ARTISTIC PRODUCTION AND LIVE PERFORMANCES, 2008/2009 SEASON

*FIRST RELEASE*		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565

YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 17 DECEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 8.3.2.

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ARTISTIC PRODUCTION AND LIVE PERFORMANCES, 2008/2009 SEASON

There were 64 theatres operating in the 2008/2009 season. A part of professional theatres dispose of permanent scenes, either in-house or on some other location, so, along with 23 professional theatres, there were 6 permanent scenes operating. In addition, there were 14 professional children’s theatres, out of which there were 7 puppet theatres. There were also 27 amateurs’ theatres operating.

The total of 7 388 plays were performed, slightly less than in the previous season (by 1.2%). The plays were attended by 1 580 788 visitors, which presents a decrease of 5.1%, as compared to the previous season. The average number of plays per professional theatre, including permanent scenes, was 143, while the average number of visitors per play was 249. Out of the total number of 877 plays performed in all theatres, there were 475 of them, or 54.2%, created by domestic authors.

During the 2008/2009 season, there were 22 professional orchestras and ensembles operating, out of which 7 were symphony and large orchestras, 5 chamber orchestras and 10 chamber ensembles. There were 590 concerts performed, which was by 6.5% less than in the previous season.

During the season, professional choir held 22 concerts. The same concerts were attended by 7 090 visitors.

LADO – National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia held 92 concerts, which means there were 10 concerts less than in the previous season. These concerts were attended by 78 510 visitors.

1. THEATRES

1.1. NUMBER OF THEATRES AND SEATS, EMPLOYEES, AMATEUR MEMBERS, CHILDREN, 2008/2009 SEASON

	Number of theatres	Number of seats	Employees		Amateurs		Children	Personnel working on contractual basis
	Number of theatres	Number of seats	Total	Of that, artists	Total	Of that, artists	Children	Personnel working on contractual basis

Total	64	15 676	2 369	1 197	602	547	1 170	1 553

Men			1 215	585	312	274	196	897
Women			1 154	612	290	273	974	656

Professional theatres	23	8 181	2 073	1 100	-	-	356	1 121
Professional children’s theatres	14	2 446	235	90	-	-	180	270
Amateurs’ theatres	27	5 049	61	7	602	547	634	162

1.2. PERFORMED PLAYS, BY AUTHOR’S ORIGIN, PERFORMANCES AND ATTENDANCE, 2008/2009 SEASON

	Author’s origin	Performed plays	Operation of theatres in Republic of Croatia				Tours abroad
			Performances		Attendance		Tours abroad
			Total	On tours	Total	On tours	Performances	Attendance

Total	All	877	7 088	1 564	1 491 110	341 654	300	89 678
Total	Domestic	475	4 355	972	828 654	219 781	162	39 685

Professional theatres	All	487	3 940	856	967 391	204 664	214	65 335
Professional theatres	Domestic	206	2 285	522	491 254	132 803	110	26 275

Professional children’s theatres	All	246	2 248	452	362 650	90 240	58	15 931
Professional children’s theatres	Domestic	154	1 399	239	223 617	48 829	30	6 771

Amateurs’ theatres	All	144	900	256	161 069	46 750	28	8 412
Amateurs’ theatres	Domestic	115	671	211	113 783	38 149	22	6 639

1.3. PERFORMED PLAYS, PERFORMANCES AND ATTENDANCE, 2008/2009 SEASON

		Author’s origin	Total	Performed plays by genre
		Author’s origin	Total	Drama	Comedy	Opera	Operetta	Musical	Ballet	Children’s play	Puppet show	Other

Total
Performed plays		All	877	131	101	38	3	14	38	144	139	269
		Domestic	475	64	61	10	1	6	9	97	79	148
		Foreign	402	67	40	28	2	8	29	47	60	121

Performances		All	7 388	1 083	1 112	210	35	237	264	1 978	1 855	614
		Domestic	4 517	530	746	46	21	84	88	1 454	1 123	425
		Foreign	2 871	553	366	164	14	153	176	524	732	189

