Abstract:This paper addresses four indicators of the audience experience in the performing arts: knowledge, risk, authenticity and collective engagement, and argues that these provide a measure of the audience...This paper addresses four indicators of the audience experience in the performing arts: knowledge, risk, authenticity and collective engagement, and argues that these provide a measure of the audience's experience of the quality of a performance. Qualitative interviews with four performing arts companies demonstrated a range of strategies for gathering audience feedback. In particular, the paper addresses systems for gathering deep feedback by audiences, and argues that these are a means of collecting information about the quality of the audience experience. Deep feedback is a critical mechanism by which performing arts organisations can engage in audience development and audiences are empowered to measure quality.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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