Investigating the critical relationship between recovery, fatigue, working conditions, and societal pressures in the performing arts, this comprehensive text brings together international experts from psychology, medicine, and sport science. It highlights important research on recovery and its physiological and psychological implications for performing artists across music, dance, acting, and circus performance.
Divided into four parts, the book contextualizes recovery challenges in performing arts while maintaining positive health and well-being levels essential for performance. Chapters examine recovery from both individual and organizational perspectives, and address how recovery and well-being can be induced and sustained, preventing overuse, and enabling creativity and self-efficacy. Contributors provide scientific state-of-the-art approaches answering crucial questions that also address societal and systemic challenges in the performing arts. They provide valuable insights for researchers, while offering practical guidance for anyone involved in supporting the physical and mental health of performing artists across diverse artistic disciplines.
This essential resource will be of interest to both academic communities and applied practice professionals concerned with human health and well-being in performing arts, including artistic directors, performing artists, coaches, conductors, composers, and healthcare teams working with performers.
Investigating the critical relationship between recovery, fatigue, working conditions, and societal pressures in the performing arts, this comprehensive text brings together international experts from psychology, medicine, and sport science.
Series foreword. Preface. Part I: Conceptualizing the problem. 1)
Recovery concepts and diversity of approaches to recovery in the performing
arts: A general introduction. 2) Societal, physical, and organizational
pressures in the performing arts. 3) Developing monitoring systems for the
performing arts: Theoretical and practical applications. Part II: Recovery
and well-being of performing artists. 4) Managing the practice load:
Recovery-stress balance and injury risk in performing arts. 5) Mindfulness as
a tool for enhancing recovery in the performing arts. 6) Recovery in
professional musicians. 7) Dance injury: Psychological and psychosocial
factors in prevention, recovery and return to performance. 8) Recovery of the
singers voice. 9) Optimizing recovery: Supporting artists to flourish in
circus, and in life. Part III: Inside an organization: Complex challenges for
recovery and well-being. 10) Musicians in classical orchestras: Challenges
and employer responsibilities. 11) Managing mental and physical fatigue in a
professional ballet company. 12) Creating magic on and off the stage: Cirque
du Soleil contextual recovery and well-being approaches. Part IV: Performing
arts as a resource for recovery in our society. 13) Music and arts
interventions for well-being and healthy brain ageing. 14) Recovery
approaches in music-based interventions and music therapy. 15) Dance A
lifeline for holistic recovery and creative aging. 16) The reparative artist:
CoActive therapeutic theater in service of recovery. 17) Music as a resource
for health and well-being: Epidemiological and big data studies. 18) Towards
implementing scientifically based recovery strategies in the performing arts.
Eckart Altenmüller is a Professor Emeritus of Music Physiology and Musicians Medicine at the University of Music, Drama and Media, Hannover, Germany.
Michael Kellmann is a Professor of Sport Psychology at the Faculty of Sport Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He is also an Honorary Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia.
Jürgen Beckmann is Professor of Sport Psychology and Emeritus of Excellence in the School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is currently member of the Psycho-Cardiological Consultation Group at the German Heart Centre Munich. He is also an Honorary Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia.
Gene M. Moyle is a Professor of Dance, Sport and Exercise Psychologist and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Programs and Partnerships) at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
