PASIG Resource Page

The Performing Arts Special Interest Group (PASIG) has compiled information that may be useful in understanding technical aspects of various performing arts, evaluating and treating performing artists, and managing performing artists rehabilitation.

Common Injuries

1. Dance
2. Figure Skating
3. Gymnastics
4. Instrumental Musicians
5. Vocalists
6. Circus Performers/Aerialists/Pole Dance
7. Musical Theater
8. Other

Additional Resources

PASIG Members work with a wide variety of performing artists at many levels--including professional, elite, and amateur performers, students, and performing arts coaches and educators. The following links may be useful to you in providing resources for your patients regarding health and wellness promotion, as well as finding opportunities to learn more about advocacy for performing arts health. The second group of links offer avenues for performers to seek funding/financial support, which is often a significant concern for performers in seeking care for their injuries.

Performing Arts Resource Pages:

• Performing Arts Medicine Association: https://artsmed.org/
• Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health: https://www.danceusa.org/dancerhealth
• International Association of Dance Medicine and Science: https://iadms.org/
• Safe in Dance International: http://www.safeindance.com/
• USA Dance: https://usadance.org/
• Athletes and the Arts: http://athletesandthearts.com/
• American College Dance Association: https://www.acda.dance/
• US Figure Skating: https://www.usfigureskating.org/skate/prepare-and-train
• USA Cheer: https://www.usacheer.org/safety
• USA Gymnastics: https://usagym.org/pages/aboutus/wellness/
• American Circus Educators Association: https://www.americancircuseducators.org/resources/
• National Dance Education Organization: https://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=188018
• The College Music Society: https://www.music.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=226&Itemid=3288
• Stop Sports Injuries: https://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/STOP/Prevent/STOP/Prevent_Injuries/preventinjuries.aspx?hkey=605a1398-5a54-49ab-924e-7f55965d8409

Funding Sources for Performing Artists

• The Actor’s Fund: https://actorsfund.org/
• Musicares: https://www.grammy.com/musicares
• NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre: https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/nyc-womens-fund-for-media-music-and-theatre/
• Musicians Foundation: https://www.musiciansfoundation.org/apply/
• Sweet Relief Musicians Fund: https://www.sweetrelief.org/request-assistance.html
• American Guild of Musical Artists Relief Fund: https://agmarelief.org/eligibility/
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts: https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grants/emergency-grants/
• PATHFund’s Community Relief: https://thepathfund.org/grant
• US Figure Skating: https://www.usfigureskating.org/scholarships-and-funding/scholarships-awards-and-grants
• Circus Students Around the World: https://www.csawcircus.org/financial-aid
• Music Health Alliance: https://www.musichealthalliance.com/