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Notes to Editors
How the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science is paid for:
The creation of NIDMS has been made possible by major donations by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and British Harlequin plc, with generous support from the Society of London Theatres and Theatrical Management Association, and Trinity College London. Many donations have also been made by members of the dance industry. Over 140 individuals made donations as part of The Big Give and Tony Shepherd, PR and Marketing Consultant, ran the 2012 London Marathon in aid of Dance UK’s dancers’ health work and raised over £2000. Long-term fundraising is ongoing to deliver and sustain the vision of NIDMS.
Background on why National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science is needed:
Dance UK, the support body for the professional dance sector, brought together the NIDMS founding partners after it published the last national survey of dancers’ injuries, Fit to Dance 2 in 2005. Findings included that 80% of dancers suffer an injury that stops them working each year. As a result of this report, industry leaders including dance companies, educational institutions, academics and dance medicine and science specialists united to call for the sector to pool resources and work together to create shared specialist health hubs. This was in recognition that most dance companies, (apart from the major ballet companies) could never afford comprehensive specialist health provision for dancers in house. This led to the creation of the NIDMS partnership which has also consulted closely with the British Olympic Medical Institute and sports science experts.
For further information
Dance UK on 020 7713 0730 or email helen@danceuk.org
National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science press contacts:
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and
Treatment of Dance Injuries
Press contact: Simon Harper, Media and PR Manager, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Tel: 0121 245 3562 or 07971 782674
Email: SimonHarper@brb.org.uk
Dance UK
Press contact: Caroline Miller or Nouska Hanly, tel: 020 7713 0730 or 07980 675137
Email: caroline@danceuk.org or Nouska@danceuk.org
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Press contact: Anna Fox, Communications Manager
Tel: 020 8909 5349
Email: Anna.Fox@rnoh.nhs.uk
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Press contact: Piers Frazier, Head of Marketing & Communications
Tel: 020 8469 9521
Email: p.frazier@trinitylaban.ac.uk
University of Birmingham
Press contact: Kate Chapple, Press Officer External Relations
Tel 0121 414 2772 or 07789 921164
Email: k.h.chapple@bham.ac.uk
University of Wolverhampton
Press contact: Vickie Warren, Media and Communications Manager
Tel: 01902 322736
Email: V.Warren@wlv.ac.uk