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Article History

Received: 6 May 2025

Accepted: 16 December 2025

First Online: 3 January 2026

Declarations

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: Ethics approval for the present study was obtained from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ethics Committee in July 2024 (Reference number: EC2378). Written informed consent for participation was obtained from all participants prior to the commencement of the study, following the procedures approved by the Ethics Committee. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Participant information sheets and consent forms are available from the author on reasonable request.

: Not applicable.

: The author was commissioned and funded by Scottish Ballet to conduct an independent evaluation, which formed the basis of the present study. Scottish Ballet facilitated with the study recruitment, but had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of findings, or writing of the manuscript. The author declares no other potential competing interests.