ABSTRACT
The Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Arts represents a truly multi-dimensional exploration of the inter-relationships between audiences and performance.
This study considers audiences contextually and historically, through both qualitative and quantitative empirical research, and places them within appropriate philosophical and socio-cultural discourses. Ultimately, the collection marks the point where audiences have become central and essential not just to the act of performance itself but also to theatre, dance, opera, music and performance studies as academic disciplines.
This Companion will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates, as well as to theatre, dance, opera and music practitioners and performing arts organisations and stakeholders involved in educational activities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|107 pages
Histories, theories and questions of social justice
chapter 6|15 pages
Which global? Which local?
chapter 7|13 pages
Forced experiences
part Two|116 pages
Policies, politics and practices
chapter 9|16 pages
Are we the baddies?
chapter 14|12 pages
Audience engagement and the production of efficacious theatre
chapter 15|12 pages
Critical perspectives on valuing culture
part Three|150 pages
Methods, methodologies and understanding audiences