Jennifer Marie J. Yang, MD

Wheee! We did a thing on Saturday, June 6, 2026 and I am hoping this will be the start of something bigger than just PAMANA PH collaborating with one organization at a time. Baby steps!

An awesome experience: I am so proud of the Performing Arts Medicine Advocates National Association of the Philippines (PAMANA PH) collaboration with Philippine Classical Ballet Syllabus Inc., bringing dance medicine, science, and overall health and wellbeing to our audience of dancers, dance educators, and healthcare professionals (and people who are dancers-educators-healthcare people rolled into one).

Sa uulitin! (Let’s do this again)

Next time I think we also need someone to talk about mental health and resilience at a workshop like this and maybe an in-depth look into eating disorders, body image and many other issues that affect dancers’ health and wellbeing. Would be great to put a series of talks together and maybe make a “library” of sorts so we can all use these information sessions as a reference.

Libre mangarap, pero feeling ko kaya naman natin ito. Effort lang talaga! (Rough translation: dreaming is free, but I think this is doable – we can do it with collaborative efforts)