File List: Data comprises three .xlsx files: Variables.xlsxList of variables in data files, with brief explanation. Portal_questionnaire_data.xlsxQuantitative ratings on Likert-scale and qualitative open-ended answers to questionnaire. Answers per respondent on rows, with demographic information, and with variables in 30 columns. Total number of answers (rows) is 69. Open-ended answers in this file are in the original language (Finnish or English). Total number of open-ended answers is 67. Portal_questionnaire_open_answers.xlsxOriginal open-ended answers given in Finnish or English, per respondent, and answers originally given in Finnish translated into English with help of Google translate. Number of columns is 3, and total number of open-ended answers is 67. The 2 missing values indicate that respondents have replied in questions with answers on Likert-scale but have not given any open-ended feedback. Relationship between files: Open-ended answers in Finnish and English in file Portal_questionnaire_open_answers.xlsx are connected with quantitative ratings on Likert-scale and qualitative open-ended answers in original language in file Portal_questionnaire_data.xlsx using ID number of subject in the first column in both files. Description of methods used for data collection are described in detail in working paper A virtual dance performance for attracting new audiences – preliminary results from a survey of audience experience by Ruotoistenmäki et al. (2026) (manuscript, no link yet) In short, 69 answers to questionnaire were given after viewing the performance online by filling in an online questionnaire. Raw data from answers to questionnaires were extracted from Google Forms server as .csv files and imported in MS Excel. The original number of respondents was 69. No answers have been removed. We replaced two missing values for open-ended answers in cells with the text 'MISSING'. All data is in .xlsx files that have one sheet per file. No specific packages or libraries are needed. We checked the quality of the data for missing values and correct date and time values by visual inspection of the data and charts drawn based on the data in MS Excel.

This work was done within the MAGICS community - Finnish national infrastructure for human in the digital world: https://magics.fi