Performing Arts Councils - Revision history

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The term performing arts council

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The South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils (SACPAC)

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The South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils (SACPAC)

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 Often referred to collectively as the [[Performing Arts Councils]] (or [[PACs]]), they were generally known individually by their acronyms:
-* [[CAPAB]] (or [[KRUIK]]in [[Afrikaans]])
+* [[CAPAB]] (or [[KRUIK]] in [[Afrikaans]])
 * [[NAPAC]] (or [[NARUK]] in [[Afrikaans]])
 * [[PACOFS]] (or [[SUKOVS]] in [[Afrikaans]])

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	The four provincial arts councils would be phased out by 2000.		The four provincial arts councils would be phased out by 2000.
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	==For more information on the individual [[PACs]]==		==For more information on the individual [[PACs]]==

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 At one stage the PACs sought to to undertake co-ordinated joint projects under an  umbrella body called the [[South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils]] ([[SACPAC]]). Two of these projects were the short-lived [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]] and the [[SACPAC Honours Awards]].
-==The individual [[PACs]]==
+==Transformation of Performing Arts Councils into playhouses (1996-2000)==
 For more information on the individual [[PACs]], see:
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 [[South West Africa Performing Arts Council]] ([[SWAPAC]])
 =Non-governmental Performing arts Councils=

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 == The South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils (SACPAC) ==
-At one stage the PACs sought to to undertake co-ordinated joint projects under an  umbrella body called the [[South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils]] ([[SACPAC]]). Two of these projects were the short-lived [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]] (or [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]]) and the [[SACPAC Honours Awards]].
+At one stage the PACs sought to to undertake co-ordinated joint projects under an  umbrella body called the [[South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils]] ([[SACPAC]]). Two of these projects were the short-lived [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]] and the [[SACPAC Honours Awards]].
 ==The individual [[PACs]]==

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 == The South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils (SACPAC) ==
-At one stage the PACs sought to to undertake co-ordinated joint projects under an  umbrella body called the [[South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils]] ([[SACPAC]]). (Two of these projects were the short-lived [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]] (or [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]]) and the [[SACPAC Honours Awards]])
+At one stage the PACs sought to to undertake co-ordinated joint projects under an  umbrella body called the [[South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils]] ([[SACPAC]]). Two of these projects were the short-lived [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]] (or [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]]) and the [[SACPAC Honours Awards]].
 ==The individual [[PACs]]==

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 == Aims and management ==
-Their commission was to work towards the advancement of the performing arts on a professional basis within their designated regions. Unlike [[NTO]] these councils would not be responsible only for drama, but would also provide ballet, music and opera. The councils were initially  centrally subsidised by the state, but then later legislation was created to allow provincial subsidies to also be awarded. As they progressed commercial or private funding also crept into the mix.
+Their commission was to work towards the advancement of the performing arts on a professional basis within their designated regions. Unlike [[NTO]] these councils would not be responsible only for drama, but would also provide ballet, music and opera - essentially staging, nurturing and advancing white elitist theatre. The councils were initially  centrally subsidised by the state, but then later legislation was created to allow provincial subsidies to also be awarded. As they progressed commercial or private funding also crept into the mix.
 In 1995/96, the PACs operating income was R160m, of which box office receipts accounted for 18%. R112m was granted by the State.

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 [[South West Africa Performing Arts Council]] ([[SWAPAC]])
-==Transformation of Performing Arts Councils into playhouses (1996)==
+==Transformation of Performing Arts Councils into playhouses (1996-2000)==
 After the democratic elections of 1994, South Africa was divided into nine provinces instead of the previous four, a structural change which would of course have a substantial impact on arts policy which was formalised by 1996 when it was captured in the [[White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage]] and formally adopted by Cabinet in August of that year. Some of the main principles of the Paper included that:
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 The PACs could, however, like other theatre managements, also apply for funding to the new [[National Arts Council]] ([[NAC]]) on an ad hoc basis.
 =Non-governmental Performing arts Councils=

