Arts Council's winners and losers for its 2016 budget

Five arts organisations have lost funding from the Arts Council of Wales (ACW).

The body responsible for art funding in Wales announced on Wednesday which companies would receive annual funding from 2016.

It said it was reducing the number of organisations it supports to 67 from next year.

Four organisations, including a street dance group called Jukebox Collective, have been added to its portfolio.

Announcing the outcome of the review, Arts Council of Wales chairman, Dai Smith said: "These are challenging times, but we have identified an exciting portfolio of organisations from the international to the very local - organisations which celebrate the best of Wales on the world stage and those that work with local communities."

A total of 94 companies applied for more than £32m from ACW's revenue-funded pot from 2016.

The successful applicants include orchestras, theatres and galleries, arts centres and community arts organisations from across Wales, ACW said.

The last investment review took place in 2010.

Blackwood Miners' Institute was one of the new companies to receive funding

Winners and losers

The four new companies to receive funding:

• Arts Alive: an educational arts charity based in Crickhowell, Powys

• Blackwood Miners' Institute: a community arts centre in Blackwood, Caerphilly county

• Jukebox Collective: a street dance company that provides education, performance and consultancy in Cardiff

• Ystradgynlais Miners' Welfare and Community Hall Trust Ltd: an arts and community centre in Ystradgynlais, Powys

The five companies that lost funding:

• Earthfall: a dance theatre company based in Canton, Cardiff

• Dawns TAN/TAN Dance: a dance organisation based in Neath Port Talbot

• Theatr Ffynnon: a theatre company for people with disabilities in Cwmbran, Torfaen

• Touch Trust: a creative arts company for people with learning disabilities and those affected by autistic and spectrum disorder (ASD) based at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

• SWICA Carnival: organises carnivals in Cardiff and across the country