Medical support
The competitin applies medically based judging criteria under the supervision of a physician.
The theme for 2025 is "Eating Disorders."
For more information on eating disorders click here.
https://safedance.jp/eatingdisorder/
Children who take part in competitions in particular are more susceptible to mental illness than you might imagine.
Treating an eating disorder is not an easy thing.
Not only will it prevent you from dancing ballet, but it will also affect your real life.
What is an eating disorder?
Why do people develop eating disorders?
What can the individual do to prevent it?
What can adults around us do to prevent this?
What to do if you have an eating disorder?
To ensure that the children who are in their growth period and working hard in competitions can stay healthy in the future. By learning more about why they are called in their growth period and what it means, teachers and parents, more than the children themselves, can protect the health of the children.
Our instructors will be holding seminars, so please take this opportunity to learn together about the health and safety of children, teachers, and parents!
We sincerely hope that the health and safety of the children will be protected, and that through ballet, the circle of warm and kind people will expand.
There will be a physical check experience session led by physical therapist Mayu Yagihara in the lobby of the competition venue, so please feel free to join us for that as well.
Safe Dance Association × Ballet Connection
How to take courses
① If you are a competition contestant and would like to attend the course at the venue
Please present your participant, guardian, and instructor pass at the reception desk. You can attend the course free of charge .
Medical support will be held at the Parthenon Tama "Open Studio".
② If you are a contestant and would like to watch the archive
Please register in advance for a free membership to "Ballet TV," which will stream archived videos.
⇒ Ballet TV free membership registration
3) Those who are not participating in the competition but would like to attend the lectures
Please apply via the link below.
⇒Lecture application and overview
Lecture Schedule
February 8 (Saturday)
Nutrition Professor Ito 11:00-12:00
"Food and Body of Growing Dancers"
https://ballet-tv.com/contents/4365
About Eating Disorders 13:00-14:00
(Meeting for deepening understanding of eating disorders)
Gynecology Dr. Tsukada 15:30-16:30
"How to Deal with Menstruation and the Female Athlete Triad"
https://ballet-tv.com/contents/4366
Psychology Professor Fujigo 17:00-18:00
"Mental Health for Competitions"
https://ballet-tv.com/contents/4367
Participants in the competition can attend the seminar for free!
Even if you are not able to participate in the competition in person, you can watch it online.
What we can do as adults is to think about, protect, and act to ensure the health and safety of children who love ballet.
I hope that we can learn together, think together, and continue to walk together with ballet with peace of mind.
Safe Dance Association × Ballet Connection
Rumiko Inoue
Orthopedic surgeon
The Japanese Orthopaedic Association medical specialist and certified sports physician
Certified sports doctor of Japan Sports Association
Director of Matsuura Orthopedic Surgery
Are you overworking your body to cover up your pain?
There is a factor to cause pain. Only after a diagnosis is made, treatment will be determined.
Let's take this oportunity to think about the physical characteristics and injuries that could happen during the junior age period!
Kuniko Tsukada
Obstetrician and gynecologist
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/School Health Care Member
Suginami Medical Association/School Health Care Member
Japan Endometriosis Awareness Conference executive committee member
Atlas Ladies Clinic Director
Menstrual problems such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) should not be left untreated but should be treated by a gynecologist.
Gynecology is a place that supports women throughout their lives and helps them stay healthy.
To ensure that you can maximize your performance in competitions without being driven by menstruation, you should definitely have a gynecological partner when menstruation begins.
Etsuko Togo
Professor, Faculty of Child Psychology at Tokyo Future University
Recognized Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist
Clinical developmental psychologist, Nursery school teacher
Coming later
Ayumi Ito
Sports nutritionist
Registered dietitian at Japan Sports Association
Registered Sports nutritionist certified by the The Japan Dietetic Association
We are surrounded by a lot of information about food and diet. However we do not have enogh information available about ballet and there are some dancers who are struggling with those information.
Dancer's physical management is crucial for their performance.
With this reason, it is a different perspective from dietary methods for the purpose of improving lifestyle-related diseases or for beauty. Why don't you take this opportunity to learn about nutritional science to make the most of your ballet life? We look forward to meeting everyone.
Ayumi Ito
Sports nutritionist
Registered dietitian at Japan Sports Association
Registered Sports nutritionist certified by the The Japan Dietetic Association
We are surrounded by a lot of information about food and diet. However we do not have enogh information available about ballet and there are some dancers who are struggling with those information.
Dancer's physical management is crucial for their performance.
With this reason, it is a different perspective from dietary methods for the purpose of improving lifestyle-related diseases or for beauty. Why don't you take this opportunity to learn about nutritional science to make the most of your ballet life? We look forward to meeting everyone.