The city of Ouagadougou is internationally renowned for its cultural dynamism. Thanks to major festivals in the fields of cinema (Fespaco), handicrafts (SIAO) and theatre (Les Récréâtrales), it attracts artists, experts, and tourists every year. But these temporary moments of emulation should not...

The "kinaesthetic empathy" means the phenomenon through which the audience feels inside their own lived-body the performer's motion. This article questions the conditions of possibility of such an empathy: does it need any education to the movement or any artistic education? We there study the...

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 results of a series of studies of the popular arts that are emerging on the streets of the cities of the southern Hemisphere are presented. These art forms: literature, song, dance, parades, carnivals, mural paintings, decorated vehicle bodies, popular theatre and poetry, and are a reflection...

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:...

This ethnographical study tries to put in relation the artistic filiation, the body and the transmission of the knowledges. The rustic communities are submitted to a massive drift from the land, the people arrive in town with their cultures and their past. A large number of techniques and...

This special issue (seven papers) focuses on sensory experiences in dance, dance education, and other artistic activities.

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...

The live show is a product of great specificity in economic terms. The work contributed by each individual artist out of his own time represents the factor of production, and performance is original in its own right. Since performing arts are based on an individual's own work and commitment, they...