A Wellness Handbook For The Performing Artist

Author : Alena Gerst LCSW RYT
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781452595528

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A Wellness Handbook for the Performing Artist by Alena Gerst LCSW RYT Pdf

Celebrity, fame, wealth, the big timefor many people, these are some of the images conjured by thoughts of a career as a professional performing artist. But for the hundreds of thousands of active professional performing artists in the United States, the big time matters far less than all the time. In other words, your health needs as a performerusing your body, voice, and emotions in your workfar outweigh mainstream recommendations for optimal health. In A Wellness Handbook for the Performing Artist: The Performers Essential Guide to Staying Healthy in Body, Mind, and Spirit, Alena Gerst examines issues that go beyond the importance of training or navigating the business of performing. It is the first book to prioritize the performers well-being, your ultimate key to a long and satisfying career.

Author : Gerald Klickstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199711291

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The Musician's Way : A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness by Gerald Klickstein Pdf

In The Musician's Way, veteran performer and educator Gerald Klickstein combines the latest research with his 30 years of professional experience to provide aspiring musicians with a roadmap to artistic excellence. Part I, Artful Practice, describes strategies to interpret and memorize compositions, fuel motivation, collaborate, and more. Part II, Fearless Performance, lifts the lid on the hidden causes of nervousness and shows how musicians can become confident performers. Part III, Lifelong Creativity, surveys tactics to prevent music-related injuries and equips musicians to tap their own innate creativity. Written in a conversational style, The Musician's Way presents an inclusive system for all instrumentalists and vocalists to advance their musical abilities and succeed as performing artists.

Author : Paola Savvidou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Musicians
ISBN : 0190868813

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Teaching the Whole Musician by Paola Savvidou Pdf

"This book offers applied music instructors a practical guide for supporting their students' wellness by integrating holistic techniques into their pedagogy. The main argument in this book is that the mentorship dynamic within the applied studio situates the pedagogue in a unique position to guide and mentor their students towards a healthy and satisfying artistic life. Wellness, as a relatively new dimension within health education for musicians, can be intimidating for applied instructors. Many teachers lack the training and confidence to enter conversations in this arena. Grounded in recent research, coupled with extensive in-person interviews with students, faculty and healthcare professionals, this book demystifies the causes, challenges, and limiting factors around maintaining a healthy artistic practice, while revealing practical solutions for achieving and maintaining wellness as a performing artist. Each chapter includes a toolkit of practical exercises and activities that can be easily integrated within the applied lesson. Topics covered include injury-prevention, alignment and the breathing mechanism, mental health, contemplative practices, Laban Movement Analysis, nutrition, and sleep"--

Author : Gerald Klickstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195343137

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The Musician's Way by Gerald Klickstein Pdf

In The Musician's Way, veteran performer and educator Gerald Klickstein draws on the latest research and his 30 years of professional experience to provide aspiring musicians with a roadmap to artistic excellence. Written in a conversational style, the text articulates landmark strategies that equip readers to advance their musical abilities and succeed as performing artists.

Author : Louise Montello
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153902993X

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Performance Wellness Manual by Louise Montello Pdf

The Performance Wellness Manual is a comprehensive guide to the Montello Method for Performance Wellness (PW), a multi-modal, research-based approach designed to offer performers, arts educators, creative arts therapists, and performing arts medicine practitioners a deeper understanding of the implications of stress in performance, as well as practical tools for allowing the mind-body to become a resilient "instrument" in the face of stressful situations. Integrating techniques from the fields of music therapy, neuropsychology and yoga science, the cornerstone of the PW approach is Essential Musical Intelligence, the innate ability to use music and sound to bypass the limitations of the rational, conscious mind and instantly connect with your creative source to manifest healing, mastery, and joy in performance and in daily life. In the Performance Wellness Manual you will learn: Ways to use music and sound as self-reflecting, transformational tools to facilitate creativity and total wellness Processes to target the underlying causes of performance anxiety Powerful mind-body awareness techniques to reduce stress Tools to reprogram negative thoughts Keys to preventing overuse injuries How to create a customized daily self-care practice Methods to overcome performance challenges in real time How to nurture a deep connection with your audience

