The Practitioners.

Bronwyn Claassen

Bronwyn Claassen has spent more than three decades helping performers move well, recover with confidence, and build careers that last. Her practice sits at the intersection of clinical physiotherapy and a lifelong life in dance, she trained first as a dancer, then as a physiotherapist, and has treated performing bodies through that dual lens ever since.

She has worked as company physiotherapist for some of the biggest musical theatre productions to tour Australia, including CATS, King Kong Live on Stage, Hamilton, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, alongside international work with Cirque du Soleil and The House of Dancing Water. As a senior physiotherapist at Performance Medicine, she provided both in-theatre and clinic-based care across major touring productions.

Bronwyn's approach draws on a wide range of technique, muscle energy techniques, Connect Therapy©, sports physiotherapy, vocal physiotherapy, dry needling and Clinical Pilates, in service of a broader goal: helping performers understand their own bodies well enough to manage injury, move confidently, and perform at their best.

Grace Williams

Grace graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) from the University of Queensland in 2015. In 2018 she moved to the UK to follow her passion for providing exceptional physiotherapy care to performers, going on to work as physiotherapist for touring musical theatre companies, film, and shows on the West End.

She returned home to Brisbane in 2020, working with shows at QPAC and as the Academy Physiotherapist at Queensland Ballet. She is the current physiotherapist for Australasian Dance Collective.

Further training has enabled Grace to also work in the specialised area of vocal physiotherapy assessment and treatment, understanding the mechanics of the voice and neck in musical theatre performers, singers, public speakers and musicians.

Personally, Grace has trained in many styles of dance including ballet, jazz, contemporary, aerial and pole, completing exams in the RAD ballet syllabus up to Advanced 2 and holding a CSTD Jazz Teacher certificate. Alongside her experience treating professional performers, this gives her a close understanding of the demands of an artist and what's required to perform at an optimal level. Her approach to treatment is holistic, incorporating education, manual therapy, dry needling, exercise prescription and clinical Pilates.

Dr Rafael Teixeira

Dr Rafael Teixeira completed both his Bachelor and Master of Chiropractic Science at Macquarie University in Sydney and has been in clinical practice since graduating in 2016. He is a registered member of Chiropractic Australia and practises at Back Up Clinic in Potts Point.

Rafael has a particular interest in human movement, performance, and helping people understand how their bodies function. His approach extends beyond pain relief, focusing on restoring movement quality, improving body awareness, and empowering patients with the knowledge and strategies to actively participate in their recovery and long-term health.

He has extensive experience working with performers and understands the unique physical demands of rehearsal schedules, touring, and live performance. His goal is not only to help performers recover from injury, but to keep them performing at their best by optimising movement, building physical resilience, and preventing injuries before they occur.

A former professional swimmer with a lifelong passion for movement, strength training, calisthenics and yoga, Rafael appreciates the demands that high-performance activity places on the body. He believes treatment should be collaborative, combining hands-on care, education and movement strategies so performers understand their bodies and perform with confidence.

Oscar Bridges

Oscar Bridges is a qualified Nutrition Counsellor and professional musical theatre performer. Since graduating high school in 2023 he has worked consistently throughout the Australian musical theatre industry, and is currently on tour while building his business.

An Adelaide-born performer who has spent much of his adult life on the road, Oscar understands the unique challenges of cooking on tour while performing eight shows a week. Alongside a passion for food and cooking, that firsthand experience inspired Ate Shows A Week, a nutrition coaching service dedicated to helping performers and touring professionals eat, feel and perform their best.

Performers are athletes, and it matters to treat the body like one. With that in mind, Oscar works with people looking to improve gut health, energy, endurance, wellbeing, their relationship with food and routine, or simply the way they shop and cook on tour.