An Inquiry into how performers manage a healthy work-life balance
4 main inquiry questions
Professional Artefact
Findings
- 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!
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.