Arts Council England funding announcement

On 4 November, Arts Council England informed Shobana Jeyasingh Dance they have not been successful in the latest funding bid.

Arts Council England have said:

“This is not the end of our relationship with Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and we will work with them to explore other funding opportunities that may be available”

The Company has said:

It has been a privilege to have been funded by Arts Council  England for the last thirty years. Our association with ACE started with the inception of the company and ACE funding, together  with the invaluable and continuing  support of our friends and donors, has been crucial to our growth and achievements. 

We are fortunate  to live in a country that endorses our cultural life through the public purse. We are confident we will continue to work in the future in creatively new  and different ways and to  do our bit to promote the  widest possible dissemination of  excellence, boldness and innovation in the arts.