ABSTRACT
It is not unusual to hear a non-disabled assistant in a workshop saying 'Oh I'm not here to dance, I've just come to help.' Such offers are always appreciated around issues of organisation, transport, etc., but within the studio itself, everyone must be present in his or her own right as a dancer. Those unwilling or unable to make that transition need to be asked kindly to leave or to sit out and watch. Helpers wishing to 'assist' but not participate take us back to the Greek origins of the word therapy, to minister to or to be in attendance, and will skew the work of the group by obscuring the problems that should be engaging the imaginations of the dancers themselves.
