Understanding the Impact of Digital Technology on Performing Arts : A Comparative Analysis of Scientific and Professional Issues

In the performing arts sector, the changes brought about by increasing financial constraints and ever-changing audiences are of many kinds. An important lever developed in response to these upheavals is the use of technological and digital innovations. This research takes stock of the issues identified by academic researchers on the one hand, and by industry professionals and stakeholders on the other hand, in order to draw a precise map of the challenges and their implications. To this end, a literature review has been carried out on two bodies of literature: articles published in scientific journals and articles published in professional journals (mainstream or specialized media in culture and performing arts). This allowed us to compare the points of convergence and divergence of these corpuses and to identify the main research avenues to be exploited in this fertile field of investigation.