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Creativity and the Performing Artist
Behind the Mask
Reviews creativity research in the performing arts regarding creative process, increasing creativity, career trajectories, and enhancing performance
Paula Thomson (Author), Victoria S. Jaque (Author)
9780128040515
Hardback, published 20 January 2017
500 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.94 kg
Creativity and the Performing Artist: Behind the Mask synthesizes and integrates research in the field of creativity and the performing arts. Within the performing arts there are multiple specific domains of expertise, with domain-specific demands. This book examines the psychological nature of creativity in the performing arts. The book is organized into five sections. Section I discusses different forms of performing arts, the domains and talents of performers, and the experience of creativity within performing artists. Section II explores the neurobiology of physiology of creativity and flow. Section III covers the developmental trajectory of performing artists, including early attachment, parenting, play theories, personality, motivation, and training. Section IV examines emotional regulation and psychopathology in performing artists. Section V closes with issues of burnout, injury, and rehabilitation in performing artists.
Section I: Creativity Theory and Performing Artists1. Understanding Creativity in the Performing Arts2. Domains in the Performing Arts3. The Person: Talent and Performing Artists4. Creative Experiences5. Imagination and Fantasy Section II: Biological Manifestations of Creativity in Performing Artists6. Neurobiology, Creativity, and Performing Artists7. Physiology and Creativity8. Flow and Neurophysiological Responses Section III: Development of the Performing Artist9. Early Development10. Play and Theory of Mind11. Attachment, Parenting, and Childhood Adversity12. Personality and Motivation13. Training the Performing Artist Section IV: Emotion: Regulation, Resilience, and Pathology14. Self-Regulation, Emotion, and Resilience15. Mood and Creativity in the Performing Artist16. Unresolved Mourning and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Performing Artist17. Performing Artists and Psychopathology Section V: Professional Reality of a Performing Artist18. Careers in the Performing Arts19. Injuries and Rehabilitation20. Health Concerns and Burnout
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