Virtual Harkness Center Saturday Series: Adolescent Dancer Health

Harkness Center for Dance Injuries proudly offers in-person and virtual Harkness Center Saturday Series workshops for the dance community.

APRIL 2025 WORKSHOP

Topic: Adolescent Dancer Health

When: Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

Format: VIRTUAL (Zoom)

Description: In this workshop for parents, dance educators, and administrators, we will review physiological and psychological health considerations in the adolescent dancer; identify common injuries and unique risk factors in this population; and discuss effective strategies to modify risk and prevent these injuries.

Instructor: Harkness Center assistant director and athletic trainer, Alison Deleget, MS, ATC completed her bachelor’s degree in ballet and her master’s degree in athletic training at Indiana University. She also holds a graduate certificate in core business competencies from NYU. With 20 years’ experience in performing arts medicine, Ms. Deleget has worked with various elite dance companies and Broadway shows in New York, including Dance Theatre of Harlem, Martha Graham, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Ballet Hispánico, Hamilton, Wicked, Les Miserables, and the Public Theater. She has lectured extensively within the dance community and at national and international conferences.

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:

Saturday, May 31 - Fundamentals of Fascial Release Tools (in-person)

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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