Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

‘The National Campaign for the Arts gave evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on the
problems presented to the arts sector by the new points based visa system. There are two
issues here, first that some artists (dancers, orchestra musicians) needing to apply for
resident visas don’t qualify under the new criteria – mainly as they don’t earn enough and/or
their specialist qualifications or training aren’t recognised, making it difficult to accrue a
sufficient number of points. Second, temporary visas for touring artists are now much more
complicated and difficult to obtain. The NCA suggests that these problems are already
reducing the number of artists that can or will come here to work or perform. We will work with
the industry to introduce a coherent system that recognises the unique issues faced by arts
organisations.’
4. 2012 Cultural Olympiad
In 2012, England will host the summer Olympic Games. A statutory requirement for hosting
the Games is the Cultural Olympiad – a series of events to showcase the city's arts and
culture to the rest of the world.
The Cultural Olympiad divides into three sections:
1. ceremonies – extraordinary live spectacles watched on television by one in three people
around the world
2. major projects – a number of major cultural projects featured in the London 2012 bid,
forming the backbone of the Cultural Olympiad
3. Inspire projects – local and regional events featuring in our UK-wide celebration.
Within the major projects strand the following were originally planned:
• Artists taking the lead – bringing artists together with local communities to create a
major piece of artwork in each nation and region of the UK
• Sounds – bringing together different organisations, musicians and communities
through a range of musical genres
• Discovering Places – introducing a new generation to the hidden places and spaces
of the UK
• Somewhere to – empowering young people to find ways to access the spaces they
need for sport, dance, music, making art or films
• Stories of the World – celebrating the collections in museums around the UK and
displaying them in new ways and in unexpected venues
• Film Nation – helping more young people make and deliver stories digitally
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