Posts Tagged ‘Performance’
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Our November 19th Training Event focusses on Long Term Health Issues Affecting Performing Artists with presentations covering:
Sensory Motor Release (GP/Physio)
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation of Disabled, Elderly and Multi-talented Performers (Rheumatologist)
Chronic Pain (Rheumatologist)
Ageing and Performance Q&A with Gabrielle Hamilton (actor), Fergus Early (dancer) and Catherine Butler Smith (musician)
Plus, performing arts medicine practitioners can learn from and with professional musicians in two practical sessions with violinist (and Alexander Technique teacher), Ron Colyer, and clarinettist, Andrew Roberts.
Click here to download the programme
Please note this event is now fully booked.
- Green Candle Dance Company ‘Falling About’
Attendees should come to the main reception of:
Franklin-Wilkins Building
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9NH
Venue information: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/campuses/waterloo.html
Tags: Actors, Alexander Technique, chronic pain, clarinet, Courses / Training, CPD, Dancers, Doctor, Ergonomics, Music, Musicians, Performance, Performing Arts Medicine, Playing Technique, Professional Development, violin
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Please note, this survey is now completed.
Danica Giles MBPsS (Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society) is investigating the effect of stage fright on the health and well-being of professional performing artists as part of her diploma thesis at the University of Tübingen, Germany. If you are interested, take a look at the advert below.
Danica will share the results of this very interesting survey with BAPAM and the information will help our understanding of performers’ health. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. Details of the survey findings will be available through the BAPAM website
This independent research project has been checked and approved by BAPAM but we do not have a role in the funding, design or analysis of this work. We will not ‘own’ the data or project findings.
Interested in research on the well-being of performing artists?
Participate in this online survey and you can win £100!
Are you a performer and would like to know more about how you can improve your health & well-being through recovery? Then I invite you to participate in a study about stage fright and well-being that I am conducting for my diploma thesis in psychology. Just follow the link below to a questionnaire that takes about 20 minutes to complete. Your participation is completely anonymous and you can leave the questionnaire at any time. The study has been given a favourable ethical opinion by the University of Surrey Ethics Committee. You will also be given the option to enter a draw to win one prize of 100 Pounds by providing your email address at the end of the questionnaire. In a few weeks’ time you will be able to read the results with tips on how to recover more effectively from stress (via a link given to you at the end of the questionnaire)!
CLICK HERE to complete the questionairre
Tags: Actors, Dancers, Health, Musicians, Performance, performance anxiety, Performing Arts Medicine, Psychology, Research, Singers, Stage Fright, Stress, Well-Being
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Dr Jenny Lisle has let us know about this concert she’s organised in aid of the Japanese earthquake disaster.
Taking place at 5pm on Sunday 14th August at Farrington Hall, Port Regis School, Motcombe Park, Shaftesbury, SP7 9QA
Starring: Toby Tramaseur, Midori Sugiyama & Aleksander Szram
Both violinsts were in Japan at the time the earthquake struck – on tour with the BBC Philharmonic. Midori is Co-Leader of the Orchestra.
Programme includes Japanese music and works by Sarasate, Chopin & Mozart
Tickets £15, including glass of wine or soft drink during the interval
All proceeds for PEACE WINDS JAPAN to help people directly affected by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
To book tickets please email: jrhauk@globalnet.co.uk
If unable to come to the concert donations would be greatly appreciated.
Ticket holders are welcome to picnic in the beautiful grounds of Motcombe Park before the performance – bring own rugs and food.
Tags: Concerts, Fundraising, Japan Earthquake, Peace Winds Japan, Performance, Tsunami
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
On Friday 18th November the BVA host a Voice Clinics Forum (click link for details and application form) at University Hospital of South Manchester.
Speakers include Professor Paul Carding, Mr John Rubin and Mr Julian McGlashan, and topics to be covered include meeting the challenges faced in voice clinics and new technologies such as high speed, high definition and 3D imaging.
BAPAM’s next Training Day for Performing Arts Medicine practitioners is scheduled in London the next day, Saturday 19th November, and covers areas relating to woodwind and lower strings players, disability rehabilitation, chronic pain, lifestyle and injury prevention. The full programme is to be announced.
In the nearer future, the BVA have organised an Interactive Rock & Pop Day for singers, teachers and voice therapists. It takes place on Sunday 25th September in Chiswick, London. Click here for more details and an application form.
Tags: Actors, Courses / Training, Health, Performance, Performing Arts Medicine, Professional Development, Professional Voice Users, Singers, Speech and Language Therapy, Voice Coaching
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Thursday, March 24th, 2011
This event is almost sold out. To book your place, register now.