Author : Janice Papolos
Publisher : Writers Digest Books
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1988-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0898793181

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The Performing Artist's Handbook by Janice Papolos Pdf

A manual on achieving success as a performing musician includes advice on resumes, management, debut recitals, publicity, and tax planning

Author : Paola Savvidou
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190868796

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Teaching the Whole Musician by Paola Savvidou Pdf

"This book offers applied music instructors a practical guide for supporting their students' wellness by integrating holistic techniques into their pedagogy. The main argument in this book is that the mentorship dynamic within the applied studio situates the pedagogue in a unique position to guide and mentor their students towards a healthy and satisfying artistic life. Wellness, as a relatively new dimension within health education for musicians, can be intimidating for applied instructors. Many teachers lack the training and confidence to enter conversations in this arena. Grounded in recent research, coupled with extensive in-person interviews with students, faculty and healthcare professionals, this book demystifies the causes, challenges, and limiting factors around maintaining a healthy artistic practice, while revealing practical solutions for achieving and maintaining wellness as a performing artist. Each chapter includes a toolkit of practical exercises and activities that can be easily integrated within the applied lesson. Topics covered include injury-prevention, alignment and the breathing mechanism, mental health, contemplative practices, Laban Movement Analysis, nutrition, and sleep"--

Author : Wilmerding, Mary Virginia,Krasnow, Donna,International Association for Dance Medicine & Science
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781492515814

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Dance Wellness by Wilmerding, Mary Virginia,Krasnow, Donna,International Association for Dance Medicine & Science Pdf

Dancer Wellness, created by the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, offers guidance on the foundations, mental components, and physical aspects of dancer wellness. Readers will learn concepts and strategies to develop as dancers and to create their own dancer wellness plan.

Author : Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, LCSW
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781608686919

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The Final 8th by Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, LCSW Pdf

Blocked? A Revolutionary Guide to Getting Unstuck Author Bridgit Dengel Gaspard coined the term "the final eighth" to describe a phenomenon she experienced herself and observed in others: talented, energetic, motivated people accomplish many steps toward a goal (seven-eighths of it) but then are mysteriously stalled. Practical tips and pep talks don't work because the problem — and the solution — lies deeper. While the conscious, everyday self says, "I want this," other inner selves worry that success will put them in some kind of danger. The powerful secret? Not every part of you wants what you think you want! The innovative technique of voice dialogue will help you communicate with your alter egos, whatever your goal is. In the process, you'll discover and liberate inner "wise counselors, canny advisers, and magical sages," transforming them into valuable allies who'll help you finally achieve your goals.

Author : Jamie Gold
Publisher : Tiller Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781982139049

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Wellness by Design by Jamie Gold Pdf

Design your home to optimize your healthy lifestyle with this room-by-room guide from certified kitchen designer and wellness design consultant Jamie Gold. Like a lot of folks these days, you’re committed to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You watch your diet, stay active, meditate, and surround yourself with positive people. So why should your home be any different? Residential designer Jamie Gold has spent years defining the exciting new field of wellness design, which explores how simple changes to things like lighting, fixtures, storage, and outdoor space can make a huge difference in how you feel every day. Wellness by Design offers a room-by-room guide to refreshing your space so that it supports muscle and bone health, encourages clean eating, prevents disease, and promotes safety, fitness, serenity, and joy. Whether you’re training for a marathon or recovering from an injury, building your dream home or decorating your new rental, the design of your home can help—or hinder—your active lifestyle. This book will help you keep your fitness goals and stay on track for a long and healthy life.

