How does performing arts affect your mental state? Imagine if you had something to look forward to after school or work, a place where you can meet people and bond with them? Performing arts can affect you in many different ways.
According to Juilette Siverstine, there are 5 different ways performing arts can benefit your child. In the article she talks about how performing arts can help your child to earn higher academic achievement, confidence and self representation skills, a medium for self expression, problem solving, empathy, and compassion. We are going to focus more on confidence and empathy skills. In the article she explains, “One of the most obvious benefits of performing arts is the development of skills in self-presentation. A child must learn how to present him or herself in front of an audience, be it big or small. They develop the ability to converse with adults in a mature manner. Participation in the arts allows them to grow their self-esteem and self-confidence, developing poise and learning to overcome anxieties.Performing arts are also about social interaction and cooperation. Your child will no doubt make lifelong friends with those who share the same passion as they do.” I can relate to this on a personal level because throughout my life I struggled with Social Anxiety. I felt like I couldn't talk to anyone because I thought they would judge me, but since I joined Colorguard I can't shut up. In the research paper called Arts Education and Positive Youth Development, it says that during adolescence “ Each additional year of arts study was significantly associated with a 20% reduction in the likelihood that an adolescent would ever be suspended out-of-school, students of the arts are significantly more optimistic about their chances to attend college than non-arts students, enrolled in music were 26% less likely than non-music students to consume alcohol “more than two or three times” during adolescence.”Also it says, “each additional year of music study was significantly associated with an 11% reduction in the likelihood that an adolescent would ever consume alcohol.” This all states that performing arts has an positive impact on the youth and we should get our children into performing. It will have a good long lasting effect on them. Even Though performing arts has a lot of positives, it also has its negatives. Performing has an endless cycle. For an example, you have to wake up early in the morning and practice for many hours without breaks. According to the article, Mental health in the arts: Are we talking about it enough, states that “ the conditions that come with working in the arts, be that as an actor musician, writer, or anything in between, can be very precarious and stressful. From my own personal experience Color Guard makes me stressed sometimes because my coach changes work at the last minute and it makes me nervous because as a Captain I have to make sure everybody knows ,learn the new routine and make sure I fully know it while performing. In all honesty color guard is a mind game and it test to see if you are in sync with everybody while performing to the audience. Also in the article it talks about how “A 2015 report by Victoria University in Australia found that performing arts workers experience symptoms of anxiety ten times higher than the …show more content…
It can affect you in both positive and negative ways. Everybody has a different experience with it. In the article Paper for Art, there review found evidence of positive outcomes following performing arts interventions and provides insight into some of the impact and process issues associated with arts for health initiatives. “The strongest evidence is in relation to the impact of drama on peer interaction and social skills, where we found the largest number of studies. Outcomes of drama interventions included positive changes in reported behaviour among at-risk young people (McArdle et al. 2002) as well as improvements in social skills and interaction as rated by teachers and parents, although some results were also ambiguous in respect of the impact of performing arts on behaviour (Walsh-Bowers & Basso 1999).” Lastly performing arts should be a thing were you can express yourself and show everybody what you are struggling with or happy
According to Juilette Siverstine, there are 5 different ways performing arts can benefit your child. In the article she talks about how performing arts can help your child to earn higher academic achievement, confidence and self representation skills, a medium for self expression, problem solving, empathy, and compassion. We are going to focus more on confidence and empathy skills. In the article she explains, “One of the most obvious benefits of performing arts is the development of skills in self-presentation. A child must learn how to present him or herself in front of an audience, be it big or small. They develop the ability to converse with adults in a mature manner. Participation in the arts allows them to grow their self-esteem and self-confidence, developing poise and learning to overcome anxieties.Performing arts are also about social interaction and cooperation. Your child will no doubt make lifelong friends with those who share the same passion as they do.” I can relate to this on a personal level because throughout my life I struggled with Social Anxiety. I felt like I couldn't talk to anyone because I thought they would judge me, but since I joined Colorguard I can't shut up. In the research paper called Arts Education and Positive Youth Development, it says that during adolescence “ Each additional year of arts study was significantly associated with a 20% reduction in the likelihood that an adolescent would ever be suspended out-of-school, students of the arts are significantly more optimistic about their chances to attend college than non-arts students, enrolled in music were 26% less likely than non-music students to consume alcohol “more than two or three times” during adolescence.”Also it says, “each additional year of music study was significantly associated with an 11% reduction in the likelihood that an adolescent would ever consume alcohol.” This all states that performing arts has an positive impact on the youth and we should get our children into performing. It will have a good long lasting effect on them. Even Though performing arts has a lot of positives, it also has its negatives. Performing has an endless cycle. For an example, you have to wake up early in the morning and practice for many hours without breaks. According to the article, Mental health in the arts: Are we talking about it enough, states that “ the conditions that come with working in the arts, be that as an actor musician, writer, or anything in between, can be very precarious and stressful. From my own personal experience Color Guard makes me stressed sometimes because my coach changes work at the last minute and it makes me nervous because as a Captain I have to make sure everybody knows ,learn the new routine and make sure I fully know it while performing. In all honesty color guard is a mind game and it test to see if you are in sync with everybody while performing to the audience. Also in the article it talks about how “A 2015 report by Victoria University in Australia found that performing arts workers experience symptoms of anxiety ten times higher than the …show more content…
It can affect you in both positive and negative ways. Everybody has a different experience with it. In the article Paper for Art, there review found evidence of positive outcomes following performing arts interventions and provides insight into some of the impact and process issues associated with arts for health initiatives. “The strongest evidence is in relation to the impact of drama on peer interaction and social skills, where we found the largest number of studies. Outcomes of drama interventions included positive changes in reported behaviour among at-risk young people (McArdle et al. 2002) as well as improvements in social skills and interaction as rated by teachers and parents, although some results were also ambiguous in respect of the impact of performing arts on behaviour (Walsh-Bowers & Basso 1999).” Lastly performing arts should be a thing were you can express yourself and show everybody what you are struggling with or happy