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A DANCER'S GUIDE TO NEW YORK.


First in an occasional series of city guides for the dance-minded.

The dance capital of the world is both exciting and overwhelming. New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 is home to a dizzying number of studios, and the sheer amount of people, places and events can make you feel all too dispensable dis·pen·sa·ble
adj.
Capable of being dispensed, administered, or distributed. Used of a drug.
. But there is a place for each aspiring dancer, whether you are moving to the city to dance long-term, or just coming for a visit.

It can take a while to find your path or create your niche. I recommend giving yourself a few weeks to get adjusted, especially if you come from a small town or another country. Take the time to find an apartment and figure out how to make money while you audition and train. Learn the city's streets and you will find that New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 is essentially a large collection of many small neighborhoods. Every couple of blocks has its own deli, grocery, laundromat, coffee shop and so on. This gives a communal feeling to the neighborhood, helps one feel like a local pretty quickly and makes the city seem more manageable.

One of the best ways to discover that same sense of community within the dance field is to find a studio where you enjoy taking class. The dance scene too is a large collection of many small circles. You can find masters of any form, be it ballet, capoeira cap·o·ei·ra  
n.
An Afro-Brazilian dance form that incorporates self-defense maneuvers.



[Portuguese, from earlier *capon, capon, from Vulgar Latin
, flamenco or lyrical jazz. Given the vast array of options, what follows does not claim to be a comprehensive list. For the purpose of this guide, I have chosen to highlight several of the larger studios that offer a variety of classes. For additional information, consult the list of Web sites in the accompanying story and our Dance Directory on pages 118 to 128.

First, the mega-studios. Steps on Broadway Steps on Broadway is the prestigious and well-renown dance studio on Broadway, NYC,which opened in 1979 by founder and artistic director Carol Paumgarten. There are approximately twelve studios on three floors which offer a variety of classes for all levels.  on the Upper West Side and the Broadway Dance Center in midtown each offer about fifty classes daily. Steps has a wide assortment of ballet, tap, jazz, modern and Rommett floor barre. Broadway Dance has classes in tap, jazz, voice, acting, theater jazz, pointe and tumbling. Leslie Browne and Peff Modelski are two of many notable faculty members at Steps, while Finis Jhung teaches at Broadway Dance Center. Peridance, where Ailey master Dudley Williams Sir Dudley Williams, KBE, MC, KC (1889 – 1963), Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Williams was born in Sydney, and was educated at Sydney Grammar School.
 teaches, also has a wide variety of offerings. You can browse for classes at these studios, as you can buy a single-class ticket and get a glimpse of many other classes.

For more formal ballet training, American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre, one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet Theatre in 1940 under the direction of Lucia Chase and Rich Pleasant. , at 890 Broadway, offers daily open classes and a summer intensive. The Joffrey Ballet Joffrey Ballet, one of the major American dance companies. It was founded in New York City in 1954 by the dancer-choreographer Robert Joffrey. From 1956 to 1964 it made yearly tours of the United States.  School in the West Village, where David Howard For the baseball player, see .

David Howard (born December 8, 1961 in Enterprise, Alabama) is a former American football linebacker who played for eight seasons in the National Football League from 1985 to 1992. He also played for the Los Angeles Express of the USFL.
 (see Young Dancer on page 70) is on faculty, offers daily ballet classes for all levels, as does Ballet Hispanico on the Upper West Side. Smaller studios with an exclusive ballet focus include Ballet Academy East, the New York Conservatory of Dance and the New York Theatre Ballet New York Theatre Ballet (or the NYTB) was founded in 1978 by its artistic director, Diana Byer. Dedicated to the principles of the Cecchetti-Diaghilev tradition, the company both reprises classic masterworks and produces original ballets.  School. Don't expect to studio-hop at the School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet is located in New York City, in Lincoln Center. It is considered one of the most prestigious and notable ballet schools in the United States and teaches some of the most talented young dancers in the country. , Dance Theatre of Harlem Dance Theatre of Harlem, the first black classical ballet company. The group was founded in Harlem, New York City, by Arthur Mitchell, then of the New York City Ballet, the first black principal dancer of a classical company of international standing.  or Harlem School of the Arts School of the Arts is the name of several schools (usually high schools) that are devoted to the fine arts, including:
  • Brooklyn High School of the Arts, Brooklyn, New York
  • Charleston County School of the Arts, Charleston, South Carolina
 because they require enrollment by semester.

