An Inquiry into how performers manage a healthy work-life balance

An Inquiry into how performers manage a healthy work-life balance

4 main inquiry questions

Professional Artefact

Findings

A Booklet about me!

• What does a healthy work-life balance mean to performers?
• How do performers maintain a healthy work-life balance?
• Does an individual's work-life balance vary over time?
• Are performers able to seek helpful career advice?

• No set equation for understanding work-life balance
• Many factors can affect work-life balance
• 62% of respondents believe your work-life balance will probably vary over time
• 67% of respondents didn't know of anywhere to turn for career advice

Balancing work and life in the performing arts - The story of a dancer who has been there done that and then spilt drink all over the t-shirt!

2014

Start of Module 3

Future Ideas

My practice

Research Tools used

• Understanding principles of work-life balance
• Applying understanding to current work situation
• Applying understanding to future projects

• Literature
• Survey
• Interview

• Adding the principles of work-life balance to professional performer training
• I hope that students could be encouraged to have a ‘back up’ plan and to think further ahead than their performing careers.
• Performers should be encouraged to think of retirement plans and advised of companies such as dance UK and Equity where they could find advice and assistance.