The objective of this study is to explain the financial problems of the performing groups and to explore the implications of these problems for the future of the arts in the USA. Alternatives facing the arts are recommended and the costs and burdens that society is expected to shoulder are...

This book, which is divided into two sections, offers guidelines to fund raising and funding sources for arts organizations in the UK. Part 1 provides a guide to fund raising methods that can be applied to the arts, giving practical advice on planning, fund raising strategies and approaching...

The book presents a comprehensive overview of the design and development of a wide range of buildings for the performing arts in the UK. It identifies the stages involved in the development process and those involved in the decision making, and examines the essential links between demand in the...

This comparative study examines the strategies of re-politicization and socialization employed in contemporary Argentine film and theatre produced in the wake of the 1976-83 dictatorship. It focuses on the socio-political facets of performance across a range of films and dramatic compositions. The...

The entertainment and media industries, already important sectors of the US economy, continue to grow rapidly in other countries around the world. This ninth edition of Entertainment Industry Economics continues to be the definitive source on the economics of film, music, television, advertising,...

This issue contains 5 articles, 2 interviews, and 10 book reviews on Southern African theatre. The first two articles deal with Angolan theatre and reveal different kinds of theatre, mainstream and community-based, to anglophone readers unfamiliar with lusophone African theatre. The third article...

An examination is presented of the business economics of the major entertainment enterprises, focusing on the USA situation: movies and television programming, music, broadcasting, cable television, casino gambling and wagering, sports, performing arts, theme parks, and toys. In this edition,...

This book brings together essays on performing arts, paying special attention to those used to support education, training and instruction, with special reference to the Third World. Attention is paid to the indigenous performing arts, to popular theatre as well as to theatre for development. In...

The book is designed to help solo artists and performing groups in music, theatre and dance develop the skills needed to compete in the performing arts marketplace, both in the USA and internationally. The 15 chapters, contributed by experts in the field, give step-by-step guidance and inside...

Dance intersects with ethnicity in a powerful variety of ways and at a broad set of venues. Dance practices and attitudes about ethnicity have sometimes been the source of outright discord, as when African Americans were - and sometimes still are - told that their bodies are 'not right' for ballet, ...