Purpose: This study explores what it means to be a mission-driven arts organisation (MDAO) in the UK. Drawing on literature relating to artistic risk and rupture, mission and vision, and arts participation, the purpose of this paper is to shed light on how Slung Low, a theatre organisation with a...

After the Korean War, both the autocratic and later democratic South Korean governments actively fostered the development of Korea's arts sector, in part by emulating the organizational and legal structures of U.S. nonprofits. Yet, in this policy transfer, Korea has taken a different path, notably...

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...

Despite years of concern and various attempts to address the issue, arts audiences remain persistently white, educated, middle class and middle-aged. The homogenous profile of arts attenders undermines the public value of subsidised arts organisations, arguably calling into question the creative...

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...

The article investigates public governance of arts organisations in Sweden by examining the relationship between these public principals and arts organisations and by illustrating how this connection affects the strategic action of individual arts organisations. Two case studies provide the basis...

In this paper the origin of Odissi dance is discussed. Odissi dance has its own identity by its own fine music and unique form of representing its story and literature. The story may be Dashavatar Stuti, Sri Jagannath's Story or may be Jayadeva's Geeta Govindam or Rasa Leela of Sri RadhaKrishna and ...

Whenever the word "power" is uttered in the context of international relations, notions such as force or payoff immediately come to mind. These, put together, connote the idea of hard power as this involves leveraging hard resources and capabilities to reach desired outcomes when dealing with the...

Participation is central to and essentialized in theatre and interactive arts. While scholars have articulated the importance of participation in arts, participation has also been considered a foundational principle in development discourse, and it is largely external. Beyond the notion of...