RESOURCES
Rachael Kuik, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist MCSP, PGOP, AACP and Research Advisory Group member has created guidelines for pre and post-natal phases for professional dancers following her extensive work with English National Ballet.
Information can be downloaded on Rachael's site using the link below.
PLUS! We delivered two webinars on the guidance in March 2025 - these can now be viewed in our Silver Members area.
Join us on 12th June - FREE
We will be delivering a FREE webinar on How to support professional perinatal dancers in the USA on 12th June 2025 with Dancing Beyond, Dancers & Motherhood and Professor Ali Duffy (Texas Tech University, International Parenting & Dance Network)
And, listen to Rachael and peer reviewer Bill Taylor on IG Live discussing how the guidelines came about.
Organisations
We are proud to have teamed up with One Dance UK to create their CPD Snippet resources for their members for pre and postnatal dancers
Additionally their other resources - particularly on pelvic floor and pregnancy ending and returning to dance (co-created with Womb Party) - are highly relevant and useful.
Active
Pregnancy
Foundation
The Active Pregnancy Foundation aims to remove traditional barriers and social stigmas, ensuring there is easily accessible provision in expertise, information and support for women who choose to be active throughout pregnancy and motherhood.
As a charity the Active Pregnancy Foundation (APF) intends to normalise active pregnancies, and have been instrumental in the development of Chief Medical Officer approved guidelines for pre and postnatal activity in the UK - mainly through This Mum Moves sessions which we are Ambassadors for - more info here.
Dance Mama and APF are linked in their growth as organisations. In 2021 they are guest on both the professional development and general public strands of Dance Mama Live! and Lucy contributed to their 'Find Your Active' dancing guide (pictured) supported by Sport England.
Dance Mama Founder, Lucy McCrudden, is also Secretariat to the charity's Scientific Advisory Board.
