DANCE HEALTH SCREENING

Our B.U.™ professional team runs the screening protocols in elite dance educational institutions as well as with individuals since 2018 helping countless number of dancers gain self-awareness, understand their bodies, explore their true strengths, weaknesses & toxic habits, and improve their overall health & performance by providing them with tools for safe practice, active recovery and injury prevention.

The screenings consist of 3 main examination parts:

• The first part lasts about 120 min during which the dancer goes through 3 comprehensive sub-parts dedicated to anthropometric, physical and skill acquisition assessments. The total number of measurements is 117 per dancer individually.
• The second main examination part can take up to 15 min and it is designed to gather information on the dancer's theoretical & practical knowledge, as well as daily habits via 3 dance athlete-related questionnaires. The topics are directed towards: 1. Nutrition, 2. Training, Recovery & Self-care, 3. General information incl. medical history.
• The third main examination part - the Dance Aerobic Fitness Test (DAFT) lasts 30 min and it is designed to assess the dancer's cardio-vascular system, or their pure endurance.

Once the in-studio screening session is completed a two-day-long detailed analysis of the collected data takes place, the final product of which is a personal report including:

• Digital Motion Analysis images (& video)
• all final data calculations put in healthy-unhealthy ratios
• a color body map indicating the individual physical strengths/ weaknesses (balance/ imbalance) ratios
• personalised expert advise on each tested component

Ideally a Dance Health Screening should be performed at the beginning of a personal dance specific training, dance specific educational program, dance company/ theatre season and then be repeated once a year. Firstly, to set dancer's individual training road map to success, personal goals and injury predispositions. And secondly, to track & guide dancer's progress and health throughout their talent development stage (when students) or their career development (when elite professionals).