer your account. We will also use your personal information to communicate with you, including answering any enquires you may have.
Unless you tell us otherwise, we may also use members' personal information to mail out special promotions, newsletters and other marketing material.
For instance, The Space may mail its members information about its own promotions, or those offered by our business partners. If you don't want us to do this, we give you an opportunity to "opt out" from receiving such material by declining to fill out the mailing list form.
We will disclose personal information if we are under a legal requirement to do so (eg under a court order, or if required under legislation), or if an authorised request is made from a law enforcement agency. Otherwise, we will only disclose personal information with the consent of the relevant individuals. For example, if you are a member, with your consent (and only with your consent): - we may provide personal information to The Space's dance teachers to contact you to arrange a dance class or private lesson. If the dance teachers are contractors (rather than The Space employees), their contracts with us require them to keep your personal information confidential. Of course, all our employees are required to keep your personal information confidential also; and
How can I access my Personal Information? Privacy laws give you rights to seek access to the personal information we hold about you. You can seek access by emailing info@thespace.com.au. Generally, we should be able to provide you with access within a month of your request, although we may need more time if your request is complicated. Ordinarily, The Space will not charge you for the cost of providing access to your personal information. However, if we do propose to charge you, we will advise you of the relevant charge before we provide you with access. We try to ensure that all the personal information that we hold about you is accurate, complete and up-to-date. However, we rely on you to help us with this. If you wish to update or correct the personal information we hold about you, please e-mail info@thespace.com.au. We will contact you if there is any issue about amending the record of personal information we hold about you.
Is my Personal Information kept secure? The Space takes reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold is stored in a secure environment protected from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We remind our staff and contractors of the importance of storing personal information in a secure way, and to treat it like confidential information.
Anonymity We are be able to answer telephone questions and provide dance class services without collecting personal information about you, but your personal information is useful if you fall ill.
Website/online privacy As we also collect personal information through www.thespace.com.au (our website), this Privacy Policy also outlines our approach to online privacy issues. In that context, it is to be read as forming part of the terms of use for our website. Generally, The Space will handle personal information collected online consistently with the way that it handles personal information collected offline. Other matters specific to The Space's handling of personal information online are set out below. a) Cookies When you visit our website, we will not collect any personal information unless you chose to provide it to us (eg by sending us emails through our website). However, we may collect certain data that does not identify you (sometimes called "web log information") when you visit certain pages, such as the type of browser and operating system you have. We may also use "cookies" which are small files that are stored on your computer and that manage the security and navigation process of the site. You can choose to block these cookies but some portions of the site may not function correctly if you do. This type of data is collected for statistical purposes only, and while cookies will identify your computer, they are unlikely to identify you personally.
b) Email/SMS marketing We will not email or SMS you marketing material unless you have consented to this. This is a requirement of the Spam Act 2003. Further, you can unsubscribe from our e-newsletter or other bulletins by using the "unsubscribe" facility contained in each electronic publication we send.
c) Site security policy Our website uses up-to-date technology to maximise the security of your personal information.