The Royal Society of Medicine and Dance UK have once again come together to organise a one-day dance and sports medicine conference. These two areas have much in common in terms of the demands placed on the human body and mind, and the run up to the London 2012 Olympics seems a great moment to learn from each other. In these two high performance environments risk of injury is ever present and its effects can jeopardise careers. There has already been a certain amount of cross fertilisation between the worlds of sports and dance medicine, with an increasing number of practitioners having worked with both athletes and dancers.
For all the info and to book your place, click here.
Tags: Courses / Training, Dancers, Doctor, Health, Performance, Professional Development, Sports Medicine
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Grade One Success. Passed with MERIT!
Congratulations to flute virtuoso (Grade 1) and physiotherapist, Sarah Upjohn, and the 146 more Cambridge musicians who have so far raised over £46 000 for the Spinal Injuries Association. Still collecting……..
Follow the link for a right tuneless laugh courtesy of the Grade-One-A-Thon Orchestra and BBC Look East:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12581343
It’s not too late to make a donation here: http://www.justgiving.com/sarah-upjohn
Tags: Concerts, Fundraising, Musicians, Orchestra, Performance
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
Click on the image for the event flyer.
The London Cello Society‘s Well-being for Cellists workshop takes place on Sunday 13th March 2011 at the Royal Academy of Music. Expert presenters, Katherine Butler (Preventing Hand Injuries), Selma Gocken (Alexander Technique), Erika Klemperer (Psychodynamic Psychotherapy) and Felicity Vincent (Pilates Method) discuss:
How do we play our instrument in harmony with our design?
How can we take advantage of the wonderful natural coordination we possess as human beings?
How can we pass on to our students the knowledge that will prevent injuries?
What are the emotional challenges of our profession and how do they affect our well-being?
The event costs £50 or just £25 for students/concessions with a 25% discount for LCS members.
Click here for more information and to book your place.
Tags: Alexander Technique, Cello, Courses / Training, Education, Ergonomics, Hand Injuries, Health, Injury Prevention, Musicians, Performance, Pilates, Playing Technique, Professional Development, Psychotherapy, Stage Fright
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
Bookings are now open for the Foundations for Excellence Conference 2011 which takes place Monday 28 February – Tuesday 1 March at Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6DE.
Foundations for Excellence began as a Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Music and Dance Scheme conference in 2009 and now aims to provide practitioners, young musicians and dancers with access to current research, ideas, examples and good practice.
The 2011 conference gathers internationally recognised speakers (including Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist to BAPAM, Professor Rodney Grahame) to explore topics surrounding the nurturing and supporting of talented young dancers and musicians. Topics to be covered include:
Is Talent Innate or Trainable?
Ability or Image?
Developing and Supporting the Teacher
Matching Dreams with Reality
Lifestyle Strategies to Combat Performance Anxiety
Masterclass observation
Hypermobility
Training
Challenging Physiques
Teaching Young Voices Safely
Motivation and Goals
Supporting the Teacher’s Voice
Here’s the official flyer (or click on the image above): F4E Conference 2011
For further information and to book your place please visit the Foundations for Excellence website.
Tags: Courses / Training, Dancers, Education, Musicians, Performance, Professional Development, Research, Sanchita Farruque, Singers
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Autogenic Training (also called Autogenic Therapy) is a relaxation technique that can help improve stress management and increase wellbeing. Individuals learn the technique over a course of (usually 8 – 10) classes. It is a complementary therapy that is sometimes used in conjunction with conventional medical treatment for a variety of health problems, especially where stress is involved.
At our clinics, BAPAM doctors give medical advice to many performers with musculoskeletal injuries (temporarily) preventing their ability to pursue their careers/education. In addition to the physical problem, there is a psychological impact. Being injured is stressful! AT is one way of reducing the stress and tension which can exacerbate the effects of physical injury.
AT can be particularly useful for all forms of anxiety, including performance anxiety (stage fright), and panic attacks. The relaxed state induced by autogenic exercises restores regular heartbeats, normal breathing patterns, and increases concentration clarity and alertness. People report feeling more confident and energised.
Tammy Mindell, an Autogenic Therapist listed on BAPAM’s directory of practitioners, says, ‘a semi-professional singer learnt AT for other stress related issues. As an unexpected bonus, she found her singing greatly improved. She became less anxious about good performance, allowing herself to be good enough. The results meant that rather than over breathing and pushing the sound, I could relax and allow and enjoy a much easier and better quality performance’.
In some cases, advanced autogenic techniques may be used as a form of psychotherapy.
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