Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

% of annual programme 1-3 times a year
4-9 times a year 10+ times a year
0–25% 14 18 13
26–50% 3 4 1
51–75% 1 0 1
76–100% 2 1 8
Table 25: Dance programming
Source: Venue survey for Dance mapping research
37% of the sample indicated that dance was programmed more than 10 times a year with
eight venues indicating that dance comprised between 75–100% of their overall programme.
From these responses it appears that are a significant number of venues programming up to
25% of their overall programme with dance.
The survey asked respondents to indicate how they identify companies to programme. Many
ticked several boxes.
Travel to see work at other venues 49 79.0%
Travel to see work in other countries 20 32.3%
Historical relationships with companies 45 72.6%
Historical relationships with managers 24 38.7%
Attending British Dance Edition 30 48.4%
Reviews and critics 22 35.5%
Peer recommendation 47 75.8%
Direct selling from companies 32 51.6%
Events and platforms 34 54.8%
Digital media 18 29.0%
Consortium research and recommendation 21 33.9%
Other 16 25.8%
Table 26: Identifying companies
Source: Venue survey for Dance mapping research
The most popular method was seeing work in other venues, closely allied to peer
recommendation. There is also clearly a strong historical relationship with companies. Those
who ticked ‘Other’ were either working with their dance agency, taking advice from the Rural
Touring Forum or programming their own work. 56% found it only moderately difficult to
identify the right work. 18% found it very difficult.
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