Photo:
Brian Slater
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Organisation:
Dance Consortium
Job Title:
Chief Executive
Joe Bates joined Dance Consortium from Arts Council England, where he had undertaken various roles including a secondment as Director of Dance and Director of Touring. Before that he jointly ran his own management and producing company, Morton Bates Arts Services, and worked with a range of artists and companies including Candoco Dance Company and Richard Alston Dance Company. He is currently a trustee of the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association.