DA Symposium: The Big One (Studio 1)

About this event

Dr Nicky Keay - 'The Female Hormone Odyssey' Topic: From the menstrual cycle through to perimenopause and menopause - how hormones shape how we feel, train and perform, and practical strategies to work with them. Speaker: Dr Nicky Keay is a medical doctor specialising in exercise endocrinology, a medical advisor to Scottish Ballet, and the author of ‘Hormones, Health and Human Potential’. She's also a keen ballet dancer herself, bringing a dancer's perspective as well as a clinician’s to her research into hormones and performance. Ana Prada - 'Moving Through Change: Rethinking Aerial Training through Perimenopause & Menopause' Topic: How the aerial body changes through perimenopause and menopause, and how training can adapt to support strength, recovery and longevity in the air. Speaker: Ana Prada is a Colombian-born aerial dancer, movement educator and creator of VAYU Aerial Yoga, with three decades of international performing and teaching experience. At the heart of her work is Aerial Roots - cultivating grounding, presence and a connection to the body while moving in the air. Dan Edwardes - 'Physical Literacy versus the Delusion of Safety-ism' Topic: A challenge to our risk-averse culture - why building real physical capability and confidence matters more than trying to eliminate risk altogether. Speaker: Dan Edwardes is founder and CEO of Parkour Generations and a founding figure of Parkour UK. He has taught movement and physical literacy in over 40 countries and is still as curious about human movement as when he began. Joanna Haigood - 'Curiosity as Practice' Topic: A reflection on how curiosity and adventure have sustained Joanna through almost 50 years of creative practice, from one of aerial dance's most inventive site-specific artists. Speaker: Joanna Haigood is Artistic Director of Zaccho Aerial Dance, celebrated for over four decades of work staged in extraordinary architectural and natural environments worldwide. Along the way Joanna has mentored generations of aerial artists and we’re incredibly lucky to have her join us at Jacksons Lane for Dissecting Aerial. This is a guest event presented by an independent organisation or individual and is not part of Jacksons Lane’s programme; please note that any regular Jacksons Lane discounts or offers don’t apply to this event.