Attendance		All	1 580 788	239 147	312 183	78 122	16 931	80 722	112 685	334 756	273 596	132 646
		Domestic	868 339	106 179	214 599	16 668	12 700	23 802	22 685	224 213	166 383	81 110
		Foreign	712 449	132 968	97 584	61 454	4 231	56 920	90 000	110 543	107 213	51 536

Professional theatres
Performed plays		All	487	101	70	37	3	12	26	49	10	179
		Domestic	206	43	39	10	1	5	5	29	4	70
		Foreign	281	58	31	27	2	7	21	20	6	109
	Performances	All	4 154	893	866	172	35	230	225	934	364	435
		Domestic	2 395	406	563	46	21	80	78	727	184	290
		Foreign	1 759	487	303	126	14	150	147	207	180	145

	Attendance	All	1 032 726	203 604	264 193	71 768	16 931	79 482	98 131	148 738	46 455	103 424
		Domestic	517 529	81 649	176 433	16 668	12 700	23 094	19 673	105 885	22 946	58 481
		Foreign	515 197	121 955	87 760	55 100	4 231	56 388	78 458	42 853	23 509	44 943

	Professional children’s theatres
	Performed plays	All	246	6	2	1	-	-	9	62	109	57
		Domestic	154	2	-	-	-	-	2	43	60	47
		Foreign	92	4	2	1	-	-	7	19	49	10

	Performances	All	2 306	47	23	38	-	-	31	747	1 341	79
		Domestic	1 429	18	-	-	-	-	5	509	830	67
		Foreign	877	29	23	38	-	-	26	238	511	12

	Attendance	All	378 581	6 243	4 060	6 354	-	-	12 791	125 620	212 544	10 969
		Domestic	230 388	3 300	-	-	-	-	1 780	82 158	133 364	9 786
		Foreign	148 193	2 943	4 060	6 354	-	-	11 011	43 462	79 180	1 183

	Amateurs’ theatres
	Performed plays	All	144	24	29	-	-	2	3	33	20	33
		Domestic	115	19	22	-	-	1	2	25	15	31
		Foreign	29	5	7	-	-	1	1	8	5	2

	Performances	All	928	143	223	-	-	7	8	297	150	100
		Domestic	693	106	183	-	-	4	5	218	109	68
		Foreign	235	37	40	-	-	3	3	79	41	32

	Attendance	All	169 481	29 300	43 930	-	-	1 240	1 763	60 398	14 597	18 253
		Domestic	120 422	21 230	38 166	-	-	708	1 232	36 170	10 073	12 843
		Foreign	49 059	8 070	5 764	-	-	532	531	24 228	4 524	5 410

1.4. PERFORMED PLAYS, PERFORMANCES AND ATTENDANCE ON TOURS ABROAD, 2008/2009 SEASON

	Professional theatres			Professional children’s theatres			Amateurs’ theatres
	Performed plays	Performances	Attendance	Performed plays	Performances	Attendance	Performed plays	Performances	Attendance

Total	58	214	65 335	26	58	15 931	12	28	8 412

Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	400
Austria	7	25	4 185	1	1	200	1	1	320
Bosnia and Herzegovina	16	31	10 301	11	29	4 240	6	13	4 622
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	400
Bulgaria	1	2	140	-	-	-	-	-	-
Montenegro	5	5	1 600	1	2	300	-	-	-
Czech Republic	1	1	800	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	-	-	-	1	1	320	-	-	-
Finland	1	1	500	-	-	-	-	-	-
France	1	2	1 200	1	1	421	-	-	-
India	-	-	-	1	5	5 000	-	-	-
Italy	7	57	18 755	-	-	-	-	-	-
Japan	2	16	2 181	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, Republic of	1	6	819	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	1	1	600	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary	4	5	950	-	-	-	1	1	350
Germany	2	2	750	2	2	700	2	5	1 400
Poland	2	4	940	2	3	500	-	-	-
Portugal	2	2	700	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	1	11	3 750	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	14	20	7 754	1	1	250	-	-	-
Serbia	10	18	7 810	4	5	1 300	3	3	720
Spain	1	2	400	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	2	3	1 200	1	1	600	-	-	-
Taiwan	-	-	-	1	6	1 800	-	-	-
Ukraine	-	-	-	1	1	300	-	-	-
Uruguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	200

1) The sum of performed plays does not have to be the same as in the row “Total”, because one play can be performed on several different locations.

2. PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHOIR, LADO – NATIONAL FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE OF CROATIA

2.1. EMPLOYEES, 2008/2009 SEASON

	Orchestras, ensembles, choirs	Employees							Personnel working on contractual basis
		All	Men	Women	Employed full- time	Artists		Other	All	Men	Women
		All	Men	Women	Employed full- time	Total	Conductors	Other	All	Men	Women

Professional orchestras and ensembles	22	355	238	117	349	331	3	24	519	317	202
Symphony and large orchestras	7	350	234	116	349	327	3	23	327	194	133
Chamber orchestras	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	151	95	56
Chamber ensembles	10	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	41	28	13

Professional choir	1	49	21	28	49	47	-	2	16	12	4

LADO – National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia	1	74	41	33	74	57	-	17	30	22	8

2.2. CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES AND FESTIVITIES AND ATTENDANCE, 2008/2009 SEASON

	Professional orchestras and ensembles		Professional choir		LADO – National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia
	Concerts, performances and festivities	Attendance	Concerts, performances and festivities	Attendance	Concerts, performances and festivities	Attendance

Total	590	237 252	22	7 090	92	78 510
Concerts	548	223 552	20	5 190	75	58 910
Home	287	130 832	11	3 710	33	13 210
On tour	176	52 380	8	1 300	31	31 500
On tour abroad	85	40 340	1	180	11	14 200
Performing on performances and festivities	42	13 700	2	1 900	17	19 600

2.3. CONCERTS AND ATTENDANCE ON TOURS ABROAD, 2008/2009 SEASON

	Professional orchestras and ensembles			Professional choir			LADO – National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia
	Tours	Concerts	Attendance	Tours	Concerts	Attendance	Tours	Concerts	Attendance

Total	40	85	40 340	1	1	180	7	11	14 200

Austria	5	5	5 500	-	-	-	1	1	600
Belgium	1	1	750	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	9	4 500	-	-	-	1	2	2 500
Czech Republic	1	1	150	-	-	-	1	1	1 000
France	3	4	1 550	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	1	1	1 200	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy	2	6	2 150	1	1	180	-	-	-
Japan	2	8	3 200	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada	1	4	2 000	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liechtenstein	2	2	1 400	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary	2	6	2 400	-	-	-	2	3	3 800
Germany	3	8	3 600	-	-	-	-	-	-
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5 700
USA	2	11	4 500	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovakia	1	1	250	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	2	2	350	-	-	-	1	1	600
Spain	2	6	2 400	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	3	8	2 900	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	1	2	1 540	-	-	-	-	-	-

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data are the result of the processing of statistical reports filled in by professional, children’s and amateurs’ theatres on the Annual Report on Theatres (KU-1 form), then by professional orchestras, ensembles and choirs on the Annual Report on Professional Orchestras, Ensembles and Choirs (KU-2 form), and finally by the LADO – National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia on the Annual Report on Professional Folk and Song Ensembles (KU-3 form).

Coverage and comparability

The survey covers professional, professional children’s and amateurs’ theatres, professional orchestras, ensembles and choirs on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, which were performing in the 2008/2009 season, and the LADO – National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia.

Definitions and explanations

Professional theatre is a cultural and artistic institution, that is, an artistic organisation either with a resident professional company or a professional company recruited only for individual performances on contractual basis.

Professional children’s theatre is a professional theatre regularly giving performances for children, which includes the participation of children along with that of a professional company.

Amateurs’ theatre is a theatre in which the artistic company consists mostly of amateurs. It can be either independent, or making a part of an association of cultural-artistic amateurism, home of culture etc.

Scene is a separate space in a theatre or on other location on which a professional company performs.

Professional orchestras/choirs are musical ensembles consisting of professional musicians/singers, who may be employed either on permanent or on contractual basis.

LADO – National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia is a professional institution aimed at collecting authentic national folklore and artistic presentation of folk dances, music and songs.

Concert is a public performance that is a constituent part of the whole programme of an event, while performing during formal events and festivities includes participation only in a part of the whole program.

Abbreviations

USA United States of America

etc. and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

Symbols

- no occurrence

Performances

Sources and methods of data collection

Definitions and explanations