Over the past few years, visual arts promoters in the public sector have been under unprecedented pressure to expand audiences and encourage better access to art itself. Organizations are having to be 'customer-oriented', actively attracting audiences who may not have previously demonstrated much...

A 1982/83 survey is reported, covering predominantly professional artists and companies in Australia in all forms of music, theatre, and dance. The findings relate to the finance of performing arts touring, access to toured performances, government funding, coordination of touring, local...

The use of the performing arts -- drama, poetry, story-telling, puppetry, music, song, and dance -- for community education and development in Africa is an age-old tradition. In more recent times, however, the new "Popular theatre" movement, in places such as Botswana, Ghana, and the Northern parts ...

European theatre and opera houses are mainly financed by public funds. In Germany, in the 1989/90 season, the larger theatre and opera houses received 85% of their funding from public authorities. When performing arts enterprises function within a 'non-market' situation the main agents involved are ...

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 discussion paper focuses on whether opera festivals should be subsidized by public funds. The situation in the live performing arts sector in German speaking areas forms the context for discussion. The case of art support via the market is considered, and it is shown that, in some instances,...

This volume builds upon Facts about the arts (M. Nissel, 1983) [LRTA 9, 366] which brought together a selection of available statistics about the arts in Britain. Sections are devoted to finance, drama, opera, dance, music, museums, visual arts, arts centres/community arts, literature, cinema and ...

Details of the periodicals held in the library are arranged under the following headings: cinema; television and radio; circus/showmen; etc.; dance; and theatre. Years of holdings are given along with issue or volume numbers and location code.

The aim of the paper was to examine the extent to which the supply of performing arts determines their demand in Sweden, with the assumption that the supply of performing arts is almost entirely determined by public support. The discussion was limited to two categories of performing arts, live...

With reference to Quebec, Canada, the report analyses probable future trends in public use or consumption of various sectors in the arts. The data are derived from current demographic forecasts and comparative analyses of the 'arts' public' in previous years. Sectors covered are as follows:...