Tamara: moving arts cash from London won't help anyone
Evening Standard|November 24, 2022
BALLET star Tamara Rojo says "punishing London" by moving arts funding out of the capital will not help the rest of the country.
Robert Dex Arts Correspondent
Tamara: moving arts cash from London won't help anyone

The dancer, below, who is leaving English National Ballet after 10 years in charge, said the move by Arts Council England was "simplistic".

The cuts to the capital, which saw institutions such as the Donmar Warehouse and English National Opera lose all their funding, came after the Government ordered the Arts Council to funnel £24 million of investment a year from London to the regions with another £8 million being spent on helping London-based groups leave the capital.

Other groups, from the Southbank Centre to the Royal Opera House, have lost some of their funding.

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