For musical theater or commercial dance, if you want a smaller, more intimate studio, the Luigi Jazz Center is also located midtown, as is Fazil's Studio (officially known as the Times Circle Rehearsal Studios). Fazil's is one of the only remaining spaces that allow dancers to gouge gouge (gouj) a hollow chisel for cutting and removing bone.

gouge
n.
A strong curved chisel used in bone surgery.



gouge

a hollow chisel for cutting and removing bone.
 the floor with tap, character and flamenco shoes. If you are looking for Looking for

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 classes in such percussive per·cus·sive  
adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.



per·cussive·ly adv.
 dance forms, check out the bulletin boards at Fazil's, as many teachers rent studio space there to teach classes.

The Lotus Arts Center in Chelsea offers a wide variety of traditional forms, including African, bharata natyam, Korean and flamenco. For Irish step dance classes, try the Niall O'Leary School, with classes in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. Midtown's New Dance Group Arts Center, one of the city's oldest dance studios, also offers musical theater programs, as well as classes in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, belly dance, salsa, kung fu kung fu
 Pinyin gongfu

Chinese martial art that is simultaneously a spiritual and a physical discipline. It has been practiced at least since the Zhou dynasty (1111–255 BC).
 and hip-hop. The Point DCD (Document Content Description) An XML schema language from Textuality, Microsoft and IBM that is implemented as an RDF vocabulary. It supports data typing and schema reuse and is the successor to XML-Data. See XML schema, RDF and XML.  in the Bronx gives classes in hip-hop, flamenco, ballet, tap and modern dance.

If your interest is in modern dance, you can enroll in one of the schools founded by the great masters, thereby gaining a codified cod·i·fy  
tr.v. cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing, cod·i·fies
1. To reduce to a code: codify laws.

2. To arrange or systematize.
 technique. Examples include the Merce Cunningham Studio, the Limon Institute, the Alley School, the Mary Anthony Dance Studio, the Paul Taylor

For other people named Paul Taylor, see Paul Taylor (disambiguation).
Paul Taylor (born July 29, 1930) is one of the foremost American choreographers of the 20th century.
 School, the Trisha Brown Trisha Brown (25 November 1936, Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.) is a postmodernist American choreographer and dancer.

Brown was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and received a B.A. degree in dance from Mills College in 1958. Brown later received a D.F.A. from Bates College in 2000.
 Company, the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation and the soon-to-open Mark Morris center in Brooklyn. Although the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance is temporarily closed, you can find Graham-based classes at the Ailey School and at Peridance.

On the other hand, you may explore a variety of styles by attending a series of workshops. The 92nd Street Y Dance Center, on the Upper East Side, runs daily classes plus workshops with guest artists. Downtown, you will find a modern guest artist series at The Dancespace Center, which also specializes in jazz classes with Lynn Simonson, and at Peridance. Taking a variety of guest artist workshops not only makes one a versatile dancer, but it is also a great way to find work. Many independent choreographers operate on a project-to-project basis and may choose dancers from their workshops rather than at a formal audition. If you admire particular choreographers, study their work, follow their classes from studio to studio and express your interest.

The cost of a single class ranges from $10 to $13.50, but many studios sell ten-class cards for a reduced rate. Furthermore, the majority of them offer work-study positions for students who demonstrate a commitment to the school. Studios offering visas to international students include the Merce Cunningham Studio, the Limon Institute, the Ailey School, the Trisha Brown Company, Peridance, the Joffrey Ballet School and the New York Conservatory of Dance. Several of the studios mentioned above, including the Dancespace Center and Broadway Dance, offer the opportunity for students to showcase their own choreography. If you are interested in pursuing this route, check out the Field and Dance Theater Workshop--two resource organizations that are focused on helping independent artists produce their own work.

