Statistical Round-up of the Performing Arts in Korea

Sung Yeop LEE

Artistic Director, Uijeongbu Music Theatre Festival

Professor, Korea National University of Arts

May, 2008

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Statistical Round-up of the Performing Arts in Korea

Contents

1. Theatre (Performing Space)

2. Artistic Company

3. Performing Arts Festival

4. Performance

5. Performing Arts Market

6. Government’s Budget of the Performing Arts

7. Human Resources

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Survey purpose - To take in the situation of the performing arts in Korea- To provide fundamental data for government policy-making

Survey population

Sampling method - Stratified simple random sampling

Survey method - interview and questionnaire by FAX, EMAIL and mails

Survey period - administrative organs : Oct. 17~Nov. 2, 2007 - theatres and companies : Oct. 29~Dec. 7, 2007

Survey organization - administrative organs : Korea Arts Management Service - performing arts centers and performing arts companies : NI Korea Inc.

Population (no.) Significant figures (no.) Remarks

administrative organs 248 248Complete

enumeration theatres 637 342 Sample survey performing arts companies

2,385 843 Sample survey

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Seoul, Gyeonggi and

Incheon

Daejeon

Gwangju

Jeju

Busan

Number of Theatres and Halls - 637 theatres, 847 halls

Location of Theatres - 347(54.5%) theatres located in the Metropolitan area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon)

Data items (UNIT : number (%)) 2006 (Year)

Theatres 637

Halls 847

Region Metropolitan area 347 (54.5%)

other region 290 (45.5%)

1. Theatre (Performing Space)

other reg ion45.5%

m etropolitanarea

54.5%

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Scale of Halls - large-scale halls (over 1,000 seats) : 10.5% - medium and small-scale halls (under 1,000 seats) : 89.5%

Type of establishment body - 305 public theatres (47.9%) - 332 private theatres (52.1%)

Data items 2006 (Year)

Theatres 637

Halls 847

Scale of space

over 1,000 seats 85 (10.5%)

300~1,000 seats 373 (45.9%)

under 300 seats 354 (43.6%)

Establishment body public 305 (47.9%)

private 332 (52.1%)

1. Theatre (Performing Space)

under 300s eats43.6% 300~1,000

s eats45.9%

over1,000s eats

10.5 %

private52.1 %

public47.9 %

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2. Artistic Company

Number of artistic companies - total 2,385 companies

Location - 1,283 companies (53.8%) located in the Metropolitan area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon)

Type of organization - 247 public companies (10.4%) - 2,138 private companies (89.6%)

Data items 2006 (Year) artistic companies 2,385

Region metropolitan area 1,283 (53.8%) other 1,102 (46.2%)

Legal Status public 247 (10.4%) private 2,138 (89.6%)

private89.6%

public10.4%

other region63.6%

metropolitanarea

36.4%

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2. Artistic Company

Genre of artistic companies

- 792 western music companies (33.2%) - 202 multidisciplinary arts companies (8.5%)

Data items (UNIT: number (%)) 2006 (Year)

Artistic companies 2,385

Genre

Theater 521 (21.8%)

Dance 409 (17.1%)

Western music 792 (33.2%)

Korean traditional music 461 (19.3%)

Multidisciplinary arts 202 (8.5%)

8.5%

19.3%

33.2%

17.1%

21.8%theater

dance

western music

Korea traditional music

multidisciplinary arts

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3. Performing Arts Festival

Survey Target - 248 local governments

Number of performing arts festivals - total 88 festivals (Theater, Dance, Music, etc.)

Region - 32 festivals (36.4%) in the Metropolitan area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon)

Government subsidies - 62 festivals (70.5%)

Data items (UNIT : number (%)) 2006 (Year)

local governments 248

festivals 88

Region metropolitan area 32 (36.4%)

other regions 56 (63.6%)

Government subsidy yes 62 (70.5%)

no 26 (29.5%)

other region63.6%

metropolitanarea

36.4%

not-s upported

29.5%

s upported70.5%

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3. Performing Arts Festival

Genre of festivals - on the basis of 62 festivals supported by governments - 24 theater festivals (38.7%) - 20 music festivals (32.3%) - 6 dance festivals (9.7%) - 12 Multi-genre festivals (19.3%)

(UNIT : number, %)

Genre 2006 (Year)

Total 62 (100.0)

Theater 24 (38.7)

Music 20 (32.3)

Dance 6 (9.7)

Multi 12 (19.3)

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4. Performance

Productions(or Presentation) - on the basis of 847 halls (in 637 theatres) - total 42,055 productions presented in 2006

Data items 2006 (Year)

number of halls 847

productions total number 42,055

average (per hall) 49.7

Productions by genre

(UNIT: number(%))

