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Between the lines of the body: a mental health promotion intervention for female ballet dancers in a Brazilian municipal company

BETWEEN THE LINES OF THE BODY: A MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION INTERVENTION FOR FEMALE BALLET DANCERS IN A BRAZILIAN MUNICIPAL COMPANY.

A structured, weekly mental health promotion intervention based on literature and shared reading was designed and delivered for professional female ballet dancers.

The aim is to introduce a structured mental health promotion intervention using literature and shared reading, initially designed for female ballet dancers. The literature cited as the rationale reported at least moderate symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or eating disorders in 20.8% of professional dancers; rates of depression, GAD, and eating disorders were 11.1%, 16.0%, and 14.8% among women, compared with 6.4%, 6.4%, and 6.1%, respectively, among men. In addition, 26.9% reported a current perceived need for psychotherapeutic support, and these findings informed the decision to focus initially on women. The conceptual framework links dance-specific stressors (situational, interpersonal, cultural) to mental health outcomes through psychological processes (appraisal, emotion, coping, identity, personal and environmental resources). The intervention consists of weekly 90-minute facilitated reading groups led by the mental health team and involves the steps of text, representation, dialogue, reflection, and expansion; its thematic strands are body and self, desire and dreams, the other and the world, and time and what remains. The poster describes the intervention’s anticipated outcomes (emotional awareness, reflective capacity, symbolic processing, shared participation) as expected rather than demonstrated. The initial implementation involved dancers of all genders, and there are plans to extend the program to artistic and support departments. The poster contains no outcome data; it presents the intervention’s rationale and design.

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