Excellent university-level dance programs in the greater metropolitan area include the Juilliard School, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Sarah Lawrence, Barnard, Teachers College at Columbia University, Hunter College, Marymount Manhattan College Marymount Manhattan College is a small, coeducational liberal arts college located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Marymount Manhattan's campus is located in the desirable Upper East Side. It's often referred to as MMC. , State University of New York at Purchase This article or section has multiple issues:
* It may contain original research or unverifiable claims.
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, Rutgers University, Montclair State University History
Montclair State was established in 1908 as "Montclair Normal School" in response to a growing need for teachers. It was renamed "Montclair State Teachers College" in 1927, when it developed a program of educating secondary school teachers through a Bachelor of Arts
, Adelphi University, Hofstra University and Long Island University. In addition, both the Ailey School and the Joffrey Ballet School have recently launched joint dance/BFA programs with Fordham University and the New School, respectively. See Dance Magazine College Guide for further information on all of these programs.

Once you find your niche and your dance class community, you can explore some of the many dance concerts in Manhattan, Brooklyn and surroundings. Be a sponge--absorb as much inspiration as you can from watching other artists perform. It will enrich and inform your own work tremendously. To reduce the high cost of your dance habit, take advantage of free performances, reduced ticket prices and volunteer ushering. During the summer, free outdoor festivals abound. There's Central Park Summerstage, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Bryant Park's dance concerts (42nd Street and Sixth Avenue), The Downtown Dance Festival in lower Manhattan's Battery Park, Celebrate Brooklyn in the Prospect Park Bandshell, and Dancing in the Streets all over town. Check www.dancinginthestreets.org for details.

For Broadway and off-Broadway shows, you can buy (with cash or travelers checks only) reduced-rate tickets on the day of the performance by visiting one of two TKTS TKTS Tickets  booths. The booth in Times Square at Broadway and 47th Street is open Monday to Saturday from 3 P.M. to 8 P.M. The other is on the mezzanine level Mezzanine level

The period in a company's development just before it goes public.
 of No. 2 World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, open Monday to Friday from 11 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Theater Development Fund vouchers (known as TDF (language) TDF - An intermediate language, a close relative of ANDF. A TDF program is an ASCII stream describing an abstract syntax tree.

TDF became part of TenDRA in abut 2001.
 vouchers) enable you to obtain reduced rates at participating theaters. Groups of teenagers can go to the High 5 Web site to obtain a set of five student tickets and one adult ticket for a total of only $25.

If you have the energy to usher in the evenings, call the Joyce Theater, Danspace at St. Mark's Church St. Mark's Church may mean:
  • St. Mark's Church, Belgrade in Serbia
  • St. Mark's Church, Zagreb in Croatia
In the United States
  • St. Mark's Church, Millsboro located in Sussex County, Delaware
  • St.
, or Symphony Space a couple of weeks before the concert you'd like to volunteer for.

Another way to see great dance for free is to visit the New York Public Library New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world.  for the Performing Arts. The dance collection houses thousands of videos, photographs, books and periodicals. The library has temporarily relocated, until May 2001, because its main headquarters at Lincoln Center are being renovated. Until then, you can find its video collection at the Annex (521 West 43rd Street) and its circulating collection at the Mid-Manhattan Library (Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street). The New York dance scene will start to feel smaller and more familiar to you if you spend time looking at pictures, reading books and periodicals and viewing videotapes.

Now, the pressing question: How to go about auditioning? Two publications give you the essential information. The Village Voice, free in Manhattan, is available at news-stands, delis, coffee shops and street corners (in a red container) on Wednesday mornings. (The Voice is also a must for apartment hunting.) Backstage is a performing arts weekly sold for $2.95 at most newsstands on Thursday mornings. The Voice focuses primarily on modern dance, while Backstage is more helpful for Broadway and commercial dancers. Both publications also print reviews and performance listings.

Time Out/New York features previews and performance listings. It costs $2.95 and is available Wednesday mornings. New York Dance Fax is a free monthly Japanese-English publication that can be found at some dance studios and Japanese bookstores. The Movement Research Performance Journal, also free, lists the many workshops and performances offered by this sprawling downtown experimental arts organization. And TDF maintains a twenty-four-hour hotline that lists a calendar of performing arts events.

