☑️Effect of #LatinDance on physical & #MentalHealth: a #SystematicReview - Liu et al BMC ➡️ "Latin dance has been demonstrated to promote #PhysicalHealth by helping people lose weight, improve cardiovascular health, increase muscle strength... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37434149/

➡️ Special focus - IADMS Newsletter! ☑️“#DanceToHealth Demonstrates Encouraging Results” ☑️“Easter Dance Sessions for Children with #CerebralPalsy and other #Neurodisabilities” ☑️“Falling Forwards Faster – Opportunities for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in #DanceForHealth”

This study found that dance educators perceived dance science information as useful to teaching practice and that the delivery and accessibility of dance science information are important knowledge translation considerations. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #dancescience

Proud to be appointed to the Dance for Health Committee of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science IADMS. Check out the IADMS blog to read more about the committee⬇️. #danceforhealth UNSW Medicine & Health

Thank you Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia for inviting me to give a workshop on 'Dance for Older Learners'. Thoroughly enjoyed sharing my knowledge with the RAD Teachers. Royal Academy of Dance #danceforhealth

Enjoyed some great discussions (and dancing!) at the #IADMS2023 #DanceForHealth networking session. Looking into the future of Dance for Health practice and research.

Great to be part of this fantastic panel on Dance for Health at IADMS Conference 2023 #iadms2023 #danceforhealth

Had a great time at the ASPAH 2023 Conference in Brisbane. So much passion and inspiration for supporting performing arts healthcare. Shout out to ASPAH President, Melanie Fuller PhD, and the whole ASPAH Committee for all your hard work. 👏👏 #ASPAH2023

Such an enjoyable morning speaking with the students at Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Always a pleasure to share knowledge about the health benefits of dance and hopefully inspire future dance teachers, practitioners and researchers. UNSW Medicine & Health lnkd.in/g3pfcza8

The study, led by A/Prof. A/Prof Sara Grafenauer & Dr Joanna Nicholas, found that for 1/3 of the dance students, their nutritional intake was not enough to meet their energy demands - highlighting the need for greater health literacy in the dance community: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

UNSW Info Day!! Our staff from UNSW Medicine & Health School of Health Sciences enjoyed talking to prospective students about our Health Professional Programs. Can't wait to meet all our new students in 2024!! #exercisephysiology #physiotherapy #nutrition #dietetics #pharmacy

Exciting opportunity to present what your are doing in dance medicine and science at our 9th annual symposium University of Wolverhampton FEHWResearch NIDMS IADMS

Pleased to be featured today with my Silver Swans ballet dancers in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper! Talking about my research at UNSW Medicine & Health on the health benefits of dance for older adults and my Silver Swans ballet classes for over 55s at rewarddance.com.au

🌟 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS STILL OPEN! 🌍 We’re seeking abstracts from global experts passionate about shaping the future of Social Prescribing. For more details please visit our website: creatingopportunitiestogether.com.au/eachcon #EACH24 #SocialPrescribing #Wellbeing The National Academy for Social Prescribing CISP_ICPS

Looking forward to giving a presentation on "Dance for Older Adults" at the Royal Academy of Dance Conference, 20-21 Jan 2024. The Reward Dance Silver Swans (rewarddance.com.au/gallery) will be giving a ballet class demonstration on Sunday 21 Jan. au.royalacademyofdance.org/conference2024/

Fab to catch up with fellow Dance Research Collaborative (DaRC) members Rachel Ward A/Prof Sara Grafenauer and Julia Barry at the Royal Academy of Dance conference opening at Sydney Dance Company #dancehealth #dancerwellbeing #danceresearch #dancescience

What a wonderful weekend at the Royal Academy of Dance Australia Conference 2024! Such a pleasure to speak about Dance for Older Adults and to show through our ballet class demonstration how the Reward Dance Silver Swans (rewarddance.com.au) are "dancing into the future". 😍❤️

Proud to be part of this fantastic team of researchers and to build the evidence on the positive health effects of dance. Dance can be more effective than other physical activity for improving emotional wellbeing, depression, motivation, social cognition and memory.

Regular #physicalactivity is a necessity for people as they get older, not just for fitness but also to prevent falls. Read how Heidi Gilchrist is investigating the impact of dance on falls in this Australian Physiotherapy Association inmotion article. australian.physio/inmotion/danci…

Our recent paper about dance is part of the commentary about Relative Energy Deficit in Sport in The Sydney Morning Herald by Sarah Berry Check it out bit.ly/3OO3uoA or via the source in Frontiers bit.ly/3HpS2eF Joanna Nicholas UNSW Medicine & Health Edith Cowan University (ECU) #dance #socialmedia