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The Bridge Dance Project has local groups in various parts of the USA. If you would like to be connected with one of these groups, please contact the Team Leader for each city / area. 


  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Orange County, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Denver, CO
  • Kansas City
  • SE Michigan
  • Chicago, IL
  • Cincinnati, OH 
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Washington, DC
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • New Jersey



If you would like to join an existing BDP group, please contact the relevant Team Leader.


If you are interested in starting a BDP group in your area, please contact: 

Jan Dunn: jddanmed@aol.com

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LOS angeles, CA

Astrid Sherman, BSc, FISTD - Team Leader

Contact: astridjsherman@gmail.com 


 

  • International Association of Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) Education Committee
  • Ballet Beyond Borders (BBB) Dance Wellness Advisor
  • Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD)  North America Representative

Emily Ambrose, MS, ATC

  • Director of Athletic Performance, AMDA College of Performing Arts 

Jaimie Goodwin

Aaron Ngor, MS, ATC, CSCS

  •  CEO of Offset Med  

Jennie Morton, MS, BSc

 

  • Performing Arts Medicine Specialist Osteopath
  • Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional and Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider
  • Certified HeartMath Practitioner.
  • Board of Directors: Dance Resource Center (LA)
  • Wellness Professor - The Colburn School, Los Angeles

Rithiely Pereira

  • Commercial Dancer 
  • Co-Founder of Dancers Network UK 

Katie Schaar

  • Founder - Sugarfoot Therapy / Founder
  • Director of Operations-MOTI Physical Therapy  

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ORange County, CA

Rob Tsai, PT, DPT - Team Leader

Contact:  rob@danceprehab.com 


  •  DancePrehab Physical Therapy, P.C.

Robin Kish, MS

  •  Chapman University Department of Dance 

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san francisco, CA

Aimee Martel, DPT, PT - Team Leader

Contact:  aimee@tothepointept.com 


  • To The Pointe PT

Selina Shah, MD, FACP, FAMSSM

  • Bass Medical Group  

Pierre Vilanoba MA, LMFT

  • PFV Counseling
  • Psychotherapy focused on Dancers and Athletes, Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse, Anxiety, and Depression  

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Denver, CO

Jan Dunn, MS - Team Leader

  

Contact: jddanmed@aol.com


  • Denver Dance Medicine Associates
  • Co-ordinator: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Medicine Team

Sutton Anker, MSc

  • Denver Dance Medicine Associates 
  • Safe in Dance International-Registered Provider
  • IADMS-Program and Marketing Specialist
  • BASI Pilates Instructor
  • Dance Instructor

Ricci Lee Hotz, MS, RDN

  • Owner / registered dietitian at a Taste of Health  

Alexandra Laura, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS

  • Denver Dance Medicine Associates 
  • Co-Leader, Performing Arts Medicine Program at UC Health Steadman Hawkins Clinic – Denver

Matt Nabers, BS, CPT

  • Performance Specialist
  • UC Health Steadman Hawkins Clinic – Denver 

Steve Nagib, MS, ATC, CSCS

  

  • General Manager
  •  Denver Sports Recovery 

Taylor Sheridan

  • Director of External Development at Elite Speed Sports Performance

Christen Smalley, PT, DPT

  • Denver Dance Medicine Associates
  • Co-Leader, Performing Arts Medicine Program at UC Health Steadman Hawkins Clinic – Denver

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Kansas City

Courtney Collado - Team Leader

Contact: courtney.collado@gmail.com 

  

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South East Michigan

Julie Ferrell-Olson, MSc - Team Leader

Contact:  jferrell.dance@gmail.com

  

  • Contemporary Dancer
  • Dance Scientist
  • Dance Teacher for Michigan Academy of Dance and Music
  • Blog writer for The Muse by Apolla Performance 

Hannah Andersen, MFA, FMT

  •  Full-time Lecturer, Wayne State University
  •  Comprehensively Certified Pilates Instructor 

