Similar to tangible cultural heritage, traditional performing arts as intangible cultural heritage of humanity are valuable resources for the development of heritage tourism of a destination. However, there is very little research done in this area, leaving a blurred understanding of how to...

The purpose of this paper is to define the terms "theater" and "theatrical game" and to determine the field of their practical application of Greek traditional dance in the school education. To help students to acquire the necessary knowledge in order to reconsider behaviors and attitudes on the...

The placeness of tourist destinations is the basis of tourism development, whereas tourism development can reflect, enrich, change or reproduce the placeness. Tourism performing art is a performance activity that represents mainly the culture and geography of tourist destinations, and brings...

There has been a remarkable rise in the number of Afrikaans arts festivals in South Africa. The outcomes of such festivals, however, remain little understood, particularly concerning the arts festivals' contribution to the arts. The aim of this study is to determine the contribution of three...

With the rapid growth of the middle class in emerging economies, more consumers are patronising commercial arts performances as their leisure choices. As a unique cultural element of a destination, performing arts continue to attract both local and tourist audiences' attention and contribute to...

Dementia is a neurodegenerative syndrome that can lead to profound psychological and social challenges for people with dementia and their informal caregivers. Previous research has found positive effects of arts-based interventions for people with dementia and caregivers that have been dyadic in...

Athlete injury and illness surveillance methods have been explored; however, dance-health monitoring systems are scarce. This study aimed to explore the experiences of professional ballet dancers using a wellness application, and the applicability of a wellness application for the dance industry....

The study's goal was to create a meaningful and reliable attitude assessment regarding traditional dances. The quantitative research approach was utilized in the study, which comprised 394 (192 female, 202 male) individuals aged 14 to 19. First, literature research was conducted, followed by an...

Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá (FITB) is a great cultural event with international recognition held in Bogotá, Colombia. The main topic of this paper is to measure the impacts that the FITB has on tourist behavior based on the last celebrations of this event and the attitudes of...

Introduction: Music and dance are increasingly used as adjunctive arts-in-health interventions in high-income settings, with a growing body of research suggesting biopsychosocial benefits. Such low-cost, low-resource interventions may have application in low-resource settings such as Uganda....