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Learning when to breathe : performance as art and commodity in Opera Breve’s first season Groberman, Michael Allan
Abstract
This thesis documents the growth of Opera Breve, a new performing arts organization in Vancouver, over the course of the 1997-98 season. The time frame begins with the company's conception in a basement cafeteria, and ends with a meeting a week following the season's final curtain. This chronicle of a new performing arts company, a self-initiated project by artists and arts managers to provide themselves artistic and managerial opportunities, is an example of how individuals with a shared ideal try to organize themselves into a productive entity. The thesis critically examines the main elements of the producing organization: artistic direction, management, marketing, etc. It examines how the current artistic, social and economic atmosphere affords and prevents cultural development. Finally, the thesis draws conclusions and makes recommendations for Opera Breve and, by extension, other new arts organizations.
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Learning when to breathe : performance as art and commodity in Opera Breve’s first season
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University of British Columbia
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Date Issued |
1999
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Description |
This thesis documents the growth of Opera Breve, a new performing arts
organization in Vancouver, over the course of the 1997-98 season. The time frame
begins with the company's conception in a basement cafeteria, and ends with a
meeting a week following the season's final curtain. This chronicle of a new
performing arts company, a self-initiated project by artists and arts managers to
provide themselves artistic and managerial opportunities, is an example of how
individuals with a shared ideal try to organize themselves into a productive entity.
The thesis critically examines the main elements of the producing organization:
artistic direction, management, marketing, etc. It examines how the current artistic,
social and economic atmosphere affords and prevents cultural development.
Finally, the thesis draws conclusions and makes recommendations for Opera Breve
and, by extension, other new arts organizations.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Date Available |
2009-06-12
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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DOI |
10.14288/1.0099384
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University of British Columbia
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Graduation Date |
1999-05
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Scholarly Level |
Graduate
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.