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Small cities constrain experimentation

Artists outside Melbourne and Sydney feel more pressure to play it safe while investing in educating audiences.

30 Mar 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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The frustration of a limited audience in a smaller population centre was an important theme at the recent National Dance Forum, where choreographers and dancers from smaller states experienced a burst of creative envy at the more receptive environment of the biggest cities.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts