Membership in IADMS is open to any individual who is actively connected with the healthcare, education, administration, and supervision of dancers and/or is a member of the dance community.

There are many benefits of membership in the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science:

• Increase your knowledge of dance medicine and science and add a new dimension to the care of the dancers with whom you work, whether you are a healthcare professional, a dance educator, a dance scientist, or a company director.

• Network with other professionals in the field, providing you with a substantial resource for you and your dancers.

• Receive the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science (JDMS), the official publication of IADMS, which features original scientific articles, review articles, case studies, abstracts from current literature, editorials, consensus statements, book reviews, news & notes, letters to the editor and a special topic-oriented issue every year. All individual memberships (but not school, company, or corporate members) also receive free access to JDMS articles online.

• Receive the IADMS Quarterly Newsletter by email, which contains information on upcoming conferences and workshops, dance medicine and science research, and activities in a variety of locales around the world.

• Receive access to the "Members Only" areas of the IADMS website, including a diverse array of groups, each with its own forums.

• Search the online IADMS Membership Directory, containing complete contact information for all IADMS members.

• Receive your own personal web pages, hosted by IADMS, with a unique web address (URL).  Add photos, biographical information, files. Demonstrate to your colleagues, clients, patients your commitment to dance medicine and science.

• Receive a discounted registration rate when attending the IADMS Annual Conference, a four day event featuring original papers, clinical symposia, workshops, forums, posters, and movement sessions covering various aspects of clinical dance medicine, dance medicine research, dance science, and dance education.

• Purchase at a discounted rate the Dance Medicine and Science Bibliography which cites all English language dance medicine research, by Ruth Solomon and John Solomon.

• Purchase at a discounted rate the Annual Conference Proceedings and Abstract Books, which contain abstracts and/or presentation summaries for lectures, movement sessions, posters, and forums held at the annual IADMS conference.

• Purchase at a discounted rate the Dance Medicine and Science Posters, full-color posters suitable for framing, containing relevant information on dance medicine and science topics, with text drawn from IADMS Resource Papers.

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