Investigating literature......

So I have started to investigate literature regarding my ideas for my line of inquiry. I have came across quite a few interesting articles on the Internet related to my questions and found them all very interesting. I have still not decided on exactly which line of inquiry I would like to proceed with but I'm hoping the more I read and investigate, the more it will come clear what road I would like to continue down.

Here are some of the links I have found regarding my topics of interest:

• The links below I found very interesting as they discuss the major problem of body image within professional dance. They tell of how eating disorders and body dis morphia can effect u physically and socially. Not only effecting your career and success but effecting your relationships.  I find this topic extremely interesting as in my professional career I have came across several dancers with eating disorders and find it so sad. Surely your career and success in your industry should only be about your talent, hard work and dedication not about body image and what size dress you are.

http://thehealthydancer.blogspot.com/2012/02/dancers-and-body-image.html

http://www.danceadvantage.net/body-image-perfection/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22985310

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17937330


Dancer body image

http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/July-2013/Making-peace-with-my-body

• The importance of good nutrition and health as a dancer is another area of inquiry I am interested In and found these articles interesting. I was not even aware of how many calories I should be Intaking everyday and what Truly is a healthy balanced diet.  

Fuelling the dancer

http://www.iadms.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=2

http://www.actsafe.ca/wp-content/uploads/resources/pdf/dancernutrition.pdf

• I found these two articles interesting as they discuss the statistics of unemployed dancers and also how it is more difficult to be an unemployed dancer, but I don't think I will go down this route for my inquiry as I don't think there is a great deal to discuss.

http://www.tightsandtiaras.com/2011/05/unemployed/

http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=56457

Another line of inquiry I am very interested in is the importance of continued professional
development in my professional practise. I feel this topic covers a wide span of areas within my
career to discuss...

• How being the best u can be through continued development can impact on your success?
• Staying audition ready so we can secure that next job
• Staying mentally and physically strong, dealing with rejection
• Reflecting from events and learning from them to help become a better professional

Looking on the Internet there are a lot of articles regarding CPD but none really specific to my career which makes me want to investigate it more myself to get answers and use my fellow colleagues to really get an idea of how important continued development and training Is to a professional performers career.