Dr. Red Nose Revealed—Salary and Benefits
Among the many questions about Dr. Red Nose, the one most frequently asked is about the working conditions and benefits of the Medical Clown. We are opening the box of curiosity to answer the question many people want to know: “Dr. Red Nose Revealed—Salary and Benefits”
First of all, Dr. Red Nose are not volunteers, but a group of professional performing artists. Every performance by a Medical Clown in a hospital ward is unique, and therefore each performance comes with a performance fee. In addition to stable income, the Red Nose Clown Care Association also provides Medical Clown with group insurance and professional courses, and adjusts performance fees according to their years of performance experience. Next, we will explain in detail the various benefits available after becoming a Dr. Red Nose—allowing Dr. Red Nose to continue performing sustainably.
1. Regular Scheduling to Provide Performing Artists with Relatively Stable Income
In Taiwan, the primary salary income of performing artists usually comes from irregular, one-off performance fees, and the nature of the work is also less stable. Dr. Red Nose, however, work on a scheduled basis, with schedules arranged every month according to the needs of each medical institution. At the same time, Medical Clown have highly flexible scheduling, allowing them to make adjustments based on their work circumstances each month and providing performing artists with a relatively stable workload and performance income.
2. Performance Fees Adjusted According to Years of Experience
Respecting the performance experience of Dr. Red Nose, Dr. Red Nose’ performance fees are also increased according to the performers’ years of experience, allowing experienced performers to receive fair compensation while giving new performers the motivation to continue improving.
3. Regular Performance Training Courses
Performing arts is a profession that requires constant improvement. To learn a wider range of performance techniques, performers often need to attend costly performance workshops. Therefore, the Red Nose Clown Care Association provides free on-the-job training courses every month and arranges an annual intensive training program, inviting professional instructors from abroad to provide continuing education for the association’s Medical Clown, enabling their performances to remain at their best at all times.
4. Psychological Counseling and Group Insurance
Serving in hospitals over the long term involves not only coping with many negative emotions, but also experiencing loss and grief due to separations. To safeguard the physical and mental health of Medical Clown, the Red Nose Clown Care Association regularly arranges psychological counseling and provides group insurance. Dr. Red Nose must also submit a reflection report every quarter to整理 their experiences, stories, and awareness of their inner psychological state. Through writing, images, or other art forms, these reports help accompanying performers face their emotions and maintain their physical and mental balance.
In addition to the regular benefits mentioned above, the Red Nose Clown Care Association has always been the greatest source of security for Dr. Red Nose. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic grew increasingly severe. Under disease-prevention policies, Medical Clown had to temporarily leave hospitals and suspend all performances. To continue providing services to patients and maintain Medical Clown’ performance work, the association quickly launched a video performance program, allowing children and older adults to interact with Dr. Red Nose through the cloud. It also successively launched programs such as “Clown Laughter Short Films,” “Dr. Red Nose’ Companion Short Film Series,” and “Dr. Red Nose Tell Stories PODCAST,” enabling in-person performances suspended by the pandemic to continue accompanying children in hospitals and at home through more diverse performance formats.
During days when almost all other performance work had come to a standstill, the association continued to provide clown performers with performance opportunities and income, becoming the strongest support for performing artists through difficult times. Medical Clown also continued performing and serving everyone at their posts, creating laughter that never stops.
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2023 Sixth Dr. Red Nose Actor Selection—
Registration period: 2023/1/1~2023/1/31
For details, please visit the official website: https://event.drn.org.tw/gzHMV/w