This study took place during a contemporary circus festival to investigate the audience experience of contemporary circus street performances.Specifically,we explored the impact of expertise on audience experience(emo...This study took place during a contemporary circus festival to investigate the audience experience of contemporary circus street performances.Specifically,we explored the impact of expertise on audience experience(emotion,intellect,novelty,place,interaction,and technique)and performance evaluation(liking and self-perceived understanding).Based on the participants’self-report frequency of previous attendance of contemporary circus and current skill level in contemporary circus,we divided a sample of 349 adult audience members into three groups:low expertise,medium expertise,and high expertise.Expertise had a significant effect on audience experience;the high-expertise participants were more intellectually stimulated than both the medium-and low-expertise participants.Expertise had negligible effect on performance evaluation,but we note that performance reception could have been based on different interpretation styles;that is,more literal in participants lower in expertise and more metaphoric in participants higher in expertise.Finally,we found a clear positive association between audience experience and performance evaluation.展开更多
文摘This study took place during a contemporary circus festival to investigate the audience experience of contemporary circus street performances.Specifically,we explored the impact of expertise on audience experience(emotion,intellect,novelty,place,interaction,and technique)and performance evaluation(liking and self-perceived understanding).Based on the participants’self-report frequency of previous attendance of contemporary circus and current skill level in contemporary circus,we divided a sample of 349 adult audience members into three groups:low expertise,medium expertise,and high expertise.Expertise had a significant effect on audience experience;the high-expertise participants were more intellectually stimulated than both the medium-and low-expertise participants.Expertise had negligible effect on performance evaluation,but we note that performance reception could have been based on different interpretation styles;that is,more literal in participants lower in expertise and more metaphoric in participants higher in expertise.Finally,we found a clear positive association between audience experience and performance evaluation.
