*IMPORTANT RESEARCH & LINKS* ‘A call to action to improve safeguarding and abuse prevention in dance.’

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‘All dancers have the right to a safe dance environment that is respectful, equitable and free from abuse.Yet, compared with sports, research on abuse in dance is scarce. Numerous allegations of neglect and emotional, sexual and physical abuse documented in the small body of existing research, as well as high-profile media stories and convictions in legal cases, indicate that the problem may be more widespread and deep-seated than we realise.’

 

High time to enhance dancer welfare: a call to action to improve safeguarding and abuse prevention in dance

Full research paper:

https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/10/2/e001811
 

https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/bmjosem/10/2/e001811.full.pdf

 

 

Related links:

Dance School Safeguarding Working Group 

The Dance School Safeguarding Working Group is a collective voice promoting high standards of safeguarding in the Dance School sector in order to protect children and young adults

https://www.dsswg.org.uk/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1emocbdZo4OPC_CqrtqvDWJTlye_FPAZIi4dkRInmNwGn_65ekf4wswHA_aem_AXGS_BPd-udoHy4P12GQQ-Cy2nh8Aj_e3CzoK6BBkz7upEPsf5paNfSwFYl_mPjF4D5A2VvixwXnCbm214Jf2XTl

 

PERSONAL SAFETY FOR DANCE

For dance free from abuse, open, and supportive for all.

https://www.personalsafetyfordance.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Afw7RKRPfqx8bqHgnHi9f5IRxYkcBuSD2RC3moNX0KJ8Vc-g4V1VOza8_aem_AXHjQpVsmeVdtFjBmJoaUCAWSbRJ4zrwvxMeCcVkkwqxSW4emERK83-fIa5HUMMUJHOzBtQxtXVI2Nc1WpXDOpOk

KEEP KIDS SAFE IN DANCE

https://www.keepkidssafeindance.com.au/resources?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3XfSbm0b6vRXTjNurI4MPWtFtlVSEQZOsk0kUSTeJY0unnKOwtOJYegP0_aem_AXFbFcxLo5RkYY76tUv4C9C9FzNkxozAIeVsB3r7xvTvfMxshA1aQZ9twP2uKaYUvOacFWaw7ootath61A7bNrVe

 

Protect Children in Dance

Providing education and resources to end exploitation through hypersexualization of children in adult costumes, choreography, and music.
https://www.danceawareness.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3_ZC18_5zuUcbU3oy0pLDdGHqG4LmVMJ1Q--PE38Y29bObWxaPS9esGJI_aem_AXFSk_rKHzmOUKQMiJRgnQlZiKJNh1h3FMUtiXdnVsSw2uHexsnyy32xgRnteGA6bQ4kaIAtZ_He4EOMDjxrUY3x
 

NEAMA 

(Nonprofit Education and Advocacy for the Movement Arts)
https://neamacares.org/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1Woyg6Xs-DnTfdyR6gZonMmeHXDW9LYLqfNoMWYBUNt53NCOOEqFj390Y_aem_AXFcHntOpFNcdbBSqIWLeEBwHFFQzSdkmvCgQ5re31Xf9Tc90-GYL750MCZkT8dzIseXTdACEJUf71CkrH75SvoZ

 

Whistle while you work.

Do you think the Dance community has done enough to address abuse and harassment?

https://www.nobody100.com/whistle?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1bowsvNPL9d19VwDR0HYcAISObBZjs4kBXvTicxMQqi_xYpDx7ETs1Kyc_aem_AXFXXVGorSMAaowR40HGN77NSJxrhwap8W4-0fk2w8BhpZy4uB9ZqUB0MTBhB50hzJG8Vj1y_PQtSdV1C6V7d3_G

 

Disrupting Harm in Dance

https://disruptingdance.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR30ZJshu6kQrwYMEkHFZaZWRQjVN1fQNZmxfFUkZQx-Hkg3k3f2x2D1hPM_aem_AXGqlEkf2862vFhrIvZpeoGIAr2H5KWXxiWrEiAGEOAXgWAs-goq12z5waA8gv85T4pplRyF9FHgFr2yKlEBD7FS