THE CHALLENGE

How can dancers function at their best in the studio, on stage, in life? What’s the best way to maintain the required dedication without loosing sight of future opportunities? Experts from different professional areas and countries are welcome to discuss and find answers and solutions. Not Just Any Body & Soul – Facing the Challenge is a unique opportunity to exchange theoretical and practical knowledge. Three days long, with a choice of numerous workshops and plenary discussions.

A sequel to the extremely successful conference Not Just Any Body, held at the close of the last century, was inevitable. This open and unique dialogue gave rise to many discussions and made a lasting impact on the international dance world. An active stance is also expected from participants in Not Just Any Body & Soul – Facing the Challenge. Enhancing health, well-being and excellence in dance and dancers is the topic, as in 1999. But the accent has shifted to Body and Soul, scrutinizing the main problems in the day-to-day dance profession to find viable solutions. Which once again makes for a tenacious symposium.

Dancing is more than a physical matter; a dancer is also an artist and a person. Yet this important notion has not really sunk in. Not Just Any Body & Soul – Facing The Challenge brings all the echelons of dance together - not only dancers, but also the people in their environment: teachers, ballet masters, choreographers, coaches, (para)medical practitioners, managers and observers. This comprehensive dialogue will reveal the various desires and limits, and increases the chance of discovering new potentials. Making the impossible possible: this could also have been the subtitle of the conference.

National and international experts from dance, sports, psychology, exercise physiology and human resource management thrash out the themes in the workshops in Not Just Any Body & Soul – Facing The Challenge. However great their differences, they all work with people who have to deliver a top performance.

To order the report of the conference in 1999 go to: www.gingerpress.com