Just like at home, though, the best information in New York is spread by word of mouth in studios and theaters. Most studios maintain bulletin boards that overflow with audition notices, performance flyers, job ads and sublet sub·let  
tr.v. sub·let, sub·let·ting, sub·lets
1. To rent (property one holds by lease) to another.

2. To subcontract (work).

n.
 requests.

Stores that sell dance gear are almost all in midtown. Capezio has four midtown locations, while Freed of London and Sansha USA each have one. These stores offer a 10 percent discount for professional dancers, teachers or students with class cards. Danskin has a shop near Lincoln Center, but it extends discounts only to Juilliard students. Downtown in Chelsea, Dance Shoes & Recordings carries ballroom, tap, ballet, jazz, flamenco, character and folk shoes as well as a large selection of dance videos. You will also find books and videos at The Ballet Company on Broadway below Lincoln Center.

If you are pursuing a career in Broadway or commercial dance, you may eventually join a union. Unions maintain casting information hotlines and print casting calls on bulletin boards in their private office lounges. They also negotiate contracts for performers, offer pension benefits and health insurance and assist members in filing unemployment, workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work.  and income tax forms. The major unions for dancers are Actors' Equity Association The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly referred to as Actors' Equity, is an American labor union. As of 2007, the association represents over 45,000 theater artists and stage managers.  (Equity, AEA AEA Atomic Energy Authority

AEA n abbr (BRIT) (= Atomic Energy Authority) → consejo de energía nuclear;
(BRIT) (SCOL) (= Advanced Extension Award) →
), American Guild of Musical Artists The 'American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO (AGMA) is the American labor union that represents 8,000 opera singers, ballet and other dancers, opera Directors, backstage production personnel at opera and dance companies, and figure skaters.

According to its website (www.
 (AGMA AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association
AGMA American Guild of Musical Artists
AGMA Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (UK)
AGMA Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement
), American Guild of Variety Artists American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an American entertainment union representing performers in variety entertainment, including circuses, Las Vegas showrooms and cabarets, comedy showcases, dance revues, magic shows, theme park shows, arena and auditorium extravaganzas.  (AGVA AGVA American Guild of Variety Artists ), Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (AFTRA AFTRA American Federation of Television & Radio Artists ). Consult their Web sites for further information.

If you need to find health insurance, one excellent resource is Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. . For just $30 per year, you can become an associate member of DTW DTW Dynamic Time Warping
DTW Dance Theatre Workshop (New York, NY)
DTW Depth to Water (denotes depth to water in monitoring wells)
DTW DoDIIS Trusted Workstation
DTW Development Technology Workshop
 and join their discounted group rate health plan. Visit their Web site and you will find another invaluable tool for orienting yourself in New York--the book The Poor Dancers' Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. .

If you are injured and need emergency care, the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries near Union Square is the place to go. It runs an around-the-clock emergency clinic as part of the Hospital for Joint Diseases within the Mount Sinai/New York University medical system, and also a physical therapy clinic staffed by former dancers. Luckily for dancers, fees are on a sliding scale. Westside Dance Physical Therapy also offers sliding rates for dancers without health insurance.

If you simply want to relax your aching muscles, check out the Swedish Institute in Chelsea. It runs a student clinic with massages at discounted rates. The Russian and Turkish Baths (also known as the 10th Street Baths), on the Lower East Side, are another wonderful way to treat yourself. For $22 a day, you get a steam room, sauna, ice-cold pool, Swedish shower and sun deck. For a little more, go for a Russian, shiatsu Shiatsu Definition

Shiatsu is a manipulative therapy developed in Japan and incorporating techniques of anma (Japanese traditional massage), acupressure, stretching, and Western massage.
 or Swedish massage Swed·ish massage
n.
A system of therapeutic massage and exercise for the muscles and joints, developed in Sweden in the 19th century.
, with mud and salt body washes.

Manhattan is relatively easy to navigate. The streets are basically a numbered grid (with the exception of the more confusing streets below 14th). The numbers go up as you go uptown and down as you go downtown. The traffic runs west on odd-numbered streets and east on even-numbered-streets. (I always remember the two E's--in even and east.) The avenues run either north or south, with Broadway cutting a diagonal from the Upper West Side to the Lower East Side. Avenues begin with First Avenue on the East Side and increase in number as you travel west, until you reach Twelfth Avenue at the Hudson River. Fifth Avenue lines the east side of Central Park. The East Village juts out a little bit; thus it includes Avenues A through D, known as Alphabet City.

