The Dance Centre just released this statement from Executive Director Mirna Zagar....
British Columbia’s dance community, a vibrant part of our arts and culture sector, is being decimated by a government that is clearly contemptuous of one of the province’s most productive economic sectors.
Arts funding has and is being cut. Many people are losing jobs in a sector that produces significant increased revenue for the province. Despite what we are being told, the figures we have at present tell us that our sector will be cut by up to 92% by the end of this government’s mandate.
We are concerned that the government has not been transparent about its decisions, creating confusion and uncertainty. We demand that government provide clear information about their intentions.
We ask you to consider the ways that arts and culture touch your daily lives at home, in the streets, your children in schools, on TV, your music, on the internet, in videogames and in theatres. We ask you to think about culture as part of our individual and community identities, a way to connect with our origins with who we are today, and with what we care about.
Our world would be a gray place without our art and culture. Art is not a frill. Art matters. Please join us.
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