The Joyce Theater Foundation announce the organization’s intention to expand into New York City’s East Village with the lease of an extraordinary 58,000 square-foot multi-level building located at 287 East 10th Street at Avenue A. Previously occupied by the Boys Club of New York since its 1901 opening, The Joyce aims to continue offering community services and amenities with an emphasis on the performing arts and especially dance. Eventually, The Joyce Theater Foundation hopes to make the Tomkins Square Park-adjacent building a hub for local and international artists and companies alike as they create works that will reach audiences across the city and around the world.
Seeing a clear and urgent need for rehearsal and studio space in New York City, The Joyce has entered into a year-long lease of this expansive 58,000 square-foot East Village building to accommodate dancers and creators in every step of their artistic journey. The international leader in dance presentation will initially make available a handful of studios at subsidized rates for dance artists, including a studio specifically for tap and percussive artists. Long known for its fostering of emerging talent in the dance world, The Joyce sees this as a way to solidify its commitment to artists beyond the work taking place on its own stage with this new space for ideation and the creation of movement.
At the conclusion of this first-year lease, The Joyce intends to purchase the building in order to share this valuable arts-community resource on a permanent basis. The purchase, facilitated by real estate advisor Paul Wolf of Denham Wolf Real Estate Services, is contingent upon the success of fundraising efforts over the course of the coming year. These additional funds are vital in supporting the renovation of the building, completing its transformation into an extraordinary—and much-needed—destination for the performing arts.
Soon Available for Subsidized Dance Rentals
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