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Performing Arts and Therapeutic Implications (Paperback)
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Performing Arts and Therapeutic Implications (Paperback)
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Presenting an alternative perspective, this book proposes that
performing arts forge an emotional bond between the performer and
the audience, making the act of performance a therapeutic and
restorative experience, and not merely recreational. Studying the
life-experiences of six artists, and their unique engagement with
three art forms - music, drama and dance - the book highlights the
physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual effects of performing
arts both on the performers and the audience. More importantly, it
takes the current understanding of the therapeutic role of arts
beyond a deficit model of health that focuses on their use in
curing illnesses, disabilities and imbalances, towards a more
positive growth-centric model that relates them to promoting
holistic mental health, well-being and happiness. It thus bridges
the gap between the theoretical understanding of creative arts
therapy and the practical experience of performing arts in
non-therapeutic settings. Further, it assumes increasing relevance
with respect to fast-changing lifestyles to which stress and
ill-health are often attributed. The book will appeal to artists,
educators and researchers of performing arts, applied psychology,
counselling and therapy, and cultural studies, as well as
interested general readers.
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