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January 5, 2008 at 4:19 pm · Filed under SLOAN, ballet, dance, injuries, washington, new york city ballet, sab, school of american ballet, physical therapy
Here’s more about the Wellness Workshop programs I’ll be helping with today in Washington DC (And later in the month in Santa Monica, CA). If you are in the area, there are three workshops today, at 2:45, 4:15, and 5:45, all lead by NYCB physical therapist Marika Hartog at the Washington School of Ballet. Everyone is welcome, and the workshops are free. Such a great program for helping educate people about the importance of taking care of your body as a dancer.
NYCB and SAB announce a series of free Wellness Workshops for Adolescent Dancers, to be held in January and February 2008. The one-hour program, “Injury Prevention for Adolescent Dancers,” is designed for dance students, parents, and dance instructors and will be facilitated by a NYCB physical therapist. The workshops will be held in Boston, Chicago, Fort Worth, Miami Beach, Santa Monica, and Washington.
SAB began a Wellness Program in the 1990s as part of a comprehensive Student Life program. The program includes nutrition counseling, physical therapy, and psychological counseling. NYCB’s Wellness Program began in 2001 and is aimed at reducing the number of injuries sustained by dancers and improving dancers’ overall health and well-being. The program is the result of a research study conducted by members of the NYCB Wellness Team: Linda Hamilton,Ph.D., psychologist; William Hamilton,M.D., orthopedist; Marika Molnar, physical therapist; and Larry DeMann, Jr., D.C., chiropractor. In their research, the team discovered that the majority of injuries could be prevented if dancers were made aware of certain risks and taught the best ways to stay healthy.
Last year, NYCB and SAB held Wellness Workshops in four East Coast cities. Following the popularity of those sessions, NYCB and SAB have expanded the program, with the goal of reaching a wider population of dance students.
Registration for the Wellness Workshops will be available one hour before the start of each session. For more information, e-mail wellness@nycballet.com or call 212-870-4068, M-F, 10 am-5 pm.
All participants will be asked to read and sign an Assumption of Risk Agreement. Participants under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian sign and complete all fields in the Agreement. Click HERE for Assumption of Risk pdf.
Click here for future dates and times and to see if the Wellness Workshop will be coming to your area.
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October 4, 2007 at 10:54 pm · Filed under SLOAN, dance, injuries, physical therapy, mobile, iphone
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September 27, 2007 at 11:56 pm · Filed under backstage, dance, dancers, physical therapy, photography, photographer, PATRICIO, chile, ballet de santiago
This is me, I really love these kinds of pictures, but it is hard because people loose their spontaneity when I have my camera in front of them. Sometimes I would love to be invisible, hehehehehehehe
Nadia and her music, and one cigarette.
Andreza and telephone.
Margarita, ballerina and yoga teacher.
This is Elizabeth, such a nice ballerina.
Something really funny was in that computer…..
Agustin and cigarette.
Where are you going Paulina???????????
Sonia, Pancha and Francisco, What is next……….
Roberto, but we call him Chaman, he is our therapy man, he is great.
Sasha in smoking area, he is a principal with Stuttgart Ballet and now guests here for Bayadere.
Her name is Dolores, but we call her Lolo. She will be getting married next january, so we are having a party.
This is Alejandra the secretary, she is so funny and nice.
These stairs go to the smoking area and this is Agustin, enjoying another cigarette.
This is Cyril in dressing room. He loves that game on his computer.
Nadia still with her music, but after her cigarette.
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August 5, 2007 at 12:09 am · Filed under SLOAN, dance, injuries, travel, new york city ballet, motorcycle, lincoln center, sab, physical therapy, iphone
Posted by Kristin Sloan
Baby blue in her primo parking spot, directly in front of West Side Dance Physical Therapy.
Yesterday I had a few things to wrap up before leaving for Savannah Sunday morning. I went to my bi-weekly (soon to be tri-weekly) physical therapy appointment where I got a bit of a pep talk from Rocky (my PT), and also had the pleasure of bumping into/meeting for the first time Bad Boy dancer, soon to be Montréal resident and Cas Public dancer, and Winger contributor Bennyroyce Royon. He’s just as nice and personable in person as he seems in his posts. So nice to meet you Benny!
NYCB’s offices are lined with old show posters from all over the world. It’s really amazing. Inside Debra’s office are New York State employee/employer information and lots of travel books from the many countries city ballet has visited over the years.
Then I stopped by the New York City Ballet offices (in the New York State Theater across from physical therapy) where I dropped off my passport to the lovely Debra Bernard, so that all the appropriate arrangements can be made for our upcoming tour to London in the Spring. (Luckily she only had to photocopy it, as I’ll definitely need it when I go to the Blue Lagoon in Iceland for a couple days with my mom at the end of august!) I also stopped by to see Serappio who graciously lent me a tape of Balanchine and Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements. I’m going to try teaching our students in Savannah the small girls dance (the one with the big piquée circle). Should be fun!
The NEW Empire Hotel
Also, while I was up there and grabbing a quick refreshment at Starbucks, I passed by what has been the bombed-out-looking former location of the Empire Hotel only to see a slick, modern interior with multiple doormen who asked if they could help me as I stared bewildered through the glass entrance. This was the hotel my mom and I stayed at when I first came to Lincoln Center to see the Royal Ballet when I was maybe 13, when I came to audition for the year-round program at the School of American Ballet, and many many times after that. It has been empty and abandoned-looking for quite a long time… it’s so nice to see that it is back!!
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July 5, 2007 at 5:17 pm · Filed under SLOAN, dance, injuries, saratoga, physical therapy, mobile, iphone
Posted by Sloan | via mobile phone
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July 3, 2007 at 7:45 pm · Filed under SLOAN, dance, tour, food, saratoga, physical therapy, mobile, cooking, victoria pool, iphone
Posted by Sloan | via mobile phone
magazine for inspiration for tonight’s dinner after the show. Soon Adrian will leave for Symphony in 3 Movements rehearsal, and I’ll hit the pool for some physical therapy moves.
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