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Sonia Revid created public health ballet at the height of 'dance fever'

  • Written by Averyl Gaylor, PhD Candidate in History and Manager, Centre for Health, Law and Society at La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University
Sonia Revid created public health ballet at the height of 'dance fever'Dickenson-Monteith/The Australian Performing Arts Collection

Today’s latest medical advice is to wash our hands to the chorus of songs from the likes of Lizzo, Gloria Gaynor or Beyoncé. This is to mitigate the boredom of washing to Happy Birthday … twice!

Public health strategies have been linked to popular culture before. In...

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