Obviously, we at SiDI use those terms all the time, but what are we actually talking about?  Are we the health and safety police?  Do we want to spoil dancers’ fun?  Do we want to stop people taking artistic and creative risk?  Definitely not! Lots of people think of “health and safety” as a set of policies that are put in place to protect workers - necessary but also maybe restrictive and stifling.  But healthy and safe dance practice is so much more than industry rules and regulations.  It’s the best way to reduce injury risk and to enhance performance. There’s no getting round the fact that dancers get injured. Injury rates are high in our profession.  So what can [...]