Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

attributable to fewer dance artists wishing to apply for Grants for the arts in those regions and
may also reflect overall competition from other artforms.
An example of the Grants for the arts applications from Arts Council England South East shows
that:
Arts Council South East
Year
Unsuccessful
applications
2004/05 22 32
2005/06 17 43
2006/07 11 41
2007/08 28 35
Total 78 151
Successful
applications
Table 37: Number of unsuccessful and successful Grants for the arts applications –
Arts Council England South East
Source: Arts Council South East Data
This demonstrates a 66% success rate for Grants for the arts applications within the South
East. It would be interesting to develop this further across all regions and then use as a
benchmark against other artforms.
Dance 2003/04
East
£
2004/05
£
2005/06
£
2006/07
£
2007/08
Midlands 302,385 412,296 353,396 353,396 579,419
East of
£
Total dance
2004–08 £
2,151,911
England 474,938 394,631 524,869 524,869 561,683 2,438,223
London 1,827,135 1,536,072 3,053,539 3,053,539 1,747,986 9,244,883
North East 327,767 350,621 405,035 405,035 358,105 1,846,563
North West 252,423 710,464 585,000 585,000 424,719 2,557,606
South East 992,752 922,932 1,001,610 1,001,610 1,010,063 4,928,967
South West 387,801 423,077 509,275 509,275 892,767 2,722,195
West
Midlands 1,077,449 1,464,243 1,125,622 1,125,622 1,595,346 6,388,282
Yorkshire 453,375 462,986 875,014 875,014 642,028
Total
£6,163,042 £6,677,322 £8,521,305 £7,904,805 £5,833,518
3,308,417
£35,587,417
Table 38: Total Grants for the arts for dance (main artform) by region 2004–2008
Source: Arts Council Arena Data
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