A significant focus in the performing arts is how music, drama, and music theatre can support the health and well-being of performers, learners, and audience members.
The research themes include:
- Performing arts and resilience
- Performing arts across the lifespan
- Performing arts and memory
- Health and well-being of performers
| Researcher | Details |
|---|---|
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Brook
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PERMA well-being for older adults engaged in integrated singing and dancing activities |
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Christie 
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Collaborative music practices to support well-being A care-centered approach to vocal science |
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Dalbec-Szczesniak
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Music performance health (physical and mental) |
|
Leung  |
Musician wellness Entrepreneurship |
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Pegley
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Music, nostalgia, and identity within mass-mediated benefit concerts Music, trauma and nationhood after 9/11 Canadian soldiers, music and mental health ‘in theatre’ and in post deployment |
|
Renihan
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Accessible and inclusive music theatre programming for older adults The benefits of singing, dancing, and creating stories through online platforms for older adults Aesthetics of singing, collaboration, community in creative spaces online Well-being and accomplishment in community music theatre |
