Why professional development is vital for artistic rigour

Choreographers, playwrights and arts administrators all benefit from development programs, of which there are a diverse range on offer around the country.
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At 24, Anchuli Felicia King is the youngest playwright in this year’s National Play Festival. Image supplied.

The myth of the writer’s garret is an enduring one, but great art works are rarely made in isolation, especially in the performing arts, where collaboration – whether with dancers, lighting designers or a director – is essential to honing and focusing an artist’s creative vision. 

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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