Considerations for the Medical Management of the Circus Performance Artist and Acrobat by John Faltus, Veronique Richard

“…The purpose of this clinical commentary is to provide the reader with a greater understanding of the unique challenges associated with the medical management of performance artists and acrobats as well as recommendations for developing an integrated approach for mitigating injury risk within a highly specialized, diverse athlete population…”
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“The Body Hair that Grows on the Head” by Donyol Dondrup, Charlene Makley

“…In this chapter, we introduce readers to the Amdo Tibetan comedian, poet and performance artist Menla-kyap [sMan bla skyabs] through a translation of his 2009 autobiographical narrative, “Views on Hair and Hairstyles.” …”
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A preliminary investigation into self-compassion and compassion-based intervention for mental health in the performing arts by Courtney C. Walton, James N. Kirby, Sabrina McKenzie, Sabrina McKenzie, Caroline X. Gao, Caroline X. Gao, Rosemary Purcell, Rosemary Purcell, Simon M. Rice, Simon M. Rice, Margaret S. Osborne, Margaret S. Osborne

“…ObjectivesVery little is known about the role of self-compassion on performing artists’ mental health. This project had two primary aims. …”
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Poetics of Friction by Nadja Ben Khelifa, Étienne Allaix, Jörg Sternagel

“…Called by these questions, our panel attempts to collaboratively work on corresponding responses within a poetics of friction that is rehearsed, acted out, and tried out in a setting where forces come into play that resist relative motions of solid approaches and beliefs sliding against each other: Whereas the three panelists – a multimedia artist, a cultural theorist, and a philosopher – call with their spoken words, screened images and handout materials, the members of the audience respond to these calls: Like the wheel that needs the concrete surface against its rubber to spin in movement, or the piece of wood that needs the wooden stick rotating against its bark to spark a flame, members of Performance Philosophy need frictions with which both Performance artists and Philosophy scholars slide against each other to spin, to move, to carry on, to reflect, to struggle, to doubt, to aim, to spark flames of inspiration. …”
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Piano Works by Dora Pejačević – A Personal Perspective of an Interpreter by Kyra Steckeweh

“…This article illuminates the significance and impact of Dora Pejačević’s piano compositions through the lens of a performing artist. Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), a Croatian noblewoman and composer, emerges as a figure of profound musical depth and innovation. …”
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