Producer Alex Rathgeber of Maker Productions said Produced by The Arts Wellbeing Collective and Maker Productions, SOUND MIND will provide a strong sense of community and a resounding message of hope, encouragement and empowerment during this time of immense difficulty. By relating each discussion to a piece of music, viewers also experience the value of music as an essential healing, learning and uplifting mental health tool in itself – not just for those working in the arts and entertainment, but for everyone. Each episode also shares vital tips to help promote positive mental health, and highlights pathways to mental health resources. Artists, who include stage and screen stars Nancye Hayes, Casey Donovan, Alinta Chidzey and Ben Mingay, dancers Adam Bull and Deborah Brown and choreographer Alice Topp, are interviewed regarding their insights into mental health and the performing arts, as well as performing for the series.Įach artist reveals difficulties they face with creativity and collaboration during this time and how they find a sense of meaning, purpose and positivity.
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To be released throughout Mental Health Month (October 2020), SOUND MIND is a series of six new 12-15 minute online music-centred episodes exploring mental health and the performing arts.Įach episode showcases a unique performance by a collaboration of performing artists who’ve come together especially for this series. It has magnified existing challenges associated with the gig economy – low job security, low financial security – while also denying many of the positive protective factors associated with live performance – connection, meaning, purpose, engagement, sharing, storytelling. Prior to the pandemic, the prevalence of mental health problems across the Australian entertainment industry was already concerning, with those surveyed showing that symptoms of moderate to severe anxiety were ten times higher than in the general population, symptoms of moderate to severe depression were five times higher, and suicide attempts more than double that of the general population.ĬOVID-19 has compounded the mental health of an already at-risk sector. The crisis has not only been – and continues to – be financially crippling, but has also affected our mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the Australian live entertainment industry, leaving thousands of gig-to-gig onstage and offstage professionals with unlimited unemployment.
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