dancescience.net
is a network of dance educators who aspire to safeguard the health and improve the performance of dancers through educational seminars, workshops and consultancy. Their services offer the latest research in the field of sports and dance medicine and science combined with a holistic mind/body approach.
Our
qualified staff have years of experience in performing
and teaching. We have worked with and for Laban, London
Contemporary Dance School, University
of Wolverhampton, Università di
Cagliari, University
UAH in Madrid, APDCM,
Birmingham Royal Ballet, English
National Ballet, International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS), DanceUK and
more.
We
continuously learn and share knowledge from the scientific research
in sports and dance medicine and science, from the holistic
traditional Chinese medicine point of view, from the diverse
somatic techniques,
first of all, Yoga, from the direct experience of being dancers
ourselves, and from the experience of working with dancers,
and understanding their needs. We have a comprehensive and
open-minded approach to dance enhancement.
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Beatriz
Pascual
Classical
ballet dancer graduated from the Escuela Reál de Artes
Dramatico (Madrid), Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® official
Pre-trainer and Master teacher, founder of the first London
Gyrotonic studio. She performed in Spain, Belgium, South
Africa, the
UK, Japan,
France and the USA in various companies as a guest artist and
has been teaching ballet for six years in London, Spain and
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Cheryl Cowan
Cheryl Cowan, was for two decades a professional dancer in Switzerland with the Geneva Ballet and the Zurich Opera and has taught dance in both Switzerland and England. She is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner, holds an MSc in Dance Science and has taught at both Birkbeck College and at Laban in London. Cheryl is also a trained remedial sports massage therapist and is a member of the British Complementary Medicine Association. |
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Emanuela
Iacopini
MSc, BSc, founder of dancescience.net, lecturer in dance science at the Conservatoire de Musique in Luxembourg city, Yoga teacher affiliated
to the Institute of Complementary Medicine in the UK. Currently working
in performance and education across Europe. In 2004 she presented
her work at the 14th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dance Medicine
and Science in San Francisco (USA). |
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Ken
Eyerman
Movement therapist formed in dance, psychology, and Awareness Through Movement and as a Feldenkrais practitioner. Founder of the Ken Eyerman School of Bodywork and Movement affiliated to the Institute of Complementary Medicine. Ken has worked as a bodyworker and a teacher at the Esalen Institute in California and at the London Contemporary Dance School as a bodyworker in residence. |
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Manuela
Angioi
MSc,
I.S.E.F., Diploma in Performance dance studies. Co-founder
of dancescience.net, ballet teacher
and sports scientist specialized in anthropometry. Lecturer
in
theory and methodology of individual sports at the University
of Cagliari (Italy) she presented her research at the IADMS
2004 Annual Meeting in San Francisco (USA) which is due to be published in the
Journal of Dance Medicine and Science. |
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Matthew
Wyon
PhD, CSCS, senior lecturer in exercise physiology, course leader for the Masters in Dance Science and director of studies for research degrees at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Exercise physiologist for the Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National ballet, he sits on the Medical Advisory Committee of Dance UK and he has served on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS). He is author of numerous publications in the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science.
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