Funding Woes Put Ballet School at Risk of Curtain Call

Artistic Director of Queensland Ballet Li Cunxin poses for photos in Brisbane, Jan. 15, 2014. Li is nominated for the Australian of the Year award for his work with the Queensland Ballet. AAP Image/Dan Peled

The Queensland Ballet may need to consider closing its training academy by the end of 2024 due to a lack of funding, its chief said.

The company wrote to federal arts minister Tony Burke in April to press for extra money, and its executive director Dilshani Weerasinghe said the academy’s students and their families may not be aware of the situation.