Harkness Center Coffee Chats are informal, guided discussions about topics related to dancer wellness and injury prevention. Our discussion this spring will be Effective Cross Training.
Harkness Center for Dance Injuries athletic trainer, Ella Otto, MS, ATC will present cross training and fitness guidelines and define periodization. Together participants will workshop ways they can apply the material to create an individualized, effective fitness routine to optimize their dance training and performance.
We encourage dancers of all dance genres, levels, and settings to attend. Bring your questions!
About the instructor:
Harkness Center for Dance Injuries athletic trainer, Ella Otto, MS, ATC received a bachelor’s degree in movement science and a master’s degree in athletic training from Winona State University, where she also earned a minor in dance. An athletic training student intern with The Harkness Center for Dance Injuries in 2022, she has experience as a choreographer, dancer, and strength and conditioning coach for sports teams. She holds certifications in Graston Technique and personal training and as a corrective exercise specialist.
Registrants will receive Zoom link by email. We encourage live attendance to this virtual program, but the event will be recorded and the recording available for a limited time after it takes place.
Refund policy: We cannot provide refunds after the event has taken place.
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.
