Studies
Stagebridge’s affordable classes and innovative programs have a dramatic impact on individuals and communities alike. We delight in engaging seniors and youth through the arts. Our own experience of the psychological and physical benefits of creative engagement is being backed up in research.
We’ve compiled some of our favorite articles. Click on any of the titles below to download. Have you recently read a study about the benefits of the performing arts? Contact us today and tell us – we always love to learn more.
Click on any of the titles below to download.
How acting helps your memory
- “What Studies of Actors and Acting Can Tell Us About Memory and Cognitive Functioning” Elmhurst College, Indiana State University
How singing improves your health
- “The significance of choral singing for sustaining psychological wellbeing: findings from a survey of choristers in England, Australia and Germany” Music Performance Research
- “Choral Singing and Psychological Wellbeing” Journal of Applied Arts and Health
- “Effect of Music-Based Multitask Training on Gait, Balance, and Fall Risk in Elderly People” American Medial Association
Seeing a show improves your mood – but singing in one on can improve your health.
- “The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults” The Creativity and Aging Study
- “The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on the Physical Health, Mental Health, and Social Functioning of Older Adults” The Gerontological Society of America
Does this look like you?
- “Health and Attitudes of people aged 57-85” National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
- “Are variations in rates of attending cultural activities associated with population health in the United States?” BioMed Central
Articles
Stagebridge’s affordable classes and innovative programs have a dramatic impact on individuals and communities alike. We delight in engaging seniors and youth through the arts. Our own experience of the psychological and physical benefits of creative engagement is being backed up in the press.
We’ve compiled some of our favorite articles. Click on any of the titles below to download. Have you recently read something intriguing about the benefits of the performing arts? Let us know – we’d love to pass it on.
Click on any subject below to see related articles:
- “Stagebridge Brings Generations Together.” ANG Newspapers
- “More than Theatre: an Intergenerational Education.” American Society on Aging Magazine
- Stagebridge Wins 2009 American Society on Aging Metlife Foundation MindAlert Award
- “Stagebridge showcases Oakland’s mature performing talent.” Oakland North.
- “Acting helps shake dementia’s firm grip.” Oakland Tribune.
- “The Magic of Theatre with Real Older Actors.” Generations Magazine.
How to Start a Creativity and Aging Program
- “Creativity Matters: Arts and Aging in America.” Americans for the Arts.
- “Seniors in the Spotlight.” San Francisco Chronicle.
- “Choral Singing and Empathy – a Close Connection.” The Voice of Chorus America.
- “A Wrinkle in 4/4 Time. Strategies for dealing with the challenges of aging voices.” Menahan, Kelsey. The Voice of Chorus America.
- “Good for the Body, Good for the Soul.” Menahan, Kelsey. The Voice of Chorus America.
- “Sound of Silence. How “getting quiet” through meditation can enhance choral singing.” Houston, Lisa. The Voice of Chorus America.
- “The Singing Health Connection.” Sparks, John. The Voice of Chorus America.
- “Singing Together Fosters Creative Expression in People with Disabilities.” The Voice of Chorus America.
- “Sing for Your Health. Study finds that choral singing boosts production of antibodies that fight disease.” Fisher, Marla Jo. The Voice of Chorus America.
- “Growing Older: Storytelling program helps those with dementia.” Oakland Tribune.
- “An Essential Public Good.” Theatre Bay Area
- “Special Storytelling World Issue.” Storytelling Magazine.
- “Storytelling Festival. Stage Acting for the Young at Heart.” Oakland Tribune.
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