Movement Sessions

9.00-9.20am
SCOPE: Sport and dance working together on an integrated holistic approach to the career development of elite dance artists in Australia.
John Waser, MBA, BEdHPE; Kay Helliwell, BAppSci, Australian Sports Commission, Canberra, ACT, Australia

9.30-9.50am
The Australian Ballet’s approach to injury prevention and management.
David McAllister, Dip Dance, Grad Dip Arts Ent; Susan Mayes, BAppSc, GDipSportsPT, The Australian Ballet, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

9.00-9.20am
Appropriate nutrition strategies to support and maximize physical potential.
Fiona Sutherland, MSc(Nutr & Diet), The Australian Ballet School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

9.30-9.40am
Performance nutrition for dancers in university curriculum: A qualitative investigation.
Lowry Champion, MFA, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA

9.45-9.55am
Low bone mineral density in underweight adolescents.
Hillary Pane, MLA, MS, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, USA

Movement Sessions

Movement Sessions

Brain Gym^TM to optimize dance technique and performance experiences.
Robin Kish, MS, MFA, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA

11.30-11.50am
Surgical procedures in a national ballet company - 22 years experience - 1984-2006.
Ken Crichton, MBBS, FACSP, The Australian Ballet, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

12.00-12.20pm
The “yo-yo schedule” for rehabilitation of injured dancers.
Boni Reitveld, MD, BA(Mus), Medical Centre for Dancers and Musicians, The Hague, Netherlands

2.30-2.40pm
Motivated behavior in a university dance environment.
Patrea O'Donoghue, MPsych; Evan Jones, MEd, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2.45-2.55pm
Engagement and the ‘gem’ moment: How do dance students view and respond to dance in real time?
Kim Vincs, PhD, Deakin University, Melbourne; Emery Schubert, BA(Hons), PhD, University of New South Wales; Catherine Stevens, BA(Hons), PhD, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Victoria, Australia

3.00-3.10pm
Encouraging core stability in young dancers: A concept for the future.
Cathy McCullagh, RCompN, Core de Ballet, Wellington, New Zealand

3.15-3.25pm
The relationship between dance program structure and dancer experience.
Shona Erskine, MPsych, PhD, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria; Di Bretherton, BEd, PhD, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland; Mary Ainley, MA, PhD, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

3.30-3.40pm
Dancing in pain: Pain appraisal and coping in dancers.
Ruth Anderson, MPsych, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, ACT; Stephanie Hanrahan PhD, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2.30-2.40pm
Does inherent joint hypermobility [IJH] increase the risk of injury in professional ballet dancers?
Moira McCormack, MSc, MCSP, Royal Ballet Company; Janet Briggs, MSc, MCSP, Royal Ballet School; Alan Hakim, MA, FRCP; Rodney Grahame, MD, FRCP, University College Hospital, London, UK

2.45-3.05pm
Functional testing for pointe readiness.
Megan Richardson, MS, ATC; Emily Sandow, MSPT, DPT, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, New York, New York, USA

3.15-3.25pm
Relationship between screening results and injury in female adolescent dance students.
Melinda Purnell, BAppSc(Hons), BApp(Dance); Debra Shirley, PhD(Physio); Roger Adams, PhD(Psych); Leslie Nicholson, PhD(Physio), University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

3.30-3.40pm
Normative values for dance specific musculoskeletal parameters for the young recreational female dancer training in the Australian setting.
Debra Crookshanks, BAppScPT, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movement Sessions