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Rethinking Performance: A Cognitive Journey toward Excellent Play

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dc.contributor.advisorDobie, Gwen
dc.creatorStieb, Corey Tazmania
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T16:30:31Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T16:30:31Z
dc.date.copyright2019-04-25
dc.date.issued2019-07-02
dc.date.updated2019-07-02T16:30:30Z
dc.degree.disciplineTheatre
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractPerfectionistic traits, which have both cognitive and behavioral facets, can have negative effects on a performing artists psychology and/or their ability to perform at their best. A review of literature was undertaken, focused on psychological research studies that identified best practices in both sports and the performing arts. This review identified two types of practices - the cultivation of resilience skills, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies - as the most promising means of addressing perfectionism while under pressure to excel as an actor in a theatrical performance. These practices were implemented in training, rehearsals and performances of a thesis role in a university masters program. Both types of practices were effective in, first, identifying environmental and individual stressors, and then creating behavioral replacements for perfectionism that were actionable, growth oriented, and engendered ownership of artistic process. These strategies have potential long term benefits in actor training programs, and deserve further attention.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36350
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectTheater
dc.subject.keywordsPerfectionism in Performance
dc.subject.keywordsPerforming Arts Psychology
dc.subject.keywordsActing Methodology
dc.subject.keywordsSports Psychology
dc.subject.keywordsJean Genet
dc.subject.keywordsMichael Chekhov
dc.subject.keywordsKonstantin Stanislavsky
dc.subject.keywordsIdeal Performance State
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive Behavioral Therapy
dc.titleRethinking Performance: A Cognitive Journey toward Excellent Play
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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