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💥 Improving young people's body image & attitudes towards exercise 💥
Dance workshops, education & youth led body positivity!

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"We train dancers to develop extraordinary awareness of their bodies... yet culturally we have often asked them to ignore what their bodies are telling them." - Terry Hyde (@counsellingfordancers_official)

We ask dancers to be the most body aware people in the room... then tell them to push through the pain anyway. It's time to change that. 💙

#DancerWellbeing #HungryToDance #DanceCulture #MentalHealthInDance by @hungry2move

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6 months ago

‼️ WE NEED DANCERS AGES 18 - 25 ‼️

Take part in our research project and shape the future of dance. Link in bio 🔗

You can either...

👉 Take a short anonymous survey

AND/OR

👉 Join a creative consultation workshop

Tell us your thoughts and opinions on all things dance training. 🪩💭📝

🔗 Go to the bio 🔗

Research in collaboration with University of Worcester and approved by Education, Culture and Society Research Ethics Panel. by @hungry2move

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6 months ago

We are on a mission 😎 to help young people feel better about themselves!

#bodyimage #kidsmentalhealth #mentalhealth #wellbeing #bodypositivity by @hungry2move

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a year ago

Every body is a dancer's body.

Join us at the UK's first conference dedicated solely to body image in dance on Monday 26 October 2026 at Elmhurst Ballet School, Birmingham.

Body Perspectives: Re-evaluating the Ideal will bring together dancers, clinicians, researchers, educators and nutrition specialists for a full day examining how the dance sector can build healthier body image cultures, from vocational training through to professional company life.

This is not a conference about appearance. It is a conference about how body image affects participation, wellbeing, performance, health and culture in dance, and what we can do about it. Attendees leave with evidence-based knowledge, practical tools, meaningful connections, and concrete actions they can implement immediately.

Full info and booking link in bio taken in Elmhurst Ballet School by @hungry2move

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12 days ago

We need 100 dancers aged 18 - 25 to tell us honestly about what it's like in the dance studio...

Take our short anonymous survey to change the future of dance! Link in our bio

🎨 @chloe.fluff.studios

#dance #dancelife #dancer #danceschool by @hungry2move

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18 days ago

Comparison culture starts in the studio. Let's talk about it before it gets worse.

We still need over 100 dancers aged 18 - 25 to take a short anonymous survey to change the future of dance! Link in our bio

#dance #dancelife #dancer #danceschool by @hungry2move

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19 days ago

Meet the conference speakers Exploring healthier body image culture's bringing together perspectives from performance, nutrition, healthcare, research, education and lived experience.

The event will draw on work from initiatives including Project RED-D, which focuses on Relative Energy Deficiency in Dance, Hungry 2 Dance, which explores dance training and body image through the experiences of young dancers, and GuiDANCE, which addresses growth and maturation in dance.

Body Perspectives: Re-evaluating the Ideal takes place on Monday 26 October, 10am–5pm, in Birmingham, England.

Romy Ashmore-Hills

Romy Ashmore-Hills is Co-Founder and Project Manager of Hungry 2 Move, a creative action research project funded by Arts Council England, exploring the relationship between dance training and body image through the eyes of young dancers. Romy has worked in the participatory arts and in community setting for the past 4 years, including work on the inclusive and integrated dance project ‘Critical Mass’ in association with the commonwealth games. Romy is trained in creative facilitation for young people, trauma informed practice, mental health first aid, paediatric first aid, safeguarding, and is currently undergoing eating disorder training with the charity BEAT. Romy is passionate about using dance and the arts to improve wellbeing for young people.

Jonathan Bucke

Jonathan Bucke is a chartered physiotherapist and Clinical Lead for The Royal Ballet Company at the Royal Opera House, London, with a background spanning elite sport and performing arts medicine. He has served as Head Physiotherapist for Team England at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, worked with Team GB at the Paris 2024 & Tokyo 2020 Olympics and spent over eight years with the English Institute of Sport and British Gymnastics. He holds master's degrees in Sports Medicine (University of Lancashire) and Advanced Manipulative Physiotherapy (University of Birmingham), and regularly speaks at industry conferences and co-hosts CPD courses on topics such as bone stress injuries in dancers.

David Donnelly

David Donnelly is a soloist with the Royal Ballet and has performed with the company for 13 years. by @hungry2move

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Help us reach 200 responses 🙏💗 anyone aged 18-25 who has danced in a class it at school, in any style at any age. Link in our bio 🔗 share with all the dancers you know

#dance #dancelife #dancer #danceclass #danceteacher by @hungry2move

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2 months ago

"I felt like 'please don't make me do this I want to cry'..."

We spoke to over 300 dancers about how dance training effects you, here's what some of them had to say

Relatable?

Tell us your experience of dance training, go to the link in our bio or comment "💃" and we will DM you the link 🔗

#dance #dancelife #mentalhealth #bodyimage #wellbeing

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@romywhai by @hungry2move

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2 months ago

💃 8 out of 10 young dancers have thought "I don't look like a dancer."

Last year, Hungry 2 Move worked with 339 young people across dance education settings - from GCSE to university, ballet to breakin' - to explore how dance training affects body image.

The findings were striking. Body surveillance, harsh self-criticism, and pressure to meet narrow aesthetic ideals were widespread - even among children as young as 11.

But the research also revealed something hopeful: young dancers aren't passive recipients of these messages. Many are actively developing their own resistance strategies, reframing comparisons and countering their inner critic.

This is exactly why this research matters - and why we're continuing it.
🔗 link in bio
#DanceEducation #BodyImage #YoungPeople #CommunityArts #hungrytomove

Illustrations by @chloe.fluff.studios by @hungry2move

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5 months ago

✉️ A Letter to My Body

"Sometimes it stresses me out because I put all of my pride into my hair."

This letter was written by a young dancer to their own body - and it's just one small moment from a much bigger conversation we've been having with young people about dance training and body image.

Behind the technique, the corrections, and the costumes, young dancers are carrying so much. And we think it's time more of their voices were heard.

If you're a dancer aged 18–25, we'd love you to be part of our next research project -whether that's taking our anonymous survey or joining our online creative workshop (and getting paid £15 for your time 💛).

The more voices we hear, the more we can change.

🔗 Link in bio! by @hungry2move

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5 months ago

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY

Have a boogie to celebrate 🤸

✏️ Illustration @chloe.fluff.studios by @hungry2move

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