If you’re an arts worker residing outside ‘the big two’ cities – Melbourne or Sydney – you will know the feeling of being out of sight and out of mind all too well.
“But, sadly, that vision has not been endorsed by government, and although they have made ad hoc funding adjustments to companies around the country, they have not yet aligned with the ambition to have a world-stage ballet company in Queensland,” Weerasinghe says.
After Li Cunxin joined Queensland Ballet in 2012, he and QB’s executive team transformed the company from one that had a $6 million annual turnover, to one that now turns over upwards of $30 million a year.
