A broad overview of the current status of employment in the performing arts provides a context for the core problem of this paper, namely, new ways of thinking about creating employment opportunities in professional theatre and dance for newly graduated and emerging performers. This resource is no longer available. Please inform us if you know...

Major performing arts companies need to keep pace with economic and social trends, such as rapid development in the Asia region and shifts in the demographics and leisure time options of the Australian population, according to this report. Climate change, generational workforce succession, an increasingly diverse population and transport are some of the main challenges...

This publication presents results for the 2006-07 reference year from surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) of businesses/organisations primarily involved in performing arts operation or performing arts venue operation.

Australia's 29 major performing arts companies continue to show steady growth across key financial and artistic indicators, according to the latest report from the Australia Council for the Arts. The Securing the Future report showed that in 2006 the companies achieved 2.1 million capital city mainstage attendances, mounted 68 new mainstage works, raised approximately $152.2...

This paper, presented at IDEA 6 World Congress, Hong Kong, in July 2007, is about the investigation into the uses and impact of performance as a medium of learning in museums and at historic sites currently being undertaken by Centre for Applied Theatre Research at the University of Manchester.