Games’ cultural legacy will disappear if arts funding cuts continue
It’s good news Bramwell Tovey will stay another five years conducting the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The maestro took over a faltering orchestra, steered it to a Grammy, a critically acclaimed tour through China and proved classical music has a place in Vancouver’s cultural life.
Similarly positive is the success of the Cultural Olympiad, the dozens of cultural events surrounding the 2010 Olympics.
Some its notable events are the upcoming Blue Dragon by Robert Lepage, the Vancouver Opera’s Canadian premier of Nixon in China and dozens of others performances making the Olympics about more than gold medals.
It’s all planting the seeds for a cultural legacy. But will it all evaporate after the Games leave town?
Possibly so.
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