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Cambodian Audience Engagement in the Performing Arts: Cambodian Living Arts 2022 Cultural Season

Amanda Rogers Orcid Logo, Say Tola, Meth Monthary, Ven Seyhah, Larissa Nicholas

Swansea University Authors: Amanda Rogers Orcid Logo, Larissa Nicholas

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DOI (Published version): 10.23889/SUreport.65084

Abstract

Project ReportThere is growing research on arts audiences - particularly regarding theatre and dance (Sedgman 2019; Walmsley 2019; Reason et al 2022). However, much of this work remains centred on the ‘Global North’ and there is little published research on arts audiences in South East Asia in gener...

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Published: Swansea 2023
Online Access: https://doi.org/10.23889/SUreport.65084
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65084
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Abstract: Project ReportThere is growing research on arts audiences - particularly regarding theatre and dance (Sedgman 2019; Walmsley 2019; Reason et al 2022). However, much of this work remains centred on the ‘Global North’ and there is little published research on arts audiences in South East Asia in general, and Cambodia in particular. The exception to this is our previous report (Rogers et al 2021) which was the first time that research has examined audience composition, understanding and preferences for the performing arts in Phnom Penh. This research raised a bigger question around who the arts are for and highlighted that young people did not always understand what they were watching. The project discussed here builds on this previous work, as it sought to further understand the composition of audiences attending Cambodian performance events, examine their reactions, and consider how using simple forms of technology may promote audience engagement and understanding. The research used Cambodian Living Arts’ (CLA) 2022 Cultural Season of performances, workshops, and talks as a case study through which to experiment with this and other methodologies. The Cultural Season (titled Action Today: Consequences Tomorrow) was held in Phnom Penh and then toured across Cambodia, also giving the research the unique opportunity to find out more about arts audiences in the provinces. The findings provide insights into the level of knowledge and understanding of the arts among different audiences across Cambodia, their preferences in terms of types of arts consumed, and the choices surrounding their participation and involvement in the arts.
Item Description: The text of Cambodian Audience Engagement in the Performing Arts: Cambodian Living Arts 2022 Cultural Season © 2023, The Authors, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. All images are subject to separate copyright; all image rights reserved.ទស្សនិកជន​ខ្មែរ​ចូល​រួម​ក្នុង​សិល្បៈ​សម្តែងរដូវកាលវប្បធម៌នៃ CLA ឆ្នាំ 2022របាយការណ៍គម្រោង។ ការរក្សាសិទ្ធិអនុវត្តចំពោះរបាយការណ៍នេះ។
Keywords: arts, audiences, Cambodia, dance, performance, performing arts
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: Changing the Story/GCRF-AHRC SIDA/Cambodian Living Arts.