Broadway Dance Center Needs Your Help!
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Dancers Rally for NYC Center
December 01, 2005
Dancers rallied Thursday morning in support of the Broadway Dance Center, which is in the midst of a legal battle to retain its space on West 57th Street in Manhattan.
About 150 people gathered at the facility, said Bruce Cohen, press representative for the center, on Thursday afternoon.
For two decades the center has served the rehearsal, training, and conditioning needs of thousands of dancers, according to Cohen.
"More [than] 40,000 members, including Rockettes and Broadway chorus line dancers, consider the Broadway Dance Center their professional home and the place to stay in shape," said a press release announcing the rally.
The New York Times reported on Nov. 23 that the dance center might lose its home, a victim of Manhattan's "heated real estate market," which "is squeezing arts groups in the city."
The center is involved in a legal battle with its landlord, the Extell Development Company, to keep its space at 221 West 57th St.
Extell purchased the building and an adjacent site in June for a reported $67.5 million, according to the Times story, which added that the Broadway Dance Center's lease expires in 2012. Allison Ellner, chief executive officer and director of the center, told the Times that Extell had offered her $1 million to leave the space but that she had declined and that she had estimated the relocation cost at $3.4 million.
Franklyn Snitow, an attorney for Extell, told the Times that the company was prepared to operate the building "while there are existing valid leases for the premises." He would not comment on negotiations for relocating the dance center, except to say, "We were not willing to accept the dollar figure they presented."
-- Roger Armbrust
http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/stage/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001613074
Also visit the new BDC Support site: http://www.supportbdc.org/
Dancers Rally for NYC Center
December 01, 2005
Dancers rallied Thursday morning in support of the Broadway Dance Center, which is in the midst of a legal battle to retain its space on West 57th Street in Manhattan.
About 150 people gathered at the facility, said Bruce Cohen, press representative for the center, on Thursday afternoon.
For two decades the center has served the rehearsal, training, and conditioning needs of thousands of dancers, according to Cohen.
"More [than] 40,000 members, including Rockettes and Broadway chorus line dancers, consider the Broadway Dance Center their professional home and the place to stay in shape," said a press release announcing the rally.
The New York Times reported on Nov. 23 that the dance center might lose its home, a victim of Manhattan's "heated real estate market," which "is squeezing arts groups in the city."
The center is involved in a legal battle with its landlord, the Extell Development Company, to keep its space at 221 West 57th St.
Extell purchased the building and an adjacent site in June for a reported $67.5 million, according to the Times story, which added that the Broadway Dance Center's lease expires in 2012. Allison Ellner, chief executive officer and director of the center, told the Times that Extell had offered her $1 million to leave the space but that she had declined and that she had estimated the relocation cost at $3.4 million.
Franklyn Snitow, an attorney for Extell, told the Times that the company was prepared to operate the building "while there are existing valid leases for the premises." He would not comment on negotiations for relocating the dance center, except to say, "We were not willing to accept the dollar figure they presented."
-- Roger Armbrust
http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/stage/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001613074
Also visit the new BDC Support site: http://www.supportbdc.org/
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