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Title
- IADMS
- International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- The International Association for Dance Medicine & Science was formed in 1990 by an international group of dance medicine practitioners, dance educators, dance scientists, and dancers. Membership is drawn equally from the medical and dance professions, and has grown from an initial 48 members in 1991 to over 900 members at present world-wide, representing 35 countries.
- The organization has held an annual conference since its inception, drawing several hundred participants each year. Beginning in 1997, a separate “Day For Teachers” has been held before or after the annual conference. In 2005 a "Special Interests Group (SIG) Day" was held in association with the Annual Meeting for the first time and included separate programs for dance educators, kinesiology teachers, and orthopaedic surgeons. Subsequent SIG Day have included separate programs for: dance educators; physiotherapists and other allied health professionals; dance movement researchers; perceptuo-motor learning and dance kinesiology teachers; medical doctors; and students.
- IADMS was formed to foster several related goals in the dance medicine and science field; the purposes and objectives of the organization are summarized in its Mission Statement:
- IADMS enhances the health, well-being, training, and performance of dancers by cultivating educational, medical, and scientific excellence.
Contact
- International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
- Steven Chatfield, PhD, Executive Director
- [ http://www.iadms.org]
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- +1 541 465 1763