Mary Donahue, MEd, AT, PT

  • Physical Therapist,  Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan 

Dr. GingerAnn Neslund, PT, DPT

  •  Lecturer at University of Michigan 
  •  Physical Therapist at Divergent Physical Therapy & Wellness 

Dr. Kristen Schuyten, PT, DPT

  • Lecturer at University of Michigan
  • Physical Therapist at Michigan Medicine 

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Chicago, IL

Carrie Skony, DC, CCSP - Team Leader

Contact:  dr.carrieskony@gmail.com 


  • Owner/Director at Perform Active Wellness + Dance Medicine 
  • Chiropractic Sports Physician
  • Dance Medicine Provider  


Dr. Chrissy Davis, PT, DPT, ATC, CSCS

 

  • Owner/Director of Physical Therapy 
  • Performance Physical Therapist   

Maggie Fleita, OTD

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CINCINNATI, OH

Jacqui Haas, ATC - Team Leader

Contact: jacquigh5954@gmail.com


  • Performing arts medicine athletic trainer
  • Former athletic trainer Cincinnati Ballet
  • Part-time Faculty Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts 
  • Author, Dance Anatomy 

Jessica Foote, ATC

  • Athletic Trainer
  • Premier Physical Therapy Services
  • Dance/Tumbling Instructor MJM Studios, Inc 

Sigrid Aline

  • Owner/founder of Center Stage - Cincinnati Dance Magazine
  • Nutritionist from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) 

Jennifer Rutherford

  • Former New York City Ballet dancer
  • Director of Ballet at Planet Dance
  • Choreographer at Exhale Dance Tribe

Kat Wolf

  • Owner Northern Kentucky Dancewear
  • Choreographer/Administrator Rapture Dance Company

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Tallahassee, FL

Mary Roberts, MFA - Team Leader

Contact:  msmaryroberts@me.com 


  •  Freelance choreographer and director
  •  Jazz dance educator 
  •  Adjudicator, Impact Dance Adjudicators 

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Washington DC

May Kesler, MA, MS, MTh, PT - Team Leader

Contact:   Keslerpt@gmail.com 


  • Licensed physical therapist and massage therapist
  • Director, PT and MTh, at Kesler Physical & Massage Therapy in Chevy Chase Md.
  • Choreographer/Dancer for Keslerdances
  • Dancer with Sylvidances and others
  • Fascial Fitness and Flexibility , Floor Barre teacher weekly zoom class.

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Philadelphia, PA

Janine Cappello-Bryant, BFA, MA, SFHEA - Team Leader

Contact:    j9bryant3@gmail.com 


  • Faculty, Kimberton Waldorf School,
  • Guest faculty, Metrowest Dance, Boston, MA
  • Peer Reviewer, Journal of Dance Medicine and Science
  • Dance Educators' Committee, International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
  • Guest Speaker,The University of the Arts, PA
  • Safe in Dance International Quality Assessor and Registered Provider

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Central New Jersey

Brittany Cohen, CPT, HMS, EdM, BFA - Team Leader

Contact:  bcartistry.dance@gmail.com  


  • Founder / Owner, BC Artistry, LLC 

Marissa Chapnick, DPT, BHS

  •  Evolve PT

Janette Disuk, MA, R-DMT, LMT, CPMT

  •  Founder/Director of Synergy Arts & Wellness, LLC 

Stephanie Dycus, AT

  •  Athletic Trainer

Laurie L. Glaser MD

  • Orthopaedic Institute of Central MJ 

Erin Hayes

  • Owner/ Director Titanium Dance Wellness, Club Rince the Irish Dance Club 

Rebecca Kashdan, PT, DPT

  •  AllCare Physical Therapy Center (Jackson location)

Danielle Monaco, DPT

  •  NovaCare Rehabilitation

Michele Moritz

  •  Owner Home BodyStudio

Marissa Piloto

  • Fit+Well (Athletic Training) 

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