National attraction

Photo of a brightly painted ship
13 Oct 2014

A recent British Council report says that the arts and culture are vital in making a country attractive to foreign visitors. Sue Hoyle delves a little further.

‘Hard facts to swallow’ on England’s arts funding

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10 Oct 2014

A new report concludes that smaller organisations are being squeezed out as their share of Arts Council England’s regular funding awards has diminished.

Seizing the moment

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25 Sep 2014

Which is more influential over repeat attendance – performance or venue? Hannah Mitchell reveals some of the surprising findings that emerge when audiences are invited to complete a survey about an event they’ve just attended. 

Dancing in the air

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12 May 2014

Lindsey Butcher discusses the issues that emerging aerial dance artists face in an artform that itself is just emerging.

Job Ladder

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07 May 2014

Fern Potter takes us through her career, from setting up her own New York dance company to raising millions of pounds for dance in the UK.

Critical engagement please!

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24 Apr 2014

Why are we not critically engaging with learning disability arts? Bella Todd reports on the recent Creative Minds conference.

Dancing to escape

Image of performers in One Step Forward
10 Apr 2014

Dance workshops, courses and events in Somerset have allowed over 400 people with mental health issues to ‘escape their troubled minds’. Viv Gordon discusses their impact.

Understanding dementia through drama

Image from Jack and Gill and the Red Post-Box
10 Apr 2014

A drama project has brought research on dementia to life for healthcare professionals as well as directly benefiting people with the condition. Cathy Bailey explains how.

Arts reach more young people in Wales

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02 Apr 2014

ACW reports highest recorded levels of arts engagement among young people, although participation among adults shows some signs of decline.

Generous leadership

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16 Jan 2014

Leadership style is changing, from the extrovert personality controlling from the front to someone who shares power and develops and fosters relationships, believes Sue Hoyle.

Milton Keynes scoops the first ACE ‘Exceptional Award’

An avenue of trees
03 Jan 2014

A £215k grant from Arts Council England will bring a large-scale intergenerational dance project to Milton Keynes.

New home for Rambert on London’s South Bank

Dancers in the new Marie Rambert ballet studio
03 Dec 2013

Britain’s national contemporary dance company has taken up residence in its new £19.6m purpose-built home on London’s South Bank.

Specialist dance injury clinic opens in Birmingham

A dancer being treated at Birmingham Royal Ballet's Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Dance Injuries
03 Dec 2013

The region’s dancers will be offered dance-specific healthcare and dance science services.

Take us seriously!

Artist Thompson Hall at work
02 Dec 2013

The Creative Minds project asks how the work of artists with a learning disability can best join the mainstream. Mark Richardson explains.

The ladder for success

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11 Nov 2013

Antony Dunn believes that making youth dance more inclusive starts with keeping it in the national curriculum.

My Gurus

07 Nov 2013

Rachael Griffin tells us who has inspired her most. 

New dance space proposed for Sadler’s Wells

Sadler's Wells building at night with crowd
05 Nov 2013

The leading dance house has released an ambitious 10-year plan for expansion with £5m earmarked to commission new dance works.

Stepping out of the silos

danceroom Spectroscopy
29 Oct 2013

New approaches are refreshing our ideas about what constitutes art and science, and new technologies are enabling the blurred boundaries between the two to be broken down, according to Dick Penny and Verity McIntosh.

People participation

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07 Oct 2013

Walk the Plank seeks to bring out the best in both people and places, as demonstrated by its recent show in Derry-Londonderry. Liz Pugh explains how.

Job Ladder

Laura Sweeney
03 Oct 2013

Laura Sweeney explains how she has progressed through her career.

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