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Dance New Amsterdam is in grave danger of being evicted from its Lower Manhattan space on July 14. Read more about this and sign the statement of support here.

Excerpted from DNA's Press Statement:

We are seeking a solution enabling uks to maintain our mission to teach dancers to dance, commission choreographers to create, and present dance performances to the public. We’ve requested lower rent to match current market rates and non-profit tax abatement. Unless there is immediate consensus between DNA, city agencies and Fram Realty, our legal teams will have to proceed accordingly.

DNA provides jobs for over 250 teachers, choreographers, technicians, visual artists and musicians as well as 18 full-time staff. Our dance education programs, performances and rehearsals are estimated to reach more than 8,000 students and in total 32,000 individuals each year, resulting in an economic benefit of at least $750,000 to local businesses. The loss of our cultural institution will have great impact on Lower Manhattan’s community, not to mention the loss of a home to thousands of global dancers and artists.

Institutions like DNA make New York─and more specifically, Lower Manhattan─unique. They take years to build, but only hours to destroy. We encourage dancers, cultural advocates and the community to stand together with our team of lawyers from Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Paul Weiss; and Seyfarth Shaw as well as elected officials State Senator Daniel Squadron, City Council Member Margaret Chin, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, Community Board 1 and others to keep DNA Alive.