Healthy Dancer Canada is pleased to endorse the upcoming workshop series, Safe Dance Practice, in Toronto this spring.

HDC is at a world class competitive ballroom event. This is the first time a dance health organization is attending a DanceSport event!
Come enjoy the competition, set in one of Toronto’s most iconic ballrooms at the Fairmount Royal York hotel in downtown Toronto. 

• Friday March 17th, 2017 features fantastic dancing of all levels and ages in Standard and Smooth categories, and a show that is sure to be one of the best you will see all year.
• Friday March 17th and Saturday March 18, 2017, will be full of all of the Pro-Am and Professional competitions we all know and love. All levels, as well as scholarships and DanceSport series events will be contested.
• Finally, Saturday evening will be topped off with great Professional and Amateur presentations full of surprises.

We are sharing the importance of dancer health and wellness to this unique dance community!

Healthy Dancer Canada and Human Kinetics are partners with a mutual vision and goal to provide dance and health professionals with access to valuable resources. As Human Kinetics associates, HDC is able to offer our members exceptional rebates on books and posters from HK through the Newsletter Book Club. We also feature books for dance and health professionals on our website. Check out the new Books page under the Dance Resources tab!

FreeFlow Dance Theatre in Saskatoon launched their new BodyWorker program. This pilot program is designed to support dance artists' health so that we can prevent and rehabilitate injuries, mitigate health risks, and dance longer and stronger! The program kicked off with  with HDC Screening and collaborative communication utilizing HDC's Screening Tools and HDC's Communication Form Dance Resource. 
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HDC Board of Director and dance artist, Jennifer Bezaire, participated in the screen with her fellow company artists this weekend. Well done FreeFlow! Kudos for prioritizing dancer health and facilitating communication and collaboration between the dance community and health care professionals. HDC wishes you a happy, healthy dance season! 
Special thank you to Paula Sather from Mackie Physiotherapy, Kathy Bond from Saskatoon Pilates, Janis Bassingthwaighte from Bassingthwaighte Therapeutic Massage Clinic, and Kathy Morgan from The Mitzvah Technique for participating!

HDC member and Media Coordinator Hannah Etlin-Stein will be interviewed on the Career Buzz Show on CIUT 89.5 FM radio WEDNESDAY MARCH 8TH at 11am EST! Hannah will be discussing her career as a Pilates Instructor and Dance Science Consultant as well as discussing her upcoming course on Safe Dance Practice. Tune in!!
http://www.ciut.fm/shows-2/spoken-word/career-buzz/