This article explores the organizational practices of large dance companies in Europe. To capture intangible and intrinsic aspects, a multi-sited ethnographic study at the Vienna State Ballet and Berlin State Ballet was conducted. By putting artistic processes at the core of the inquiry, the...

The statistical approach is used to develop comparable data reflecting public support for the performing arts for seven countries: Austria, France, German Federal Republic, Great Britain, Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. Most data reflect the conditions in the early 1970s. In terms of...

This paper focuses on the tightening up of state funding for the performing arts all over Europe, and the consequent efforts of theatres, concert halls, and opera houses to solicit for private patronage.

Aims: Cultural activities, including music, singing and dance, have often been conceptualised as enhancing well-being as well as promoting mental and physical health. This paper focuses on partnered dance in the context of 'cultures of fitness'. Its purpose was to investigate the dancers of tango...

This book proposes a sociology of dance that elucidates not only how dance is understandable as a feature of the socio-cultural context of its creation, but also how it constitutes reflexively a significant resource for understanding the context itself. Chapter 2 examines the history of theoretical ...

At the end of the 20th century, theatre is undergoing yet another transformation; while mainstream theatre is having to compete with the modern technology of film, theatre and video, there is a whole range of theatrical activity beginning to develop outside the restricting walls and conventions of...

The functions festivals fulfill within contemporary film culture extend beyond the exhibition of completed films; many festivals have attained the role of a producer in recent years. The Berlin International Film Festival launched the World Cinema Fund (WCF) in 2005 to financially support film...

This special issue, which is also the first issue published under the new name of the journal (now called Dos Algarves: Tourism, Hospitality and Management Journal), brings together a collection of original research on literary tourism, film-induced tourism and language: three concepts that can...

A solution to the slow response by national and international institutions in Europe to the growing needs generated by rapid change in cultural and artistic life cannot be found without active cooperation at the EC and European level. Divided into two sections, the first examines the criteria by...

This article contributes to debates around cultural event management in the Chinese century by investigating the case of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM). It first problematizes the Chinese century concept by contrasting studies on film-related soft power in China as cultural...