Harkness Center Saturday Series: Stress Management Tools

Harkness Center for Dance Injuries kicks off its 2025 Harkness Center Saturday Series workshops on January 25!

Topic: Stress Management Tools

When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST

Format: IN PERSON (614 2nd Ave., 2G, NY, NY, 11226)

Description: We will discuss the definition of stress, causes of stressors, and tools to mitigate stressors before they tip the dancer into distress. Topics include the biopsychosocial model, resiliency, perfectionism, performance anxiety, identity in relationship to the dancer’s art form, and SMART goal setting.

Instructor: Molly McEvoy, MS, ATC holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a master’s degree in athletic training from Shenandoah University, where she also earned a graduate certificate in performing arts medicine. Prior to joining the Harkness Center team, she was assistant athletic trainer at Keiser University. Her graduate studies included work with the dancers of the Houston Ballet.

Saturday Series workshops are led by our clinical staff and feature various topics on dancer wellness and injury prevention. All members of the dance community are welcome (dancers under age 16 are strongly encouraged to come with a parent/guardian*). Please note whether format is in-person or virtual.

*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. Eventbrite fees cannot be refunded.

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

Upcoming Saturday Series Workshops - stay tuned for our 2025 calendar that will include both in-person and virtual Saturday workshops!

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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