Harkness Center Saturday Series: Self-Release Techniques

Harkness Center is pleased to announce its Harkness Center Saturday Series! These in-person workshops will be led by our clinical staff and feature various topics on dancer wellness and injury prevention. Unless otherwise noted, they will take place at our physical therapy clinic (614 2nd Ave., 2G, NY, NY 10016). All members of the dance community are welcome (dancers under age 16 are strongly encouraged to come with a parent/guardian*).

Our May 2024 workshop will be Self-Release Techniques.

Learn techniques for releasing soft tissue using foam rollers, massage balls, and other tools. We will look at anatomical images corresponding to the tissues we address and cover healthy post-release stretching. Participants strongly encouraged to bring a foam roller, massage ball, or other self-massage tool.

Wear comfortable clothes.

About the instructor:

Harkness Center for Dance Injuries clinical specialist Lauren McIntyre, ATC provides backstage care to Broadway shows and dance companies as well as injury prevention assessments and educational lectures to the dance community. She is an on-site certified athletic trainer for The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY.

*We strongly encourage participants under 16 years of age to attend with a parent/guardian. If a parent/guardian plans to drop off a minor, please make sure you have corresponded with the Harkness Center in advance.

Liability waiver: for workshops that include movement, participants will be required to sign a liability waiver.

Refund policy: We cannot provide refunds after the event has taken place.

Questions: Contact Kristen Stevens, program coordinator, [email protected]

Upcoming Saturday Series Workshops - summer virtual workshops will be announced soon!

About the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries: NYU Langone's Harkness Center for Dance Injuries (www.DanceInjury.org) is dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of dance professionals by providing breakthrough approaches to injury prevention, medical treatment, education and training, and research. Founded in 1989 through a partnership between the Harkness Foundation for Dance and the Hospital for Joint Diseases (now NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital), the Harkness Center provides world-class clinical care for dancers of all types and levels. The scientific foundation for this expert care comes from research into understanding the dancer’s body in motion coupled with workplace requirements. The Harkness Center’s evidence-based practice has produced globally accepted approaches to the recognition, treatment, and prevention of dance injuries.

In addition to caring for injuries, an integral part of the Harkness Center’s mission is providing education. For the dance community, Harkness offers injury prevention workshops, online courses, and screenings, including its long-running, free Injury Prevention Assessment (IPA) program. For fellow dance medicine professionals, Harkness is actively engaged in sharing clinical best practices through academic training with live and online continuing education courses. Since 2015, Harkness Center has offered DanceMedU, its digital learning platform (www.DanceMedU.org), which now offers over 20 lectures on dance medicine and dancer health.

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