Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine Practice

Sang-Hie Lee, PhD, EdD, MM, is a Professor of Music at the University of South Florida. She is the author of 65 scholarly publications and is featured in four Compact Discs by Ravello, Centaur, Capstone, and Albany labels. Lee is the author of Scholarly Research for Musicians (Routledge) and the founding Editor of the Cultural Expressions in Music Monographs Series (College Music Society). She is the Director of the USF-PAMA Conferences and the USF-PAMA-The Music Gallery Piano Pedagogy Symposia. Lee papers are published in Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Psychomusicology, Médicine des Arts, the American Music Teacher, Piano Bulletin of European Piano Teachers Association, Australian Journal of Music Education, The College Music Symposium, the International Society for Music Education Conference Proceedings, and European Journal of Integrative Medicine. She also published reviews and abstracts in Psychology of Music, The Piano Quarterly, the Bulletin of the Council of Research in Music Education, Conference on Piano Pedagogy Proceedings, Music Teachers National Association, and Music Educators National Conference. Her research is introduced in the inaugurating MENC Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning, Music, Motor Control and the Brain, the Pianist's Reference Guide, Pianographie, the Piano Quarterly, and the Journal of the American Liszt Society. Merry Lynn Morris, MFA, PhD is the Assistant Director for the University of South Florida Dance Program and has served on the dance faculty since 1998. Dr. Morris applies her movement expertise in novel and diverse ways, pursuing interdisciplinary endeavors that yield innovative products. Her interdisciplinary work includes disability studies, design, architecture, engineering, and health sciences. She has enjoyed being part of the USF-Performing Arts Medicine Collaborative since its inception, working closely with colleagues Dr. Sang-Hie Lee (founder) and Dr. Santo Nicosia on multiple initiatives. Morris is active in the dance and disability community at local, regional, national and international levels through teaching, research, leadership and activism. She collaborates frequently with Arts4All Florida, a statewide arts and disability organization, works closely with REVolutions Dance, an integrated dance company and program based in Florida, and serves in Dance/USA's Dance and Disability Affinity Group. Dr. Morris' artistic and scholarly research often explores the interface between human bodies and objects - the tension through which agency and power is negotiated in these relationships and the way identity is de-constructed/reconstructed. This interest coalesced with her work in disability, leading her to re-conceptualize the design of assistive technology from a dance perspective. She has worked collaboratively across the domains of dance and engineering to invent new mobility devices for use in and outside of dance. The project has received national and international recognition and several patented chair prototypes have been developed. Dr. Morris has been featured/interviewed by MSNBC, PBS, CNN, NPR's Science Friday, the Reader's Digest, and the Inventor's Digest (cover story). Her invention has been featured at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, where she has also been a guest speaker and a profiled inventor (2018-19). She has earned five U.S. Patents and her research scholarship appears in the Journal of Technology and Innovation, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation, Research in Dance Education, Medical Science Educator and the Journal of Dance Education. Dr. Morris continues to pursue research a

Overview of Performing Arts Medicine.- This Wide and Universal Stage: How Empathy and Presence Inform the Contribution of Theatrical Practice to the Physician's Art.- Best of Both Worlds: An Odyssey of Medicine and Music.- Current Health Issues of Performing Artists: Implications for Health Promotion.- Exploring the Intersections of Arts and Medicine through the Painters' Lens.- Development of an Exercise Program for the Prevention of Playing Related Musculoskeletal Problems among Violinists.- Nikolai Bernstein's Theory of Movement Construction as a Foundation of Flow in Piano Technique.- Breathing Techniques in Collegiate Vocalists: The Effects of the Mind-Body Integrated Exercise Program on Singers' Posture, Tension, Efficacy and Respiratory Function.- Health Benefits of Culturally Oriented Dance.- Analyzing the Use of the Fifth Position in Dance Training.- A Case Report: Using Multimodalities to Examine a Professional Pianist with Focal Dystonia.- Discrepancies in Pianists Experiences in Playing Acoustic and Digital Pianos.- Musculoskeletal and Associated Conditions in the Instrumental Musician.- Experiences in Music Performance Anxiety: Exploration of Pedagogical Instruction among Professional Musicians.- Distilling Dart: Minding Bodily Approaches to Performance Through a Framework for Integration and the Alexander Technique.- Individualizing Training for Dancers.- Creating a Motor Learning Model for Dance Training.- Voice and Dance Technique Integration: Triple Threat or Double Trouble?.- The Role of Nutrition in Injury Prevention among Ballet Dancers.- When Prevention Makes Good Music.- Exploring Traditional Chinese Medicine in Musician Health.- Youth Dance Fundamental Movement Skills and Assessment.- Promoting Resilience and Fostering Mental Health Wellness Among University Dance Students.- Development of A Multidisciplinary Approach to Wellness and Injury Management at an Intensive Youth Orchestra Summer Festival.- Clinical Care of Performing Arts Students in the University Setting: A Successful Model with Wide Potential.