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 Alicia Morrison, Ashley Brodeur, Chawna Exner, Telisa Dubasov, and Andrea Downie during the Thomas Poulsen Symposium on Dance and Disability. The Annual Healthy Dancer Canada Conference, coordinated by HDC Conference Coordinator Jamie Hawke, was held in Calgary AB on November 30 and December 1. Over 60 people joined us in-person and virtually from around the world, including Australia, Italy, and USA! Lecture presentations, workshops, performances centred on building community and collaboration in dance research and practice. We also welcomed guests from Dancer’s Studio West to speak about the role of community and collaboration in the creative process.
Additionally, we welcomed the National accessArts Centre as part of the Thomas Poulsen Symposium on Dance and Disability led by founding member and Past President Andrea Downie. The symposium included a panel discussion, a workshop, and performances by Meg Ohsada (AB), Propeller Dance (ON), and All Bodies Dance (BC).  On August 3rd and 4th, HDC participated in Dance Teacher Expo, which was held in Toronto. During the event, HDC member Dr. Tanya Berg gave a workshop on Dancer Screening for Dance Educators that was very well received! She was assisted by HDC Vice President Louis Laberge-Côté. Louis was also in charge of the HDC information booth on site. Many Dance Expo participants showed interest in our organization and asked for additional information. Thank you Tanya and Louis for representing HDC so well!
Healthy Dancer Canada is pleased to announce three new workshops!
We are also pleased to share our newest resource Nutrition Tips for Dancers by Marie Scioscia, currently available to members through early-access on the members-only page. We also now have available to the public Encouraging Continued Participation in Dance at Adolescence by Siobhan Mitchell on the open dance resources page.
Healthy Dancer Canada has issued a Statement on Racism as well as published a new resource, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Resources with a dance-specific focus. We invite our members and the wider dance community to share this resource, and are open to feedback on how we can improve both. Please contact [email protected] and [email protected] with your suggestions.   HDC is excited to share that President Karine Rathle and Board member Nicole Hamilton will be presenting two workshops at the upcoming Toronto Dance Teacher Expo, August 6-8, 2019.
Check out: Toronto Dance Teacher Expo or torontodanceteacherexpo.com for more information about registration for this great event!  Thank you to Past President Andrea Downie, Board member Nicole Hamilton and member Kiah Brubacher-Cressman for their Healthy Dancer Canada workshop, Optimizing Dance Performance, at the New Blue Festival 18 on June 2, 2018.
 Thank you to HDC Board member, Erika Mayall, for representing HDC at the Synergy Dance Competition and Convention Provincials in Coquitlam BC, May 27, 2018.
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