Body Perspectives: Re-evaluating the Ideal

Creating healthier body image cultures in dance through research, lived experience, and practical action.
About this Event

This is not a conference about appearance. It is a conference about how body image affects participation, wellbeing, performance, health and culture in dance, and what we can do about it. Attendees leave with evidence-based knowledge, practical tools, meaningful connections, and concrete actions they can implement immediately.

Agenda

🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrival and networking
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome and Setting the Scene
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Body Image in Dance: Why It Matters
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
What the Research Tells Us: Body Image Across Dance Styles
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
BREAK
Concurrent sessions - CHOOSE TWO

Info: Concurrent sessions will run from 12:00-12:45, and repeat from 12:45-1:30

🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Session 1: The Psychology of Body Image
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Session 2: Understanding RED-D: Research, recognition and response
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Session 3: Growing Up in Dance: Maturation considerations for body image
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Session 4: Body Image, Injury and the Professional Dancer
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Session 5: Nourishing the Dancer: The Impact of Body Image on Food & Fuelling
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
LUNCH
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Shaping Dance Culture: Perspectives from Dancers, Schools, and Companies
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Leading Change: Building Supportive Dance Environments and Healthy Dancers
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Networking