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56(and new lives) that can be extrapolated to the realm of live experience? How can this augmented reality be feasibly experienced in a shared manner by artists and the rest of the audience?• The Wall Street Journal produced a video53of Sarah Lane, a dancer belonging to the American Ballet Theatre, preparing to perform The Sleeping Beauty at the Lincoln Center. It showed, in 360 degrees, the step-by-step process down to the end result. This is undoubtedly a fantastic means of actively teaching about artistic processes as it makes them understandable and attractive to audiences. To optimise viewing, it is not su cient to press play and merely gaze at the screen; instead, we need to scroll around in all directions, interacting with the mouse or with our nger. The 360-degree experience is starting to gain ground in many stage performances. The video clip of the number ‘Circle of Life’ from the Broadway musical The Lion King54 has proved to be a huge Internet hit.• Without a doubt, the landmark project in this eld is Google Cultural Institute’s Performing Arts,55 which underlines the possibilities this technology has to o er in music, opera, theatre, dance and performances, featuring images of artists, performers and shows on leading stages.• VANBeethoven,56 an experiment led by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, is particularly noteworthy in its conception of immersive user environments and experiences that go beyond the dimensional notion of a live show. Through Oculus devices based on Samsung Gear VR technology, virtual reality comes to classical music, helping it engage with a broad variety of audiences. More at: https://youtu.be/WiHlVPj6i-o.© Google Cultural Institute Homepage of the website of the Performing Arts project of Google Cultural Institute© La PhilGustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra o ers a virtual-reality concert as part of the project VANBeethoven• The spectacular immersive mapping technique, both outdoor and indoor, can also serve the same purpose. An interesting case is the performance of the Youtube Symphony Orchestra57 at Sydney Opera House.• Even the use of GoPro cameras – as in Waltz on the Wall,58 a dance show by Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber – gives the audience an insight into the sensation of vertigo and verticality experienced by the dancers.• Similar cases are the Czech Philharmonic59 performing a piece by Richard Strauss, the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra60 performing Copland and the violinist Lara St John61HOW THE PERFORMING ARTS ARE CHANGING IN THE DIGITAL AGE · PEPE ZAPATA