Purpose: The consumption of music performed in different languages represents a significant aspect of the contemporary cultural experience. This phenomenon questions how different languages mediate music consumption in specific national contexts. In this paper, the authors investigate the case of...

This work considers the performing arts over a long period and from several angles: technology of the performing arts, government policy, sociology of audiences and economics of the performing arts. It sets out basic concepts and tackles theoretical issues. The study is confined to the "live" arts...

The festival sector in France has traditionally been one of strong growth. Since World War Two, successive generations of festivals have been established and they have become tools of cultural democracy, of economic development, of heritage development and preservation, of communication and...

In 1978 French local councils, excluding Paris, had a joint expenditure of 4300 F million on culture and the arts, 16 times more than in 1963. The main priorities are the traditional recipients of funding: animation, music, fine art, sculpture, and library books. Modern media, photography, video...

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...

Purpose: This study concerns the attendance motivations for cultural services based on the audience's level of knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to define the role played by general knowledge (e.g. cultural education) and specific knowledge (e.g. communication around a cultural product) in...

Media economics investigations of the international flow of media such as films reveal the importance of domestic consumer spending on films. Television penetration is seen as a threat to this. In this article, the effect of television penetration on the annual number of theatrical admissions, the...

The study investigated the collective dynamics of student activity through a long term creative process in physical education: the setting up of a collective dance show during one school year. Our empirical questioning was related to the design of innovative scholar models able to develop skills to ...

The present research is aimed at analyzing the professional gestures of a museum educator in a specific situation: the demonstration of the Foucault Pendulum in the Arts et Métiers Museum in Paris. What professional gestures can give him the ability to present this object to a mixed audience in a ...

The majority of Physical Education teachers have an athletic habitus forged by years of regular and intense athletic activities. While their athletic dispositions are activated in their professional practices whilst teaching athletics, they are opposed when it comes to the question of teaching...