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I’m happy again: A pandemic-induced move to virtual music theatre presents a paradigm shift for the genre, yet reveals surprising benefits in facilitating new access to music in community.
This article crosses from the river to the stage, to explore the St. Lawrence at the meeting point of marine and freshwater sciences, the fishing, maritime and port industries, and the circus arts.
Singers and actors are more likely to have voice injuries, but less likely to report them or seek treatment due to stigma and fears that it may affect their career.
Many Black audiences are justifiably weary of works about their community told from white perspectives. But authorship isn’t always black and white.
92% of performing artists experienced significant changes to their work during early stages of the pandemic – and at least half experienced depression.
Until wonder is welcomed in all workplaces, the health of our society and our capacity to imagine new alternatives is contingent on the ability to experience and refine wonder in artistic spaces.
Theatre is able to create a space for discussion about how and why women experience physical and emotional violence.
When the future is clearly changing but we can’t focus on tomorrow, should we just keep dancing? Pamela Rabe anchors the absurdity of The Cherry Orchard.
Investment in the arts is also an investment in economic growth, health and well-being – but arts practitioners won’t be holding their breath at budget time.
Ghana’s history shows a strong connection between music and politics that has evolved over six decades.
The successes of the NBA’s #WholeNewGame provide important lessons for performing artists about audience investment and hybrid digital-live events.
Opera Australia has been hit hard by the pandemic’s economic impact. It’s time to rethink our approach to funding opera, with a focus on local companies.
The theatre industry is facing an existential crisis and government action is urgently needed to ensure its survival.
The arts and cultural sector was plunged into crisis three months ago and pleaded for help. Now a federal rescue package has been announced – but who is it for and is it enough?
Forty years since Fame showed the vulnerability of performing arts students, we can still do more to protect them. As we resume physical contact, we can use performance to renegotiate safe intimacy.
COVID-19 has exposed the insecurity of the cultural workforce. Making the performing arts freely available online may further diminish their value, right when the sector is arguing its worth.
Sole traders helped by UNSW Tax Clinic who were behind on their quarterly Business Activity Statements were on average seven years behind.
Performing arts centres will be hardest hit by COVID-19. Looking at the fortunes and pressures facing Queensland’s Home of the Arts can help us understand the challenges faced by around 150 centres.
A new quarterly essay looks at changes in how we market Australian performing arts – but is this necessary in a globalised digital marketplace?
Top contributors
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Head of Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Digital Media, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Arts Management, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney
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Visiting Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University
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PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, School of Taxation and Business Law, UNSW Sydney
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Director of Individualised Studies Degree Program, Dixie State University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer In Music Literature and Research, Griffith University
