Performing arts and the need to look at them more closely and do things differently

Arts théâtraux, regarder et s'y prendre autrement

Philippe Henry ()
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Philippe Henry: Scènes et savoirs - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis

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Abstract: The article proposes a synthesis of issues that emerged during an action-research process conducted with two groupings of professional organisations related to the performing arts, Autre(s)pARTs and U-Fisc, each of them being engaged in a collective reflection. It begins by going back over several aspects of the socio-economy of the theatre sector that are too little taken into account even though the 2003 crisis has put it in the limelight : a too crystallised organisation of this field, a stratified notoriety that is the source of strong inequalities, the unresolved tension between salaried work and the willingness to be independent, a too little regulated employment flexibility. It reminds the reader that the development of performing arts is to be understood in a context where three distinct conceptions of the public interest in the arts and the relationship between democracy and culture are at stake. By having a go at renewing the relationship between art, people and their territories, many companies or cultural venues get involved in the invention of a new paradigm for a cultural democracy that still remains far from being a reality. It presents elements of an argument for a more heteronomous approach to performing arts, one that would be economically more secure for the people working in that sector, including salaried employees with intermittent activity. It ends with a plea for a theatre sector organisation giving more space to the artistic practices carried out more closely to the people and their areas of life.

Keywords: Performing arts; Socio-economic approach; Théâtre; Socio-économie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-10
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Published in Théâtre/Public, 2004

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