# Why the live arts matter

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxYYC
- Speaker: Ben Cameron
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design, Music, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_cameron_why_the_live_arts_matter)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How can the magic of live theater, live music, live dance compete with the always-on Internet? Ben Cameron offers a bold look forward to a world where live arts matter more than ever -- to link humans together at a primal level of shared experience.

## Lectures

1. [Why the live arts matter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ben_cameron_why_the_live_arts_matter/08c2cf14f279), 13 min (TED's player)