Frequent attendance at cultural events associated with reduced cancer mortality

This research was conducted by Lars Olov Bygren and five others at Universities in Sweden, Norway and the USA.
Summary
This paper describes a long-term study looking at correlations between taking part in certain cultural activities and cancer mortality. In general, people in urban areas who frequently attended cultural events (cinemas, theatre, art galleries, live music shows, and museums) were less likely to die from cancer than those who did not attend cultural events.
Frequent attendees
By | 10 July 2017 |

Education levels determine theatre attendance

This research was conducted by José María Grisolía, Ken Willis, Colin Wymer and Andrew Law at Newcastle University, UK
Summary
This paper reports a study that used box office data to compare areas in northeast England where regular theatregoers live with those with areas that have no theatre-going residents. By profiling the those neighbourhoods they found that education was the most important factor in determining the likelihood that someone would attend the theatre, with religiousity (or lack
By | 16 March 2014 |

Cultural amenities attract highly skilled workers

This research was conducted by Oliver Falck and three others at the University of Munich and other universities
SummaryThis research looked at German data to
demonstrate that cultural amenities play an important role in attracting highly
skilled workers to a location. This leads to yet more highly skilled people
moving to those areas and results in positive spillover impacts for the communities living there.The paper focused on opera houses in West GermanyThe study used a sample of people from
By | 19 November 2018 |

How household bargaining between men and women affects arts attendance

more bargaining power, they tend to attend such events less frequently’.The data for this study comes from the 2008 and 2012 waves of the US Survey of Public Participation in the ArtsThis pooling of data gives a sample of 3,271 couples. In accordance with other research, the survey found that jazz music, Latin and salsa performances, and museum visits are attended equally by men and women, but ballet, live dance and opera are much more popular among women. We also know that higher than average

Arts engagement is associated with increased wellbeing and connectedness, and less intense loneliness

. However, the study also discovered a ‘positive association between more arts engagement and depression and intense emotional loneliness for the most highly engaged’.The study was based on a new online survey of more than 5,000 people in the UKThe ‘health, economic, and social impacts of the arts’ survey looked at a wider range of arts activities than most surveys of this type. It also asked about the nature of the engagement – specifically, whether it was done together or alone. This enriched

Most people do not have eclectic music tastes

status are the most likely characteristics to determine which of the three groups people belong to.
The data were gathered in 2001 by surveying a nationally representative sample of adults
Although the survey collected a range of data on all forms of cultural engagement, as well as a suite of demographic data, the paper looked specifically at music consumption, and more specifically who chooses to listen to opera/operetta, classical jazz, rock/pop music (in either a live or recorded format).
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By | 11 April 2014 |

Helping Parkinson’s sufferers through ballet

This research was conducted by Sara Houston and Ashley McGill at the University of Roehampton, UK
Summary
This paper reports the results of a 12 week programme for people suffering from Parkinson’s Disease run by English National Ballet. The researchers observed how people responded to the sessions, conducting tests for balance, stability, posture, and discovering more about their general mood and wellbeing. They found improvements in balance and stability (though not posture) as a result of
By | 16 April 2014 |

Insights into arts and culture (Research category)

This section contains research that generates ‘insights’ to inform work
in arts and culture settings. The summaries in this section are designed to
help inform the decisions arts and cultural organisations have to make,
whether that’s developing a new marketing campaign, a new programme of work
or making strategic plans for the future.
This section is divided into the following categories:
consumer behaviour
fundraising
developing new audiences
live and digital
engagement
models
of community engagement
organisational change
partnerships and
collaboration

The reasons musicians favour free streaming services

This research was conducted by Ramadan Aly‐Tovar, Maya Bacache‐Beauvallet, Marc Bourreau, and Francois Moreau at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, FranceSummaryThis paper uses survey data from 1100 French professional musicians to draw out four main reasons why they favour free streaming. Firstly, it is a ‘discovery tool that helps consumers to explore the music catalogue’ of less well-known artists. Secondly, it is a way to drive ticket sales for live

Using Shakespeare to exert soft power and online cultural diplomacy

anniversary of his death in 2016More than 140 countries took part in the 3,500 events alongside a programme of online collaborations. A social media campaign by the British Council multilingual teams generated a potential audience for the #ShakespeareLives hashtag of ‘2,725,435,930, including 1,957,400,000 via Twitter, 421,183,800 via Facebook and 300,754,200 via Instagram and other social media platforms’. The research is based on a sample of more than 10,000 posts which used the hashtag around the