The Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health is composed of medical professionals who work directly with professional dance companies and professional dancers across the USA and Canada.
The mission of the Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health is to maintain the health, safety and well being of professional dancers.
Learn more about the members of the Task Force on Dancer Health and the history of this unique group of medical professionals with a narrow focus on professional dancers.
These papers are provided as a resource to professional dance companies and artists. They are brief documents written by the members of the Task Force on Dancer Health with the goal of sharing experience, knowledge and resources in subjects pertinent to professional dancers.
The overall goal of the Task Force screening project is to make preventative health care a routine part of every dance company. This standardized preventive health screening assessment provides unique opportunities for cooperation between companies and the sharing of expertise, in addition to providing invaluable information on the characteristics and qualities of professional dancers.
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Dance/USA is grateful to the Hellman Foundation for their generous support of the Task Force on Dancer Health.
