Performing arts organizations are characterized by different objectives other than revenue. Even if, on the one hand, theaters aim to increase revenue from box office as a consequence of the systematic reduction in public funds; on the other hand, they pursue the objective to increase its...

This special issue has grown out of an international research collaboration between the UK and Norway which was established in 2012 to examine how the arts may be usefully applied to the health and care sector. The issue includes material relating to Sweden, Denmark and Norway and recognizes...

Aim: This mixed-methods exploratory study investigates the perceived health benefits of singing in a choir from an international sample of choristers. Method: An online questionnaire including demographic information, 28 quantitative statements and two qualitative questions relating to the...

The term 'audience development' addresses current dilemmas in publicly funded arts institutions. It is increasingly deployed in cultural policies and institutional practices in the Nordic countries, and the article provides a critical discussion of the term. The article argues that the discourse...

Based on analysis of a spontaneous dance encounter with a billboard on a construction site in a gentrifying neighborhood in Copenhagen, this article examines the potential of dance as an affective methodology for engaging with urban spaces on standby. Drawing on dance studies, affect theory and...

Previous studies have described how dance practices encourage the development of interpersonal relationships. However, the possible connections between the development of such relationships and the cooperative characteristics of the dance practices have rarely been focused on. This article sets out ...

This article analyses the behavioural choice for theatre tickets using a rich data set for 2010-2013 from the sale system of the Royal Danish National Theatre. A consumer who decides to attend a theatre production faces multiple sources of price variation that involves a choice by the consumer...

Europe has a 'problem'; it is becoming a 'less cultural continent' as fewer Europeans are 'engaging in cultural activities'. This conclusion has been reached due to the findings of the latest cross national cultural participation survey. This paper questions the existence of this 'problem' and...

The aim of this article is to review and reflect on the factors defining the expected benefits that have influenced the implementation of digital mediation initiatives in publicly funded museums over the course of the last 20 years. The expectations directed towards digital museum mediation are...

Art and entrepreneurship both demonstrate a particular power to experiment with how the social is apprehended, organized and inhabited. How can we then understand and theorize the particular power of art understood as entrepreneurial organizing? In this paper, we develop the concept of artistic...