The subways are fairly safe and clean, but can be noisy and crowded. A token for one ride costs $1.50. Ask at the token booth for a subway map your first day, and study it. Notice which trains run local and which run express, so that you don't speed past your stop. A $20 Metrocard is the best value, as it gives an additional ride for free. Metrocards also provide free transfers to city buses. A $4 "Fun Pass" allows unlimited rides for one day. Buses are a nice way to travel, but they can be slow. Avoid taxis during the morning and dinnertime rush hours, as you will most likely sit in traffic, realizing you probably could have gotten where you're going sooner by walking. But if you're in a rush and the distance is short, it can be worth it.

My favorite kind of public transportation is the kind that brings me into New York City. Whether landing in a plane at LaGuardia Airport, riding on a bus that is about to enter the Lincoln Tunnel, or taking the B, D or Q train across the Manhattan Bridge, whenever I see the Manhattan skyline, I still get a rush of excitement. For all of its noise, expense and stress, there is still no place comparable to New York, especially for dance lovers.

Darrah Carr is a New York City-based writer and choreographer who recently completed her MFA See multifactor authentication.  at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the .
NYC DANCE DIRECTORY

DANCE SHOPS

Capezio Dance Theatre Shop
1650 Broadway at 51st,
2nd Floor, NY 10019
212/245-2130
www.capeziodance.com

Capezio at 57th Street
1776 Broadway, 2nd Floor,
NY 10019
212/586-5140

Capezio East
136 East 61st at Lexington
Avenue, NY 10021
212/758-8833

Capezio East Uptown
1651 Third Avenue, between
92nd and 93rd, 3rd Floor,
NY 10128
212/348-7210

Dance Shoes and Recordings
230 7th Avenue, between 23rd
and 24th, 2nd Floor, NY 10011
212/691-2069

Danskin
159 Columbus Avenue,
NY 10023
212/724-2992
www.danskin.com

Freed of London
922--7th Avenue at 58th,
NY 10019
212/489-1055
www.freedoflondon.com

Sansha
1717 Broadway, 2nd Floor,
NY 10019
800/398-9562
www.sansha.com

The Ballet Company
1887 Broadway NY 10023
212/246-6893
800/219-7335

FESTIVALS

Bryant Park Restoration
Corporation
6 East 43rd, NY 10017
212/983-4142
www.bryantpark.org

Celebrate Brooklyn at
Prospect Park
95 Prospect Park West,
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718/965-8999
www.prospectpark.org

Central Park Summerstage
830 Fifth Avenue, NY 10021
212/360-2756
www.summerstage.com

Downtown Dance Festival
c/o Battery Dance Company
380 Broadway, 5th Floor,
NY 10013
212/219-3910
www.batterydanceco.com

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
70 Lincoln Plaza, 9th Floor,
NY 10023
212/875-5151
www.lincolncenter.org

HEALTH

Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th. NY 10011
212/691-6500
www.dtw.org

Harkness Center for Dance
Injuries
301 East 17th. NY 10003
212/598-6022
www.danceinjury.com

Russian and Turkish Baths
268 East 10th. NY 10009
212/473-8806

Swedish Institute
226 West 26th, 5th Floor.
NY 10001
212/924-5900
www.swedishinstitute.com

Westside Dance Physical
Therapy
53 Columbus Avenue, NY 10023
212/541-8450
www.westsidedancept.com

MISCELLANEOUS
RESOURCES

The Field
161 Sixth Avenue. 14th Floor,
NY 10013
212/691-6969
www.thefield.org

New York Library for the
Performing Arts (temporary
locations)
Video collection--521 West
43rd Street, NY 10036-4396
Circulating collection--455
Fifth Avenue, NY 10016-0122
www.nypl.org

STUDIOS

The Ailey School
211 West 61st Street, NY 10023
212/767-0940
www.alvinailey.org

American Ballet Theatre
890 Broadway, 3rd Floor, NY
10003
212/477-3030 ext. 3206
www.abt.org

