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GET TO KNOW US

Personal Safety for Dance (PSD) is an international working group that exists to develop a dance environment that is free from abuse, open, and supportive for all.

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EXECUTIVE GROUP

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MAGGIE MORRIS, MA

Co-founder, Safe in Dance International

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FRANCES CHIAVERINI

Co-founder Whistle While You Work 

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STEVEN KARAGEANES

DO, FAOASM

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KARINE RATHLE

MSc Dance Science

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ERIN SANCHEZ

Manager, National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science 

GROUP MEMBERS

Bonnie Robson, retired psychiatrist, MD DPsych DCP FRCPC

Carlo Bagutti MD

Erin Sanchez 

Frances Chiaverini, co-founder Whistle While You Work 

Jo-Anne La Flèche, psychologist, MPs, MA Dance

Julia Cheng

Karine Rathle, MSc Dance Science

Kathleen Gaines, Founder, Minding the Gap 

Lynda Mainwaring, Ph.D., C. Psych. psychologist & professor

Maggie Morris, MA, Co-founder, Safe in Dance International

Nadia Gardner

Nancy Kadel MD

Nicolette Wilson Clarke, psychotherapist and counsellor

Paula Thomson, psychologist & professor, PsyD

Peter Lewton-Brain, DO, MA

Rachel Tova Winer, Ph.D. 

Steven Karageanes, DO, FAOASM

Zahra Carpenter, BFA


The group’s supporters include the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, Healthy Dancer Canada, Safe in Dance International, One Dance UK, the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science and the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science

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