Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

Agencies Total Arts Council
England subsidy
(£) 25
% increase over
3 years
Total engagement Subsidy per head
East 1,885,303 0% 120,418 £16
East Midlands 2,285,412 11% 239,653 £10
London 17,100,200 4% 2,184,600 £8
North East 1,496,444 3 % 195,782 £8
North West 2,059,292 2% 583,756 £4
South East 1,134,330 24% 331,925 £3
South West 2,936,770 39% 269,593 £11
West Midlands 2,130,029 0% 243,422 £9
Yorkshire 1,594,634 15% 1,071,583 26
Totals 32,622,414 15%
(Av increase over
3 years)
239,473
5,240,732
4,408,622
£1
£6.50
Table 8: Total Arts Council England subsidy to regularly funded organisations and
total public engagement by region 2004-07
Source: Arts Council England dance department analysis 2007 27
From table 8 it can be seen that investment in dance agencies, venues and festivals is
uneven across the regions, with a significant variation in the level of subsidy per head.
Figures for London are affected by the inclusion of Dance Umbrella and Sadler’s Wells in the
agency figures. These two organisations account for subsidy of £7,789,083 and 1,638,380 of
the total engagement over the three year period. This means that the remaining London
based agencies receive £9, 311,117 and account for total engagement of 546,220.
Similarly, figures for Wycombe Swan and Woking Dance Festival appear in the South East
totals and account for £244,790 of total Arts Council England subsidy over the three year
period and total engagement figures of 290,245. The removal of these organisations gives a
clearer picture of remaining agency investment in the South East showing agencies in receipt
of £1,088,875 of Arts Council subsidy and accounting for total engagement figures of 41,680.
The higher subsidy arises in regions which have large rural areas; South West, East Midlands
and East of England. The figure for Yorkshire is affected by a Jabadao figure in 2006 of an
estimated audience of 832,110. If we remove this from the data the figure for Yorkshire
25 This includes RFO funding Grants for the arts funds
26 78% of this is an estimated audience of 832,110 for Jabadao in 2006/07
27 Research by Arts Council England officer Rebecca Dawson
£6
£7
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