The Harkness Center Healthy Dancer Initiative (HCHDI) provides a cohort of professional dancers in financial need with free wellness workshops to encourage a sound, holistic approach to self-care and aid in career longevity and subsidized classes at two of New York City’s premier dance centers.

Benefits include:

Free professional development courses and injury prevention workshops at the two Centers, led by Harkness Center for Dance Injuries staff.
$5 dance technique and somatic classes at Gibney and Mark Morris Dance Center. Dancers may take up to 25 classes over the six-month term across the two centers. All adult drop-in classes are included.
Free Injury Prevention Assessment conducted by the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries

Six-month term: July 1, 2023 to December 23, 2023
Application Period: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 to Friday, May 26, 2023

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Dancers are eligible based on financial need – gross household income is equal to or below 225% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) – and accepted by lottery into each six-month term. There are two terms each year. Following a lottery selection process, applicants will be notified of their acceptance by June 2, 2023. Accepted dancers must confirm their participation by June 12, 2023, and watch an Injury Prevention Workshop recording before July 1, 2023.

A program of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health in partnership with Gibney and Mark Morris Dance Center.