Clinical care, embedded in the culture of your organization.
AAHC brings performing arts medicine directly to studios, theater companies, and arts organizations — not as a service you hire for one event, but as a sustained partner embedded in how your company operates.
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Built for performing arts organizations
If your organization employs and/or trains performing artists, AAHC has a program for you — whether you're a pre-professional dance studio or a major institutional theater company.
Dance studios & companies
Pre-professional training programs, semi-professional and professional companies. In-season, pre-production, and year-round programming available.
Production & Theater companies
Production-based support including backstage PT, pre-production risk assessment, and performance season coverage.
Arts schools & conservatories
Student screenings, faculty development workshops, and integrated wellness curriculum for training programs.
"We diagnose before we prescribe. Every partner gets a needs assessment. No two programs look exactly alike."
Most organizations think about artist health reactively — when someone gets hurt. AAHC works differently. Before we recommend anything, we learn your organization: your season, your dancers, your culture around injury and care. Then we build a program around what you actually need.
The result is clinical care that fits your organization — not a generic wellness package.
What an AAHC partnership can include
Programs are built from these core service areas — most organizations draw from several. Your program is designed around your needs and your budget.
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Physical therapy, embedded
Licensed PTs available during rehearsals, performances, and training — in your space, not an offsite clinic.
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Pre-season & pre-production screenings
Comprehensive movement and injury risk assessments before the season begins. Custom screening protocols tailored to your company's repertoire.
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Recovery classes & strength programming
Weekly recovery sessions and strength and conditioning programming designed specifically for performing artists in active training.
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Health education for companies & studios
Workshops on injury prevention, performance longevity, nutrition, and mental performance — for dancers, students, and leadership alike.
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Direct access to AAHC’s network of performing arts medicine specialists — including sports medicine physicians, physical therapists , and performance psychologists.
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Priority access to Boston Children's Hospital
As an official affiliate, AAHC can connect your artists to Boston Children's Performing Arts Department — the team that treats Boston Ballet and US Olympic figure skaters — within 24 hours.
Partnership programs — built around your organization
Every AAHC partnership is custom. These three program levels reflect how organizations typically engage with us — from a meaningful first step to full embedded partnership. We work within your budget to find the right fit.
For organizations taking a first meaningful step toward embedded artist health.
Best for: Studios and companies who want to establish a clinical relationship and begin building a culture of prevention — without a large upfront commitment.
Includes seasonal screening, one leadership or company workshop, access to AAHC's industry resources, and a quarterly check-in.
For organizations ready for ongoing clinical presence and integration.
Best for: Companies and studios who want AAHC embedded throughout the season — a named clinical partner your artists know and trust.
Includes everything in Foundation, plus monthly or bi-monthly onsite programming, a dedicated AAHC clinician point of contact, and seasonal program review.
For large companies and institutional partners ready for comprehensive clinical partnership.
Best for: Major companies, conservatories, and institutional theaters who want AAHC embedded across all aspects of company health — including production periods.
Includes everything in Embedded Partner, plus onsite coverage during productions, injury triage and care coordination, medical team integration, and outcomes tracking.
Not sure where you fit?
Every partnership starts with a discovery call. We'll listen first, then recommend what makes sense for your organization — and your budget.
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Organizations we work with
A selection of current and recent AAHC partners across theater, dance, and the performing arts.
American Repertory Theater
Onsite wellness and health care providers
Kairos Dance Theater
Preferred provider and onsite wellness education partnership
ICA
Preferred Onsite health care partnership
Boston Dance Theater
Onsite wellness and health care providers
The Huntington Theater
Onsite wellness and health care providers
Human Movement Lab and Human Movement Project
Community Partner
ArtsEmerson
Preferred Onsite health care partnership
The Arts Action Consortium Theater
Onsite wellness and health care providers
Somart
Community Partner
“Melissa is knowledgeable, patient, and a joy to work with. I bring her in to work with world-class actors and dancers — they all love her too”