SEXUAL HARASSMENT RESOURCES

Last Updated 11/01/2024

Dance/NYC has identified a list of sexual harassment resources and service providers for NYC-based dance workers below. This list is not comprehensive, and Dance/NYC welcomes information about additional resources. Please email programsassistant@dance.nyc with suggestions.

You can find additional resources around sexual and gender-based violence in our DWR Resource Library.

Visit Dance/NYC's statement on harassment, issued in December 2017. In January 2018, Dance/NYC, Gibney, and The Actors Fund hosted A Gathering to Address Sexual Harassment in the NYC Dance Community.

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Hotlines and Emergency Services

• RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline • 800-656-HOPE (4673)

• National Street Harassment Hotline • 855-897-5910

• NYC Anti-Violence Project • 212-714-1141

• Safe Horizon • 1-800-621-HOPE (4673)

Other Service Providers

• US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission - Workplace Harassment

• Crime Victims Treatment Center • 212-523-4728 

• National Organization for Women NYC

• New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault

Violence Prevention in the Performing Arts

• Intimacy for Stage and Screen 

• League of Independent Theater Anti-Sexual Harassment Toolkit

• Public Theater’s Sexual Misconduct Resources

• Best Practices for Ballet and Dance School Safety by Dance Data Project 

• Disrupting Harm in Dance

• Youth Protection Advocates in Dance

Legal Information and Guidance 

• Equal Rights Advocates • 415-621-0672

• NYC Anti-Violence Project Legal Services 

• New York City Bar Legal Referral Service • 212-626-7373 

• New York State Division of Human Rights • 888-392-3644 

• Safe Horizon Legal Services

Alternative Accountability Structures

• Callisto: Technology to Combat Sexual Assault

• The Dance Safe

• Transform Harm

• Creative Interventions

Anti-Violence Resources for Disabled People from The Arc

• Criminal Justice: Talk About Sexual Violence

• Crime Victims With Disabilities: Know Your Rights

• Crime Victims Fact Sheet

• Ending Victimization of People with IDD by Bullies

• What Happens Next? The Role of Supporting Decision-Making in the Lives of Sexual Assault Survivors With Disabilities

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Model Sexual Harassment Policies:

• Sample 1

• Sample 2

• Sample 3