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What could you do with $1 million?

Arts and the imagination go hand in hand: in the wake of the new Australian Ballet residence we asked other companies what they could achieve with a major one-off grant.

10 Feb 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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The sky’s the limit! Image via YouTube.

Last week ArtsHub reported on the Australian Ballet School opening its first official student residence, Marilyn Rowe House, purchased with the help of a one-off $1 million grant from the Federal Government.

Up to 37 students will be housed at the residence, which is clearly an important, even vital acquisition for the School. Equally, the $1 million grant was a valuable one, and allowed the School to leverage many millions more in private sector support.

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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