BIRMINGHAM’S
DANCE CLINIC ANNOUNCES NEW
PARTNERSHIP
TO HELP DANCERS OF THE FUTURE
Midlands based DANCE CLINIC is delighted to have
been chosen as the official training and injury management support for the
Centre of Advanced Training (CAT) working with internationally known
DanceXchange in Birmingham.
The partnership, the first of its kind, will see DANCE
CLINIC work closely with dance students providing professional screenings
and injury preventive strategies to enhance performance, career development and
help create the next generation of dancers.
DANCE CLINIC is
an independent clinic based in the city’s historic Jewellery Quarter run by Phil
Birch a Soft Tissue Injury Specialist and Darryl Canham a Martial Arts Practitioner,
Performer and Physical Conditioning Coach.
‘Their
knowledge of biomechanics and the ability to realign the body is second to
none’
Rory Mackay,
Ballet Professional
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| Darryl Canham, Zoë Hornby-Walsh, Phil Birch |
DANCE CLINIC’S Phil Birch has
over 35-years experience in the field of dance and performing arts including 24
years with Birmingham Royal Ballet where he treated
some of the dance world’s most famous icons including Rudolph Nureyev,
Sylvie Guillem and Darcy Bussell.
Darryl Canham has
enjoyed great success over the last 25 years improving client’s
performances, physical conditioning and moving them into resilient states of
physical health and beyond the injuries that high performance athletes get
from time to time.
Phil said “DanceXchange are
very forward thinking and innovative and we are delighted to be working with
them on this fantastic scheme which provides talented dance students a chance
to train with highly qualified professional dancers. Here at DANCE CLINIC
we have already screened over 40 students on the scheme looking at posture,
balance, identifying any existing injuries and helping to put together dance
specific strength and conditioning strategies for each student.”
Many dancers are not given the opportunity to understand
their body. A simple body imbalance which has gone unnoticed for some time may
affect both their dance potential, performance, mental health and ultimately
their career.
At the DANCE CLINIC the team are changing that.
Through their specialist Soft Tissue Treatments and Strength and Conditioning Programmes,
they work closely with dancers to help them to understand their own
strengths and recognise weaknesses in their body.
Darryl added “Through
our screenings we aim to encourage positive change, help each student to think
differently about their body, be mindful of injury management, help them
increase their confidence and wellbeing and achieve their absolute maximum
potential as a professional dancer.”
The Centre of Advanced Training (CAT), led by
DanceXchange and Sampad South Asian Arts and Heritage, is
an elite training opportunity for young people aged 11-18, who show exceptional
talent and potential in Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Contemporary styles.
The Contemporary strand, Dance Generation, recruits young people from the West Midlands, and the South Asian strand, Yuva Gati, is a national programme, recruiting students from across the country. The opportunity to study Bharatanatyam and Kathak at this elite level is unique to this CAT scheme within the UK.
Alexandra Henwood, Head of Learning and
Participation at DanceXchange added “We are very
pleased to be working with Dance Clinic as this partnership will offer the
dancers on our CAT scheme a valuable opportunity to gain a holistic
understanding of their anatomy, empowering them to become exceptional
professional dancers with the bespoke tools to achieve a self-sustaining
career.”
As well as screenings for the CAT scheme DANCE CLINIC
oversee
360 consultations per year working with over 100 professional and amateur dancers
of all ages across the country from Ballroom, Irish Dancing and Hip-Hop to Contemporary
Dance. The team have also worked with stars of Strictly Come Dancing and
regularly carry their work over into dance schools and academies.
For further information on Dance Clinic go to www.danceclinic.co.uk
For further information on DanceXchange and the CAT
scheme go to www.dancexchange.org.uk
