The DaReS steering group, members and partner organisations Steering group NameRoleMartin LanfearHead of Performance Medicine at Scottish Ballet, leading an established team of multi-disciplinary clinicians.Bill Taylor Physiotherapist with over 30 years' experience in the treatment of pelvic dysfunction. He is widely recognised in the UK and internationally as being one of the leading pelvic health physios and one of the few who specialise in male pelvic floor dysfunction.Professor Angela Pickard Professor of Dance Education, Director of Research at the Centre for Arts and Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care, Canterbury Christ Church University Members from within Moray House NameJob title/roleDr Wendy Timmons Senior Lecturer in Dance Science & Education, DaReS network lead Liron Blajswajs Associate Tutor, Dance Science and EducationVassia Bouchiagiar Associate Tutor, Dance Science and EducationDr Howie Carson Senior Lecturer, coaching and performance, motor control and skill refinement, Human Performance Science research group lead.Professor Do Coyle Professor of Languages Education and Classroom LearningDr Georgios Machtsiras Lecturer in Biomechanics Sotirios Panagoulias Associate Tutor, Dance Science and EducationHeather Rikic Teaching Fellow, Programme Director MSc Dance Science and EducationSian Salmond Teaching FellowMadeline SquireDance Artist in Residence, MHSESLaura Thompson Associate Tutor, Dance Science and Education External members NameJob title/role/affiliationDr Sophia LycourisHonorary Fellow in Interdisciplinary Choreography, Edinburgh College of ArtDr Bethany WhitesideSenior Lecturer and Doctoral Degrees Coordinator Royal Conservatoire of ScotlandProfessor Joanne WilliamsProfessor of Applied Developmental Psychology, Edinburgh Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research (CAMHR) Centre, School of Health in Social Science PhD students Julian Jun AbeGeoff JiangAthari AlshemmariYuxi JiangLiron BlajswajsMark PaceMei Bowie Sian SalmonJeong Yun ChoiTianru XuChaoxue Dong Partner organisations Critical Dance Pedagogy networkCritical dance pedagogy through discourse and practice hybrid symposium events.Critical Dance Pedagogy networkDance BaseScotland's National Centre for Dance.Dance BaseSidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and HealthResearch Centre for Arts and Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care at Canterbury Christ Church University.Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and HealthHealth Strategy group RSCDS Royal Scottish Country Dance Society’s health strategy group.Traditional Dance Forum of ScotlandNational Organisation for the support of Traditional Dance Practice in Scotland.Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland This article was published on 2026-03-03
