Recovery and Well-being in the Performing Arts (Advances in Recovery and Stress Research)

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, this book contextualises recovery challenges in performing arts while maintaining positive health and well-being levels essential for performance.Chapters examine recovery from both individual and organisational 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 resea