Genre 2006 (Year)

Total 42,055 (100.0)

Theater 12,834 (30.5)

Dance 3,701 (8.8)

Western music 19,024 (45.2) Korean traditional music

3,462 (8.2)

Multidisciplinary arts 3,035 (7.2)7.2%

8.2%

45.2%

8.8%

30.5%theater

dance

western music

Korean traditional music

multidisciplinary arts

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4. Performance

attendees

- on the basis of 637 theatres - 29,046,227 attendees in 2006

total Ticketed Non-ticketed

attendees 29,046,227 15,751, 855

(54.2%)

13,294,372

(45.8%)

non-tic keted 13,294,372

45.8% tic keted 15,751,855

54.2%

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5. Performing arts market

Income and expenses

- Total income of theatres and companies in 2006 : approximately USD 1.4 billion - Total expenses of theatres and companies : approximately USD 1.5 billion

(UNIT : KRW 1,000 (%))

Income Expenses

Subtotal EarningGoversnment subsidies

Donations Subtotal business runningReverse carriedforward

Total 1,295,120,929 692,526,201 504,490,094 98,104,635 1,441,835,467 594,851,514 840,252,413 6,731,540

Theatre819,573,561 485,187,548

(59.2)320,453,262

(39.1)13,932,751

(1.7)800,524,005 204,934,145

(25.6)593,988,812

(74.2)1,601,048

(0.2)

Company475,547,368 207,338,652

(43.6)184,036,831

(38.7)84,171,884

(17.7)641,311,462 389,917,369

(60.8)246,263,601

(38.4)5,130,492

(0.8)

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5. Performing art market

Size of performing arts market based on Earnings - about 730 million dollars (USD) - 1.3 % of cultural industry income

(UNIT : million (KRW) (%))

Income

Total 54,668,822

(100.0)

Publication 19,392,156 (35.5)

Comic 436,235 (0.8)

Music 1,789,875 (3.3)

Game 8,679,800 (15.9)

Film · Video 3,294,820 (6.0)

Animation 233,855 (0.4)

Broadcasting 8,635,200 (15.8)

Advertising 8,417,779 (15.4)

Character 2,075,893 (3.8)

Digital education and information 992,488 (1.8)

Performing arts 692,526 (1.3)

1.3%1.8%

3.8%15.4%15.8%

0.4%6.0%

15.9%3.3%

0.8%35.5%publication

comic

music

game

film&video

animation

broadcasting

advertising

character

digital education

performing arts

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6. Government Budget

budget of the central and local governments

(UNIT: hundred million (KRW))

TotalCultural budget

Culture & Arts

Performing arts

Central government

1,513,311 18,983 10,552 1,666

Local governments

1,452,124 35,450 18,233 7,380

Total 2,965,435 54,433 28,785 9,046

- performing arts budget in 2006 : about 174 million dollars (USD)

(UNIT : million (KRW), %)

2006 (Year)

Total 166,561 (100.0)

Dance 5,291 (3.2)

Music 8,830 (5.3)

Theater 11,654 (7.0)

Korean traditional 49,372 (29.6)

Arts education 13,385 (8.0)

other 78,029 (46.8)

other46.8%

artseducation

8.0%

traditional29.6 %

theater7.0%

music5.3 %

dance3.2%

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7. Human Resources

Managing staff in theatres and artistic companies - total 15,868 managing staff working for theatres and artistic companies

total Theatres Companies

Managing staff 15,8689,371 6,497

(full-time: 78.5%) (part-time: 62.6%)

Artistic staff in artistic companies - 76,226 staff (average 32 staff per company) in 2,385 artistic companies

artistic staff

Subtotal Full-time Part-time

Total 76,22617,739

(23.3%)

58,487

(76.7%)

Average 32.0 7.4 24.5

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7. Human resources

Administrative officers - 6,058 cultural administrative officers in the Ministry of Culture & Tourism,

local governments, cultural foundations, etc.

- 2,014 administrative officers of culture and arts departments

(UNIT: persons (%))

total Culture & Arts TourismCultural industry

Cultural assets

other

Total 6,058 2,014 1,300 454 818 1,472

Ministry of Culture

465 176 70 92 - 　 127

(37.8) (15.1) (19.8) - 　 (27.3) Local self-governing

bodies

5,225 1,617  1,230  362 769 1,247

(30.9) (23.5) (6.9) (14.7) (23.9)

Arts Council / cultural

foundations

368 221 - 　 - 　 49 98

(60.1) - 　 - 　 (13.3) (26.6)

culture & arts34%

tourism21%

culturalindustry

7%

cultural assets14%

other24%

Thank you!!

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