32 Fellows 2015
Dorothy Wilson writes
"As Chair of the Board of Trustees for the BBC Performing Arts Fund it is my pleasure and delight to announce the 2015 PAF Fellows for 2015 – truly the 32 to watch.
In May 2014 we announced this year’s Fellowship. We wanted to build on the success of previous years and decided to broaden the Fellowship to embrace a wider range of performing art forms including, for the first time, circus.The BBC Performing Arts Fund has played a substantial role in supporting new artists through our funding programmes and, significantly, through our mentoring and peer support. We are enormously encouraged by the breath, depth and ambition of this year’s Fellowship applications.
With great difficulty, because of the sheer strength of proposals, we shortlisted over 40 Fellowships for interview this year and the Trustees and BBC PAF Team took to the road traversing the nations and regions to meet the candidates and their hosts.Several weeks later the Trustees and PAF team met again in a locked room to finalise the Fellowship decisions for this year. No buzzers, no phones votes and no public eliminations but the decision was made with the aid of extensive notes and a selection of tasty cakes!
We had to make some really difficult decisions to achieve our final list but the ambition of this year’s Fellowships and the support of their host organisations shone through.
We are delighted to announce the 32 Fellows whom the Board believes will make a significant impact in their chosen fields"
