The program is aimed at professional dance artists. Artists from related fields are also very welcome.
Participation in the workshop is free of charge. Binding registration at info@produktionszentrum.de. The number of places is limited.
The workshop will be held in German. Questions can also be asked in English.
11 am - 1.30 pm: Stress management and coping strategies
The workshop deals with the basics of stress management and how one's own resources can be sustainably strengthened: What are stressors in dance, especially in the independent dance scene? What happens in the body during a stress reaction and what long-term consequences does stress have on physical and mental health, e.g. with regard to injuries? Together we will develop individual strategies for dealing with stress through various reflection and practical exercises and discuss how these can be integrated into everyday dance life in the long term.
2 - 4 pm: Mental health and mental training
Working as a dance professional in the independent scene brings with it many opportunities, but also challenges and worries over the course of a career. It is therefore all the more important to have the right methods at hand to deal with these mentally and emotionally and to be able to exploit your own potential. The aim of the workshop is to provide an insight into how various sports psychology methods (e.g. goal setting, self-talk regulation) can be used to promote your own mental health and performance.
Anja Ofenstein
Anja Ofenstein works as a sports scientist (M.Sc. TUM) and sports psychology expert (asp) in Munich. Since 2016, she has been supporting dancers at the Bayerisches Staatsballett München in the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries. In her work as a sports psychology expert, she organizes workshops and lectures on mental training and mental health in dance and offers sports psychology coaching for dance professionals. For ta.med e.V. (non profit organization for dance medicine) she teaches the module “Additional training for dancers” as part of the dance medicine certificate and is active in various working groups.
She has been dancing in the JMC leagues since she was a child and has taken part in various national and international dance competitions. Through her own experiences as a dancer and her research in the field of stress and injuries in dance, her focus is particularly on the interfaces between dance medicine, sports science and psychology and how dance professionals can be supported holistically.
The event is part of the workshop and information series “Health promotion for the independent dance and performance scene”.
The series is funded by the LHS Stuttgart as part of the Entwicklungstreiber Kultur program.
About Anja Ofenstein