Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

ecomes 239,473 total engagement, which changes the subsidy to £6.50 per head, changing
the final average subsidy per head to £7.00.
Performances and attendances
Agencies,
venues
and
festivals
No of
performances
Total
attendance
Average
attendance
No of
participatory
sessions
Attendance
at
participatory
sessions
East 175 27,901 159 7,618 92,517 12
East
Midlands
352 42,003 119 11,845 197,650 17
London 2,783 1,857,377 667 20,991 327,223 16
North East 374 43,697 116 10,402 152,085 15
North West 976 285,019 292 16,577 298,737 18
South East 809 292,914 362 2,077 39,011 19
South West 448 70,540 157 12,765 199,053 16
West
Midlands
541 80,379 148 11,358 163,043 14
Yorkshire 342 102,458 299 14,226 969,125 68
Total no 6,800 2,802,288 412 107,859 2,438,444 23
Table 9: Performance and attendance data 2004–2007
Source: Arts Council England dance department analysis 2007
Average
attendance
London dominates the number of performances presented by agencies venues and festivals
by over one third. But this figure includes 1087 performances programmed by Dance
Umbrella and Sadler’s Wells, thus meaning 896 performances can be attributed to the other
agencies. Sadler’s Wells and Dance Umbrella account for 1,658, 675 of these attendances.
The leaves an attendance figure for the remaining agencies of 198,702. In the South East
Wycombe Swan and Woking Dance Festival account for 281,667 attendances from a total
attendance figure in the South East of 292,914. This means the remaining two agencies in
the region account for 11,247 attendances over the three year period.
Participation figures over the three years amount to 2,438,444. There is no clear pattern
across the regions although Yorkshire shows very high levels of participation compared to
other regions. Sadler’s Wells and Dance Umbrella account for 26,253 attendances over three
years with 300,970 attendances delivered by the remaining agencies. In the South East,
Wycombe Swan and Woking Dance Festival account for 6,426 attendances out of a total for
the agencies of 39,011.
There is little pattern in total attendances and without more evidence of companies and venue
size it is not possible to make further comment. The average attendance at participatory
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