Author : Rachel Moore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781501126642

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The Artist's Compass by Rachel Moore Pdf

"An inspiring, real world guide for artists in the classic bestselling tradition of What Color Is Your Parachute? that shows how to build a successful, stable career in the performing arts, from the President and CEO of the Los Angeles Music Center who has carved her own success through her creative talent and business skill. While performing artists have many educational opportunities to perfect their craft, they are often on their own when it comes to learning the business skills necessary to launch their careers. At the end of the day, show business is, well, a business. In The Artist's Compass, Los Angeles Music Center CEO Rachel Moore shares how to make life as a performer more successful, secure, and sustainable by approaching a career in the arts like an entrepreneur. A former dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's corps de ballet, Moore knows firsthand what it's like to struggle and succeed as an artist. Now in an offstage role as CEO, Moore shares the hard-won lessons she's learned about making one's own success and encourages every performer to develop creative talent alongside marketable skills. With testimonials from artists like Lang Lang, Sigourney Weaver, and Renee Fleming, plus inspiring anecdotes from Moore's own journey in the arts, The Artist's Compass teaches aspiring performers how to think like an entrepreneur to create their own brand and marketing platform to achieve personal and professional success. In an engaging, realistic, and authoritative voice, Moore combines her artistic and corporate experience to address the finer points of building a career in a challenging industry, teaching young performers how to achieve financial independence so that they might have creative independence"--

Author : Robert Sataloff,Alice Branfonbrener,Richard Lederman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0975886258

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Performing Arts Medicine by Robert Sataloff,Alice Branfonbrener,Richard Lederman Pdf

Author : Tiina Rosenberg,Sandra D'Urso,Anna Renée Winget
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030695552

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The Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance by Tiina Rosenberg,Sandra D'Urso,Anna Renée Winget Pdf

The purpose of this Handbook is to provide students with an overview of key developments in queer and trans feminist theories and their significance to the field of contemporary performance studies. It presents new insights highlighting the ways in which rigid or punishing notions of gender, sexuality and race continue to flourish in systems of knowledge, faith and power which are relevant to a new generation of queer and trans feminist performers today. The guiding question for the Handbook is: How do queer and trans feminist theories enhance our understanding of developments in feminist performance today, and will this discussion give rise to new ways of theorizing contemporary performance? As such, the volume will survey a new generation of performers and theorists, as well as senior scholars, who engage and redefine the limits of performance. The chapters will demonstrate how intersectional, queer and trans feminist theoretical tools support new analyses of performance with a global focus. The primary audience will be students of theatre/ performance studies as well as queer /gender studies. The volume’s contents suggest close links between the formation of queer feminist identities alongside recent key political developments with transnational resonances. Furthermore, the emergence of new queer and trans feminist epistemologies prompts a reorientation regarding performance and identities in a 21st-century context.

Author : Sharon Mabry
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810884090

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The Performing Life by Sharon Mabry Pdf

The Performing Life: A Singer’s Guide to Survival is the first-hand account of the 35-year career of singer, music professor, and recording artist Sharon Mabry, who draws on personal experience to explore how professional singers survive in the face of personal and professional pressures, exorbitant expectations, illness, and the demands of their public. She details the factors that can change the course of a particular performance or an entire career. Mabry offers sage advice for how singers can bolster themselves mentally, physically, and emotionally in order to maintain their powers of performance. Divided into two parts The Performing Life focuses first on such basics as the need for extensive preparation, discovering your performance niche, acquiring mentors, determining your “maintenance level,” finding a strong support system, learning how and what to organize, and discovering how to groom body and mind. In the second half, Mabry draws on her wealth of personal stories to dig more deeply into such seemingly mundane but absolutely critical matters as personal health (illness, food allergies, insomnia), logistical challenges presented by venue location and performance dynamics, and the difficulties off-stage organized by the recording studio. In all instances, Mabry illustrates how perseverance, organization, attention to detail, excellent training, strong planning, a resilient support system, and a good sense of humor can lead to a successful and satisfying career during even the most difficult times.

Author : Ronald J. Burke,Astrid M. Richardsen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783471706

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Corporate Wellness Programs by Ronald J. Burke,Astrid M. Richardsen Pdf

øCorporate Wellness Programs offers contributions from international experts, examining the planning, implementation and evaluation of wellness initiatives in organizations, and offering guidance on how to introduce these programs in to the workplace.