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The Fit to Dance Space Charter has been launched by One Dance UK and the union Equity to promote a minimum standard for dance audition and rehearsal spaces across the UK.
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Views are invited on plans to relax the rule stating how long charities must have claimed gift aid for before they become eligible for the scheme and on extending the scheme to contactless payments.
London’s urban planning needs to be aware of the rapidly evolving nature of art forms if it is to house truly 21st century cultural quarters, says Adrian Ellis.
What effect would a vote to leave the European Union have on the environment and the arts? Alison Tickell and Chiara Badiali of Julie’s Bicycle weigh in.
What does Sebastian Schwarz, Glyndebourne’s new General Director, have planned for the opera house – and opera more generally? Rupert Christiansen finds out.
Work created and captured with the help of public funding – such as the National Theatre’s NT Live project – should be made publicly available, says Marcus Romer.
Art gives texture and shape to our collective lives and we can’t allow the creatives industries’ focus on market efficiency to ruin its core essence, says Justin O'Connor.
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1,000 members of the medical community have written a letter calling on organisations such as the British Museum, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Southbank Centre to sever ties with big tobacco.
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The outcome of the inquiry into the collapse of Kids Company will have implications for the cultural sector as Government pledges to tighten up its grant-making processes.
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Private sector money linked to public sector policy is giving a boost to employment in public art and the number and value of projects being completed. 
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Seed funding has been allocated to ten partnerships as part of a two-year pilot project nurturing collaboration between academics and creative small businesses.
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Following the third year of the DCMS Taking Part’s longitudinal study, a new report reveals who attends the arts most often and why people stop engaging. 
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A two-year programme will commission 15 performance projects to perform live on BBC Two on Saturday nights.
How can large companies benefit from engaging with theatre-goers on Twitter and Facebook? Purple Seven’s Clive Humby reports.
Why is it that the higher up the ladder you go in dance, the fewer women you see? Rachel Moss examines an industry still seemingly stacked in favour of men.
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Arriving ahead of the EU referendum, Vote Art – the initiative created by artist Bob and Roberta Smith – will place 15 billboards across the UK to inspire people to think about arts and...
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The toy company said the decision not to sell a bulk load of plastic bricks to the artist was “an internal mistake” caused by an employee who misinterpreted the company’s policy on...
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The 85-seat fringe theatre will lose its home at the end of July, as the building housing it has been sold to a developer.
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Director Gabriele Finaldi said the gallery plans to take over an adjacent office block – currently home to a hotel, a cinema and an Indian restaurant – because it now has 50% more...
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The impact of streamed, screened and on-demand broadcasts on live theatre and touring is to be assessed by a new study.
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Pilot projects in Kent and Gloucestershire have revealed procurement approaches are leaving arts and cultural organisations at a disadvantage, according to NEF. 
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PATRICK HARRISON, currently Executive Director of Cambridge Arts Theatre, is to join English National Ballet as Executive Director from 27 June. He will lead on the company’s move to London...
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Romanian Culture Minister Vlad Alexandrescu has resigned, citing heavy resistance to reform in cultural institutions, after management changes at the Romanian National Opera led its Artistic Director...
While there’s still a long way to go before gender equality is achieved in the visual arts, Dany Louise is cheered by some recent high-profile appointments. She talks to these women leaders about the issues.
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Director of Development and Commercial Investment at the Young Vic, ALAN STACEY is to join Headlong as Executive Director in July. He replaces HENNY FINCH, who joins Hofesh Shechter Company as...

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