Arts education is seen as a key to a lifelong learning, leisure activity, and a mutually beneficial relationship between performing arts and the host community. A model of adult education appears to function in the outreach programmes of three Columbus (Ohio) performing arts organizations. The...

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...

Belly dancing originated in the Middle East as a form of folk dance but has widely transformed into a leisure dance activity in recent decades. Belly dance was introduced to Taiwan in 2002, marketed primarily as a 'body slimming exercise' with a sense of exoticism. According to previous studies,...

Aims: Cultural activities, including music, singing and dance, have often been conceptualised as enhancing well-being as well as promoting mental and physical health. This paper focuses on partnered dance in the context of 'cultures of fitness'. Its purpose was to investigate the dancers of tango...

Background: There is a large literature on the health benefits of engagement with the arts. However, there are also well-recognised challenges in ensuring equity of engagement with these activities. Specifically, it remains unclear whether individuals with poor mental health experience more...

This study on participation in cultural events and use of the media in Norway during 1991 is based on interviews with persons aged 9 to 79 years old. Cinemas, sports events and libraries were found to be the most visited; about 60% of the population had attended one of these in the last 12 months....

This research is an attempt to understand the audience preference for single screen movie theatres in an Indian small town i.e. Raebareli town in Uttar Pradesh. The research revealed that though the audience from nearby suburban/rural areas of Raebareli went to the theatres to escape the daily...

Concerted singing is a common amateur activity in many parts of the world. Such singing is at minimum two-part vocal harmony with or without accompaniment, which may, however, be carried out in groups of 150 voices or larger. It ranges from informal gatherings of 2 to 4 people (male, female and...

Objectives To explore the association between leisure participation and subjective well-being and the role gender in this issue among elderly Chinese in Shanghai, China. Methods Principal components analysis and logistic regressions are used to analyze the cross-sectional data of the 2013 Shanghai...

Carnivalesque dancing is very common in the public spaces of China's cities, many elderly people are fascinated by it and practice it as part of everyday life. Carnivalesque dancing, and the behavior and culture of leisure in public spaces in China, differ from leisure practices in Western...