The Team

The Beginning…

Project RED-D was sparked by one of those conversations that just clicks. Over coffee, Karen Sheriff, former Head of Healthcare at London’s Royal Ballet School and specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist, and Pippa Woolven, founder of Project RED-S and former elite distance runner, found themselves talking about a shared problem: dancers, much like athletes, often push their bodies to the brink of high performance without the right knowledge or support to stay healthy.

With Karen’s expertise in caring for elite young dancers and passion for influencing health and change on a broad level, and Pippa’s mission to raise awareness of energy deficiency in sport, launching a dance-focused sister project on RED- S felt like a no-brainer. Project RED-D, sets out to create a space and network, where dancers and their support teams could find the education, resources, and encouragement they need to thrive, not just perform, and alongside this, supporting essential research in this area.

We are a team of healthcare experts, dance ambassadors, and creative visionaries committed to pushing the boundaries of health, culture, and innovation. With diverse backgrounds in dance, healthcare, artistic direction and high performance, we collaborate to inspire, empower, and elevate the global dance community.