“It’s the jumping that’s hard. I can still kick.”
—68-year-old former Rockette dancer, NYC
Aging Performing Artists in NYC and LA Metro Areas: Information on Artists IV
This study of aging performing artists 62+ in the metro areas of LA and NYC complements our earlier study of aging visual artists. In NYC, 219 and in LA, 51 professional actors, dancers, choreographers, musicians and singers were studied, with results showing their resilience, tenacity and lifelong engagement with their art and the public.
Aging performing artists, whose diverse work includes acting, directing, choreography, and music performance and spans over seven decades, share with us how they are “Still Kicking.”
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Photos from the June 9th, 2011 Launch of Still Kicking:
(Photographs by Lisa Farmer, Teachers College, Columbia University)
Press and Multimedia
6.27.11 Care2 – Aging Artists: Engaged, Productive and Far from Retirement
6.16.11 Teachers College News – Study by TCs Research Center for Arts and Culture Finds Aging Performers “Still Kicking”
6.16.11 OutdoorPainter – Older Artists Get It Right
6.10.11 HealthBeat – Ageless artists
6.10.11 Seniors World Chronicle – Senior U.S. performers happy but underused
6.14.11 The Chronicle of Higher Education – Role of a Lifetime
Resources
6.9.11 RCAC, Teachers College – Press Release: Still Kicking Launch