Ballet Academy East
1651 Third Avenue, NY 10128
212/410-9140

Ballet Hispanico of New York
167 West 89th, NY 10024
212/362-6710
www.ballethispanico.org

Broadway Dance Center
221 West 57th, 5th Floor,
NY 10019
212/582-9304
www.bwaydance.com

Dance Space Center
451 Broadway, 2nd Floor,
NY 10013
212/625-8369
www.dancespace.com

Dance Theatre of Harlem
466 West 152nd, NY 10031
212/690-2800
www.dancetheatreofharlem.org

Fazil's Studio (The Times Circle
Rehearsal Studios)
743 8th Avenue, NY 10036
212/541-4455

The Harlem School of the Arts
645 St. Nicholas Avenue,
NY 10030
212/926-4100, ext. 309
www.harlemschoolofthearts.org

Isadora Duncan Dance
Foundation
141 West 26th, 3rd Floor.
NY 10001
212/691-5040

Joffrey Ballet School
434 Avenue of the Americas,
NY 10011
212/254-8520
www.joffreyballetschool.com

Limon Institute
611 Broadway, 9th Floor,
NY 10012
212/777-3353
www.limon.org

Lotus Arts Center
109 West 27th, NY 10001
212/627-1076
www.lotusarts.com

Luigi's Jazz Centre
48 West 68th, NY 10023
212/874-6215
www.luigijazz.com

Martha Graham school of
Contemporary Dance
temporarily closed
440 Lafayette St., 3rd Floor,
NY 10003
212/838-5886
www.marthagrahamcenter.org

Mary Anthony Dance Studio
736 Broadway, NY 10003
212/674-8191
www.maryanthony.org

Merce Cunningham Studio
55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor.
NY 10014
212/691-9751
www.merce.org

Movement Research
57 East 11th Street, 9th Floor,
NY 10003
Hotline: 212/539-2611
www.movementresearch.org

New Dance Group Arts Center
254 West 57th. NY 10036
212/719-2733
www.ndg.org

New York Conservatory of Dance
30 East 31st, NY 10016
212/725-2855
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~nycd

New York Theatre Ballet School
30 East 31st, 5th Floor, NY
10016
212/679-0401

Niall O'Leary School of Irish
Dance
c/o 7 Carmine Street, #6,
NY 10014
212/726-1602

92nd Street Y Dance Center
1395 Lexington Avenue.
NY 10128
212/415-5552
www.92ndsty.org

Paul Taylor School
552 Broadway, NY 10012
212/431-5562
www.paultaylor.org

Peridance Center
132 4th Avenue, NY 10003
212/505-0886
www.peridance.com

The Point
940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx,
NY 10474
718/542-4139

School of American Ballet
70 Lincoln Center Plaza,
NY 10023-6592
212/769-6600
www.sab.org

Steps on Broadway
2121 Broadway, NY 10023
212/874-2410
www.stepsonbroadway.com

Trisha Brown Dance Company
In process of moving
212/582-0040
www.trishabrowncompany.org

TICKET ORGANIZATIONS

High 5 Tickets to the Arts
1 East 53rd, 5th Floor, NY
10022
646/765-6615
www.high5tix.org

Theater Development Fund
1501 Broadway, NY 10019
General information:
212/221-0885
24-hour hotline of performing
events: 212/768-1818

Ushering/Theaters
Danspace at St. Mark's Church
131 East 10th, NY 10003
212/674-8112

The Joyce Theater
175 8th Avenue, NY 10011
212/691-9740

Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th, NY
10025
212/864-1414

UNIONS

Actors' Equity Association
(Equity, AEA)
1560 Broadway, NY 10036
212/869-8530
www.actorsequity.org

American Federation of Radio
and Television Artists (AFTRA)
260 Madison Avenue, NY 10016
212/532-0800
212/683-2346
www.aftra.org

American Guild of Musical
Artists (AGMA)
1727 Broadway, NY 10019
800/543-2462

American Guild of Variety Artists
(AGVA)
184 Fifth Avenue, NY 10010
212/675-1003

Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
1500 Broadway, NY 10036
212/382-1020
www.sag.com
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