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	Their commission was to work towards the advancement of the performing arts on a professional basis within their designated regions. Unlike [[NTO]] these councils would not be responsible only for drama, but would also provide ballet, music and opera. The councils were initially centrally subsidised by the state, but then later legislation was created to allow provincial subsidies to also be awarded. As they progressed commercial or private funding also crept into the mix.		Their commission was to work towards the advancement of the performing arts on a professional basis within their designated regions. Unlike [[NTO]] these councils would not be responsible only for drama, but would also provide ballet, music and opera. The councils were initially centrally subsidised by the state, but then later legislation was created to allow provincial subsidies to also be awarded. As they progressed commercial or private funding also crept into the mix.
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		+	In 1995/96, the PACs operating income was R160m, of which box office receipts accounted for 18%. R112m was granted by the State.

	== The South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils (SACPAC) ==		== The South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils (SACPAC) ==

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 =The term [[performing arts council]]=
 The term [[performing arts council]] is used in South Africa to a large extent to refer to one of the five state funded organizations founded in 1962 to replace the former [[National Theatre Organization]] and gradually transformed and/or disbanded after the political changes in 1994. (Some sources for [[Elizabeth Sneddon]]'s biography refer to her role as co-founder of a [[Performing Arts Council of South Africa]] - or [[Performing Arts Council of SA]] - in 1958, there is no real evidence yet that such an organization ever existed.)
-Often referred to collectively as the [[Performing Arts Councils]] (or [[PACs]]), they were generally known individually by their acronyms: [[CAPAB]], [[NAPAC]], [[PACOFS]], [[PACT]] and [[SWAPAC]] (or [[KRUIK]], [[NARUK]], [[SUKOVS]], [[TRUK]] and [[SWARUK]] in [[Afrikaans]])
+Often referred to collectively as the [[Performing Arts Councils]] (or [[PACs]]), they were generally known individually by their acronyms:
 In imitation of these councils, a few urban or regional companies also styled themselves "performing arts councils" in the 1970s and 1980s, e.g. the [[Eersterus Performing Arts Council]] ([[EPAC]], or [[Eersterus Raad vir die Uitvoerende Kunste]] - [[ERUK]])
 =The state funded [[Performing Arts Councils]] (1961-1990s)=
 ==Origins==
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 == Founding ==
-In 1963 by the Minister of [[Education, Arts and Science]], Dr Jan de Klerk, thus formally proclaimed the intitution of the four new '''Performing Arts Councils''' (PACs), one for each of the four provinces: the [[Cape Performing Arts Board]] ([[CAPAB]]), the [[Natal Performing Arts Council]] ([[NAPAC]]), the [[Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State]] ([[PACOFS]]) and the [[Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal]] ([[PACT]]). In 1966 a fifth was added, namely the [[South West Africa Performing Arts Council]] ([[SWAPAC]] – Later to change it name to the [[Namibian National Theatre]]).
+* the [[Cape Performing Arts Board]] ([[CAPAB]])
 == Aims and management ==
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 == The South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils (SACPAC) ==
 At one stage the PACs sought to to undertake co-ordinated joint projects under an  umbrella body called the [[South African Committee of Performing Arts Councils]] ([[SACPAC]]). (Two of these projects were the short-lived [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]] (or [[SACPAC Playwriting Competition]]) and the [[SACPAC Honours Awards]])
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 For more information on the individual [[PACs]], see:
 [[Cape Performing Arts Board]] ([[CAPAB]])
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 [[South West Africa Performing Arts Council]] ([[SWAPAC]])
 =Non-governmental Performing arts Councils=
 [[Eersterus Performing Arts Council]] ([[EPAC]])
 = Sources =
+[[Johann van Heerden]]. 2008. ''Theatre in a new democracy. Some major trends in South African theatre from 1994 to 2003.'' D.Phil Thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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 = Return to =
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]