Liz is currently a specialist performing arts physio with Trinity Labanand works on ‘Matida The Musical’ in the West End. She was the head physio for Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ for 3 years. Outside of dance, she has worked with Middlesbrough Football club, players from the UAE Pro League, and the National Basketball Association in the USA. Her special interests are the foot and ankle, injury reduction, stretching and flexibility, and return-to-sport/dance rehabilitation. She teaches various ‘Foot and Ankle’ programmes, including courses on foot strength, and dance-specific foot and ankle injuries. These courses now run internationally.

Liz has worked in private sports injury clinics, falls prevention services, and is a qualified DMA Clinical Pilates instructor. She has written articles on dance injury prevention for ‘The Stage’ and has been a guest with many different podcasts and conferences, talking about her work with performers, and feet! Liz also visits dance companies and schools as a consultant physio, seeing their more complex foot and ankle injuries, having worked with both Elmhurst, and the English National Ballet in this capacity. She has also diagnosed and rehabilitated injuries in world champion Irish Dancers (often over Zoom), returning them to competition level.

Amelia is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at Trinity Laban. She specialises in performing arts injury and rehabilitation. She works both in the NHS and private practice, as well as is working as a dance science educator for several dance organisations, including the Centre for Advanced Training and the Royal Academy of Dance.

Amelia originally trained as a ballet dancer at The Royal Ballet School and went on to graduate from the King’s College London with MSc in Physiotherapy in 2018. She has also completed MSc in Dance Science at Trinity Laban.

She is a clinical Pilates instructor delivering weekly classes to staff and students at Trinity Laban and also manages an NHS clinical Pilates service.

Colette is a dance specialist physiotherapist at Trinity Laban. Through her work she has treated pre-professional and professional dancers from a variety of genres, West-End artists and musicians. She has worked with elite GB and international athletes, as well as football clubs. Colette has extensive understanding of injury prevention and rehabilitation and believes in a holistic approach to the care of patients. This is reflected in her interest in health and performance psychology and how these principles influence injury and rehabilitation.

Helen is a specialist in massage for dancers, having trained at the London School of Sports Massage in 1996. She has previously been a company massage therapist with the English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet. At Trinity Laban Health, where she has worked since 2003, Helen utilises the AIM (Anatomy in Motion) technique to identify restricted or missing movements and apply corrective methods to re-educate the body, relieving pain by redistributing pressure. Within her sessions, Helen focuses on achieving muscular balance to enhance movement and function. Passionate about understanding the body’s design, Helen is also developing new techniques to teach dancers about their bodies, with an emphasis on injury prevention and self-care.

Kate graduated from the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust. Before working as a Craniosacral Therapist, Kathryn toured as a freelance dancer/choreographer in Europe and America, working for choreographers such as Laurent Chetouane, Christ Haring/Liquid Loft, and William Forsythe. Her career in dance has deeply informed her work as a therapist. Kate holds an MFA in Choreography from the Ohio State University, an MA in Dance Ethnography from Gallatin University /TISCH in New York City and a BA in English from Bowdoin College in Maine, USA.

Alongside her clinic hours Kate continues to work as a dancer, choreographer and teacher combing her two passions through research. Katet’s practice is informed by her career in dance and her own experience of receiving a wide range of treatment within that time, she feels the two practices feed one another and creates further curiosity about the performing artists’ body.

Jasmine has an Honours Degree in Nutrition and a Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics from the University of London. She has qualifications in teaching young people and adults and has undertaken training in group work and increasing motivation. She is registered as a dietitian with the Health Care Professions Council. Jasmine is an Accredited Nutritionist (Association for Nutrition) and is a High Performance registrant on the Sport and Exercise Nutrition  register (SENr). She has a particular interest in dance but has worked with athletes from a variety of backgrounds.