Erin Sanchez (UK & Online)
Introduction
Our approved course providers comprise of individuals and organisations and are endorsed to deliver the SiDI content and Awards requirements. Most of our individual course providers deliver both online and in person. In the University or College setting the Certificates and their content re often embedded into an undergraduate or post graduate course.
Our current approved course providers span 3 continents, and deliver in several languages, including English, Greek and French.
If you are interested in becoming a SiDI approved Course Provider please contact maggie@safeindance.com.
If you are interested in undertaking a course with one of our approved course providers please contact them directly, or contact SiDI Central: info@safeindance.com
Worldwide
| Safe in Dance International | International, in person and online |
Europe
| Edel Quin MSc | UK & Online, Chichester University |
| One Dance UK | UK, Healthier Dancer Programme |
| Ioanna Mavrogiorgi | Greece & Cyprus, in person, bilingual Greek/English |
| Erin Sanchez MSc | UK & Online |
| Charlotte Tomlinson MSc, PGCE | UK & Online |
North America
| Sutton Anker | Mid-West USA & Online |
| Janine Cappello MA | East Coast USA & Online |
| Andrea Downie, PhD Candidate | Canada and Online |
| Karine Rathle | Canada and Online – Bilingual in English and French |
| University of Calgary | Alberta Canada, within the undergraduate course |
Australia
| Jane Andrewartha | Australia, in person |
For further details and to contact a Course Provider please see below:
Erin Sanchez (UK & Online)
Erin trained as a dancer with American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet School and the Alvin Ailey School and holds a BA (Hons) in Dance and Sociology from the University of New Mexico, USA and an MSc in Dance Science from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh investigating dance talent development, psychological skills, dancers’ mental health, and safeguarding in dance settings. She is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science and an executive group member of Personal Safety for Dance, an international collective working to safeguard professional dancers. In 2021, she co-authored the book Performance Psychology for Dancers, and all of her recent publications can be found here.
Erin is currently Head of the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science and One Dance UK’s Lead Specialist Health, Wellbeing, and Performance.
Erin is One Dance UK’s expert on health, well-being, and performance, and she leads on devising and delivering initiatives and partnerships in research, education, and healthcare. Alongside knowledgeable, experienced colleagues in the Dance Medicine and Science Expert Panel and the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science, Erin works to ensure that the current and future workforce in dance is healthy, well, and performing at their best.
Erin is a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science and holds the qualification in Safe and Effective Dance Practice. Erin also manages an international network of teachers, dancers, and mental healthcare professionals and researchers, the Dance Psychology Network.
Contact Erin: Erin Sanchez
