1st Edition
Recovery and Well-being in the Performing Arts
Series foreword
Michael Kellmann and Jürgen Beckmann
Preface
Eckart Altenmüller, Michael Kellmann, Jürgen Beckmann, and Gene M. Moyle
Part I: Conceptualizing the problem
1) Recovery concepts and diversity of approaches to recovery in the performing arts: A general introduction
Eckart Altenmüller, Jürgen Beckmann, Michael Kellmann, and Gene M. Moyle
2) Societal, physical, and organizational pressures in the performing arts
Bronwen J. Ackermann and Dirk D. Steiner
3) Developing monitoring systems for the performing arts: Theoretical and practical applications
Annie C. Jeffries and Aaron J. Coutts
Part II: Recovery and well-being of performing artists
4) Managing the practice load: Recovery-stress balance and injury risk in performing arts
Derrick Brown-Appenzeller, Jamie Tallent, and Matthew Wyon
5) Mindfulness as a tool for enhancing recovery in the performing arts
Peta Blevins, Shona Erskine, and Luke Hopper
6) Recovery in professional musicians
Maria Schuppert and Eckart Altenmüller
7) Dance injury: Psychological and psychosocial factors in prevention, recovery and return to performance
Lynda Mainwaring
8) Recovery of the singers voice
Bernhard Richter
9) Optimizing recovery: Supporting artists to flourish in circus, and in life
Melanie Stuckey, David Munro, Stephanie Greenspan, and Joanna Nicholas
Part III: Inside an organization: Complex challenges for recovery and well-being
10) Musicians in classical orchestras: Challenges and employer responsibilities
Eckart Altenmüller
11) Managing mental and physical fatigue in a professional ballet company
Matthew Wirdnam, Aoife McDonnell, Dimity Azoury, and Susan Mayes
12) Creating magic on and off the stage: Cirque du Soleil contextual recovery and well-being approaches
Veronique Richard, Chad Fraser, and Bernard Petiot
Part IV: Performing arts as a resource for recovery in our society
13) Music and arts interventions for well-being and healthy brain ageing
Nella Moisseinen and Teppo Särkämö
14) Recovery approaches in music-based interventions and music therapy
Thomas Stegemann and Michael J. Silverman
15) Dance – A lifeline for holistic recovery and creative aging
Erica R. Jeffrey, Clare Guss-West, and David Leventhal
16) The reparative artist: CoActive therapeutic theater in service of recovery
Dave Mowers and Laura L. Wood
17) Music as a resource for health and well-being: Epidemiological and big data studies
J. Matt McCrary and Christina Davies
18) Towards implementing scientifically based recovery strategies in the performing arts
Eckart Altenmüller and Gene M. Moyle
Biography
Eckart Altenmüller is a Professor Emeritus of Music Physiology and Musician’s 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.
