China is one of the largest and fastest‐growing markets for live streaming, and the purchase
of virtual gifts in live streaming is the core for streamers and live streaming platforms in …

The concept of disappearance articulates the live arts as actively resistant or impervious to
representation, with this transience prominently constructed as a marker of the unique …

This study investigates the idea and practice of liveness in modern music. Understanding
what makes music live in an ever-changing musical and technological terrain is one of the …

This chapter demonstrates how, in the fight for better behaviour, those who can't or won't
conform to the norm come to be figured as unreasonable. By investigating reasonableness …

The article argues that current methods for assessing the impact of the arts are largely based
on a fragmented and incomplete understanding of the cognitive, psychological and socio …

This paper discusses possible correspondences between neuroscientific findings and
phenomenologically informed methodologies in the investigation of kinesthetic empathy in …

How do audiences experience live performances? What is gained when a national theatre is
born? These questions and more are the subject of Locating the Audience, the first in-depth …

Participatory performance enables audiences to make changes and contribute to the work,
which means that their experience and responses become part of the aesthetic of the …

Live-cast and recorded theatre (LCRT) such as National Theatre Live has expanded rapidly
into a major industry since its launch in 2009. In academic terms, this development has been …

Theatre is often introduced into science museums to enhance visitor experience. While
learning in museums exhibitions received considerable research attention, learning from …