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Spear's Performance Rehab Cohort for Learning and Engagement (SPARCLE) specializes in the treatment of performing artists including dancers, actors, singers, musicians and other entertainers. Our therapists are former dancers and artists themselves. They treat patients specialized in a wide variety of dance styles from ballet to folk dance. Moreover, Spear has relationships with some of the top doctors for dancers in the nation, so you're always assured the highest quality care. We want to ensure you keep moving no matter your level. We are able to provide injury risk assessment screens, injury prevention lectures, and therapist guided warm-ups with Q&A. Services are in-network with most major insurances.
To deliver evidence-based, specialized therapy to performing artists, combining
clinical excellence with personalized care to support physical health, artistic
performance, and long-term well-being.
Through SPARCLE, our clinicians are proud to support the performing arts community, keeping NYC's artists strong, healthy, and show-ready. We're giving a special standing ovation to the incredible Broadway community: the performers, creative teams, crews, and everyone who makes the magic happen night after night. Thanks to Sparcle's expertise and support, our Broadway partners won big at the 2025 Tony Awards: Maybe Happy Ending, Sunset Boulevard, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Operation Mincemeat all took home multiple awards.
Spear works backstage and in-clinic with Broadway shows. Our Center for the Performing Arts clinicians are on the front lines of providing care for these world-class performers.
Ninia Agustin is the Director of Spear's Center for the Performing Arts. Ninia earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware. During her time there, she was the fundraising chair for her class and raised money for the Foundation for Physical Therapy. She received the Chair's Award at graduation to recognize her efforts. Before attending graduate school, Ninia received her dance training and graduated Summa Cum-Laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program with a minor in Business Administration. There, she performed works by Alvin Ailey, Ronald K. Brown, Lar Lubovitch, and Bill T. Jones, among many other esteemed choreographers. She performed “Memoria” with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center for their 50th Anniversary Gala. She was a member of Buglisi Dance Theatre in New York City after graduating and taught Bounding Boys I, II, and III at the Ailey School. She has performed in the United States, Spain, and Mexico.
