Performing Arts

Issue 5.2 Performing Arts and South Asian Literature, Editorial

by Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings

Issue 5.2 Performing Arts and South Asian Literature, Table of Contents

by Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings

Reclaiming The Sacred: A Festival Experience as a Response to Globalisation

by Karin Mackay

published in Journal for the Study of Religion, vol 24, No 2, 2011

Pressures of globalisation such as the focus on the growth of productive economies, consumerism, and long work-hours... more Pressures of globalisation such as the focus on the growth of productive economies, consumerism, and long work-hours have fragmented cultural beliefs and practices worldwide. Devaluation of deeply held soulful, creative, and nature-based practices in the dominant neoliberal capitalist discourse has challenged the way cultural and spiritual wellbeing are lived. Instead of being completely subsumed into the neoliberal global discourse, local responses incorporating global themes are emerging in the form of the “neo-tribal” festival experience. Although festivals have primarily been seen as places of consumption, this misunderstands the drive to participate in a festival experience. This article investigates a women’s arts and ecology festival held in The Blue Mountains, Australia, where members of the local community celebrate the return of spring. Findings suggest that this festival was a site for reclaiming a localized sense of connectedness, where participants reclaimed what was sacred to them. I will argue that consumerism is secondary to the desire for a sacred synergy of connectedness at this festival where critical creative action challenges the neoliberal and patriarchal discourses in the negotiation of global culture.

Performance Measurement Systems in Theatres: The Case of the Municipal Theatre of Ferrara

by Francesco Badia

Co-authored with Elena Borin, published in 'Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Istituzioni Territorio', n. 20, novembre 2011

In recent years, cultural organisations have introduced and tested new management tools to achieve their institutional... more In recent years, cultural organisations have introduced and tested new management tools to achieve their institutional goals of efficiency, effectiveness and social cohesion. This process has been widely linked to New Public Management for public sector cultural organisations, but the introduction of these tools has been an interesting process in private cultural organisations too.
This paper aims at considering more specifically one kind of management tools: performance measurement systems. Their goal is to give to the management a set of information of quantitative and qualitative nature that could guide the strategic choices in the long-term. With this work, we will consider the real possibilities of application of a good performance measurement system in cultural organisations, with a particular focus on theatres.
Our research starts with the analysis of the theoretical framework of performance measurement systems and theatres management. The theoretical approach is supported by the analysis of a case study, the Municipal Theatre of Ferrara (Italy). In this way, we will try to verify and discuss opportunities and critical points implied by the introduction of a performance measurement system in theatres.

Hero takes a fall: A lesson from theatre for leadership

by Brigitte Biehl-Missal

Leadership (Special Issue: Leadership as an Art, ed. by Donna Ladkin & Steven S. Taylor)

Comparing leaders to actors has a long tradition, and researchers and practitioners in the organizational field have... more Comparing leaders to actors has a long tradition, and researchers and practitioners in the organizational field have tried to learn lessons from theatre. For developing this approach, this article takes an interdisciplinary theatre studies perspective and discusses how leaders in organizations compare to actors in the theatre. It makes the assertion that the actor’s role in (dramatic, epic and postdramatic) theatre over several historic epochs can be seen as a complementary, opposed practice that confronts and challenges audiences rather than ‘playing to them’. Theatre does not provide us with ideal or charismatic leader characters but, quite the opposite, teaches us about contentious and problematic heroes. Theatre presents a fundamental disrespect for tenability and positive affirmation and may offer more critical ideas about aesthetic interaction, leadership performance and leader-follower interaction. This illustrates that aesthetic features do not alone turn leadership into an art. ‘Leadership as an art’ through this lens includes critical interaction through increased aesthetic awareness from the viewpoint of followers.

Meanings of Songs and Meanings of Song Performances

by Theodore Gracyk

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, accepted and forthcoming in special issue on Song, Songs, and Singing

Focusing on Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” explains how pragmatic contextual... more Focusing on Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” explains how pragmatic contextual supplementation permits a song with a fixed work meaning to have distinct performance meanings during different performances.

