From Ideal to Realistic: Strength & Conditioning at Every Stage of Athletic Development
Tue, Jun 23
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Most ballet educators know their students need more than technique class. The problem isn't awareness — it's access. Jason Harrison, strength coach at NYCB and SAB, joins The Summer Fix on June 23rd to show you how to build toward best practice from wherever you actually are right now.
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Jun 23, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
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You know your students need more than technique class. You've seen what happens when they don't have it → the overuse injuries, the fatigue in Week 3 of Nutcracker, the dancers who have every artistic quality but whose bodies give out before their careers can fully begin.
The problem isn't awareness. It's access.
Most ballet educators don't have a gym. Most don't have a strength coach on staff. And most professional development in this space assumes resources that the average studio or school simply doesn't have — leaving teachers with a clear picture of what best practice looks like and no idea how to get there from where they actually are.
That's exactly the gap this session is designed to close.
Jason Harrison is a strength coach at the New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet, and co-owner of Present Tense Fitness. He works with dancers from…