Arts organizations, specifically in dance, also receive support, both federally and from other orders of government, in order for them to do more to diversify their sources of funding and increase their revenue from private sources. Our arts and dance sector is more entrepreneurial and better able to obtain support from the private sector. Partnerships have developed over the years and we can demonstrate that.
Major investments have been made over the last 10 or 15 years to start dance companies, which has allowed organizations working in dance to achieve greater financial stability. In the arts in general—and this is certainly also true for dance—arts organizations are better organized and have more robust governance than was the case 10 or 15 years ago.
Where challenges still exist is clearly in terms of audiences. We are well aware that the world has changed. Digital technology has completely changed the world of culture. Cultural offerings are much more extensive than they were 20 and 30 years ago. It is a challenge for a discipline like dance to continue making a place for itself, attracting people to its venues, renewing its audiences and expanding them.