Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

Large-scale
regularly
funded
organisations
Despite the gaps, this analysis does give a picture of the range of touring across England,
with evidence of spread and year on year touring patterns. Arts Council England has
indicated that through further research, it will begin to develop stronger data on audience
patterns nationally. This will help to identify gaps and ‘hot-spots’ for dance.
East East
Midlands
London North
East
North
West
South
East
South
West
West
Midlands
Yorks Other
UK
87
INT total
ENB - - 184 - 47 67 38 - - 7 22 386
NBT 42 40 27 - 21 73 18 - 192 57 11 511
BRB - - 21 63 32 10 178 167 13 14 11 39
Rambert 20 3 50 17 13 36 9 4 4 30 11 229
Total 62 43 282 80 113 176 243 171 209 108 55 1165
Table 20: Distribution/touring of the large-scale companies 2004–2008
Source: Arts Council England dance department analysis 2007
Table 20 gives a picture of the large-scale spread across the UK. There are around 60 large-
scale venues that promote dance. Seventeen of these venues are members of the Dance
Consortium. The venues present a range of dance styles. In addition, the Royal Albert Hall
and the London Coliseum presented dance.
1. Northampton Royal and Derngate
2. Nottingham Playhouse
3. Newcastle Theatre Royal
4. Salford Lowry
5. Manchester Palace Theatre
6. Manchester Opera House
7. Liverpool Empire
8. Brighton Dome
9. Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
10. Milton Keynes Theatre
11. New Victoria Theatre Woking
12. Oxford Playhouse
13. Mayflower Southampton
14. Plymouth Theatre Royal
15. Bristol Hippodrome
16. Birmingham Hippodrome
17. Leeds Grand Theatre
Table 21: A sample of large-scale venues presenting dance
Source: Dance Consortium Listings