There has been an increasing anticipation of the utility of Cultural & Art Center as the interest in the development of cultural art changes to community-centered approach. The management of the Cultural & Art Center, therefore, makes use of specializ...
There has been an increasing anticipation of the utility of Cultural & Art Center as the interest in the development of cultural art changes to community-centered approach. The management of the Cultural & Art Center, therefore, makes use of specialization, various combination of marketing, partial characterization, and planned approaches to cultural customers, seeking a business strategy that responses to the cultural phenomenons.
In the sector of stage technology, as well, the allocation of stage manager in the theater to play a pivotal role of public services takes place gradually in line with the business strategy of Cultural & Art Center. Thus, this study specifically analyzes the behavior of stage managers working in the Cultural & Art Center and suggests the figure of performance expert in preparation for the future creative ecology of local culture and art. Moreover, based on the voices of real field, it aims to contribute to the selection of talented people who are with formal rationality and reestablishment of the role of stage technology for the provision of substantive public services.
The study also queries stakeholders who are in cooperation with the stage managers to examine the importance of competences that the stage manager should possess and further determines the expectation about talents and abilities that the stage managers of Cultural & Art Center demonstrate in a common understanding. Furthermore, it analyzes the real condition and competences that the stage managers themselves think of, expectation and consciousness about roles in their routine tasks, and the perception gaps in their duties.
An investigation on the data about the roles and competences of stage managers that have been demonstrated in the preceding research was carried out, and through the interviews with stage managers in the theater including experts in performing arts, an analysis for all data collected from the survey was conducted using SPSS 18.0. For the method of data analysis, frequency analysis to understand the composition of respondents, descriptive statistics analysis to identify descriptive statistics quantity, and independent sample t-test to figure out the perception gaps between people were conducted.
Looking into the results of the analysis: First, the most importantly considered competence in the competence framework was the fundamental competence, followed by the core and general competences. Second, the vocation towards cultural art, leading ability for goal directed-ness, and knowledge about technology and characteristics of show genre and event were recognized as important competences that the stage manager needs to possess. The competences that the stakeholders recognized important for the stage managers to possess more than the stage managers in the theater were capability development and training of team members and the educational consultancy ability.
Third, looking into the classification of opinions of the theatrical art technicians based on the existence of the stage managers in the theater, it was found that the understanding of theater related knowledge was the competence that the people who belong to the theater perceived importantly for the stage manger to possess further. In addition, the basic knowledge about the administration and law was perceived as an important competency indicator of the stage manager to those people who had the stage manger in the theater, but it was not an important one to those with no stage manager in the theater. Moreover, it was indicated that creative and artistic way of problem solving through rich and diverse work experiences, organization formation for production work and demonstration, and cooperation with artists and designers were competences that the people with stage manger in the theater considered more important for the stage manger to possess than the people with no stage manager.
It is hoped that further discussions and researches will be conducted in the future based on the proposed competency framework and indicators in order to facilitate the training of stage mangers in the theater and to form the cooperative organization in the field of stage manager so as to provide a higher benefits in public services.