Debra Crookshanks

Debra is an Australian-trained manipulative physiotherapist with many years of experience in dance education and the assessment and treatment of dance related injuries. She has a private practice in Sydney, lectures at both secondary and tertiary levels and has presented papers at numerous conferences. Debra was the convenor of the Safe Dance sub-committee for Ausdance NSW.

Publications

Safe Dance reports

by Amy Vassallo, Debra Crookshanks, Hilary Trotter & Tony Geeves originally published on 1 March 1990

Safe Dance reports volumes 1, 2 and 3 contain research into the areas of injury prevention and management, body therapies, rehearsal and management practices.

Articles

Safe Dance report III

by Debra Crookshanks originally published on 1 March 1999 in Safe Dance reports

This report documents the recurrence of injury in Australia professional dancers. It follows the work of Tony Geeves which began 10 years earlier.