Harkness Coffee Chat: Touring Tips from an Expert

Harkness Center Coffee Chats are guided discussions about topics related to dancer wellness and injury prevention. Our discussion this spring will be Touring Tips from an Expert.

Led by athletic trainer Hailey Calkins, MS, LAT, ATC, the virtual session will center on touring dancers, performers, and the healthcare providers traveling with these artists.

As the athletic trainer for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Harkness Center’s Hailey travels with the company both nationally and internationally. With 17 tour stops logged in the past year, she has compiled a number of strategies for coping with challenges like time change, accessing familiar foods, sleeping in new spaces, being away from family and friends back home, and transitioning from buses and planes to stages in short timespans.

Join us for this insightful session on practical tips for peak performance and optimal physical, mental, and social wellbeing while on tour.

About the instructor:

Hailey Calkins, MS, ATC earned her Master’s in Athletic Training from the University of Utah, where she also completed a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with minors in Modern Dance and Nutrition. Originally from Bend, Oregon, Hailey grew up training in a wide range of styles including ballet, jazz, modern, tap, and musical theater. With a lifelong foundation in the arts, she’s incredibly grateful for the opportunity to support and work alongside talented artists all across the city and to serve as athletic trainer for Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Registrants will receive Zoom link by email. This is a live, virtual event that will not be recorded.

Refund policy: We cannot provide refunds after the event has taken place. Eventbrite fee is deducted from refunds.

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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