Final curtain falls on Supercell Dance Festival

The Queensland-based festival is calling it a day after surviving on project grants for seven years.

A lack of operational funding, coupled with concerns for the wellbeing of staff and associates in light of such challenges, has led to the plug being pulled on Supercell Dance Festival.

The Queensland-based contemporary dance festival, which has supported over 650 artists and engaged with over 27,000 audience members since it was first held in 2017, will wind up at the end of the 2021. Final financial audits and ATO paperwork will be submitted by 30 June 2022.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts