Is there something inherent to dance audiences from a particular culture, country or continent?
I believe no two audiences are the same. My experience of touring globally as a dancer and director for many years has shown me that audiences are unpredictable. As far as cultural or ethnic distinctions between audiences, there may be some basic shared characteristics but beyond that every audience as a group and each individual therein respond differently whether to different kinds of performance or different performances of the same show. Audiences watching The Lion King are a wonderful indicator of this belief. Given the show’s 24 scenes, any one in a particular performance will receive a diverse response. For example the opening scene, ‘The Circle of Life’ will always receive an uproarious applause at its end. Similarly, the appearance of the elephant and the rhinoceros puppet dancers in the stall aisles and their march up the stairs on to the stage most times will also get a reaction. The ‘Eulogy’ scene that occurs after the death of the Mufasa character may or may not get a resp