The Nuts and Bolts of Arts Management: A Discussion on a Recent Handbook in the Field

by Cristian Hainic

Review of Brindle, Meg and Constance DeVereaux, The Arts Management Handbook: New Directions for Students and Practitioners

DISLOCATIONS: The Artlessness of Anthropology

by Louise Krasniewicz

co-written with Michael Blitz, although he probably doesn't remember...

The 1991 MOMA exhibit, DISLOCATIONS, inspired some connections between art and anthropology. The 1991 MOMA exhibit, DISLOCATIONS, inspired some connections between art and anthropology.

An Ideal Operational Model for Nonprofit Opera Organizations in the United States

by Texas State PA Applied Research Projects

Munguia, Edward P., "An Ideal Operational Model for Nonprofit Opera Organizations in the United States" (2011). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. Paper 374.
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/374

Purpose. The purpose of this research is to create a practical ideal model for nonprofit opera organizations to... more Purpose. The purpose of this research is to create a practical ideal model for nonprofit opera organizations to function in the United States. Methods. A review of literature was conducted to form a general practical ideal model for these organizations. A survey was then designed and 121 experts in the field of nonprofit opera were asked to participate. The purpose of the survey was to refine the ideal model for operating a nonprofit opera organization. Results.  The results of the literature review and an analysis of the data collected through the survey provided a basis for creating an ideal model. Conclusion. This research has established a basis for the practical ideal model for all nonprofit opera organizations to function in the United States.

“Gestures of Happiness” in Sophie Calle’s Trilogy of Desire

by Gabriella Calchi-Novati

'Performance Paradigm', issue 7 (July 2011) - IMAGES OF HAPPINESS

Lúcia Gomes: a vida é o trabalho

by Orlando Maneschy

This article is about the visual production of paraense artist Lúcia Gomes and the relationship between politic, art... more This article is about the visual production of paraense artist Lúcia Gomes and the relationship between politic, art and life in the proposes and actions done. Key words: Contemporary brazilian art; art and politic; art in Amazônia; performance.
Este artigo aborda a produção visual da artista paraense Lúcia Gomes e as relações entre política, arte e vida nas proposições e ações realizadas. Palavras-chave: Arte brasileira contemporânea; arte e política; arte na Amazônia; performance.

"Suspending the Political: Late Soviet Artistic Experiments at the Margins of the State""

by Alexei Yurchak Алексей Юрчак

Poetics Today, vol. 29, n. 4, 2008.

"Suspending the Political: Late Soviet Artistic Experiments at the Margins of the State""

by Alexei Yurchak Алексей Юрчак

Poetics Today, vol. 29, n. 4, 2008.

"Suspending the Political: Late Soviet Artistic Experiments at the Margins of the State""

by Alexei Yurchak Алексей Юрчак

Poetics Today, vol. 29, n. 4, 2008.

"Suspending the Political: Late Soviet Artistic Experiments at the Margins of the State""

by Alexei Yurchak Алексей Юрчак

Poetics Today, vol. 29, n. 4, 2008.

Zombie esthetics or how to survive the trauma that has always been eating our brains

by Joyce Burstein

M/E/A/N/I/N/G 25th Anniversary Edition, edited by Susan Bee and Mira Schor

Anthropology of the performing arts: artistry, virtuosity, and interpretation in a cross-cultural perspective

by Anya Peterson Royce

The International Noh Institute of Milan: Transmission of Ethics and Ethics of Transmission in a Transcultural Context

by Diego Pellecchia

published in 'Japanese Theatre Transcultural: German and Italian Intertwinings'. Ed. Stanca Scholz-Cionca and Andreas Regelsberger. Munich: Iudicium, 2011. 32-50

A Cultural History of the Chinese Language

by Sharron Gu

This book has been released last week. You can order it directly from the publisher, McFarland Publishers 800-253-2187, Barnes and Nobles, or Amazon.com.

It is the first multimedia history of the Chinese language and also the first book that compares the history of... more It is the first multimedia history of the Chinese language and also the first book that compares the history of Chinese with Greek, Latin, English and Semitic languages

Artificijelna katarza

by Lejla Panjeta

Artificijelna katarza
Odjek, Journal for Arts, Science and Social Issues, Sarajevo, Index: C.E.E.O.L., fall-winter 2011, Year LXIV, No. 4, pp. 89-93