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  2. New Dance Group - Wikipedia

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    New Dance Group was established in 1932 by a group of artists and choreographers dedicated to social change through dance and movement. The founders – Nadia Chilkovsky, Fanya Geltman, Miriam Blecher, Edith Lambert, Edna Ocko, Rebecca Rosenberg, Pauline Schrifman and Grace Wylie – were students at Hanya Holm 's dance studio in New York City ...

  3. Roseland Ballroom - Wikipedia

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    Construction cost. $800,000. The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City 's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan . The venue, according to its website, accommodated 3,200 standing (with an additional 300 upstairs), 2,500 for a dance ...

  4. Five Points, Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Five Points (or The Five Points) was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.The neighborhood, partly built on low-lying land which had filled in the freshwater lake known as the Collect Pond, was generally defined as being bound by Centre Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, Canal Street to the north, and Park Row to the south.

  5. Category:Dance companies in New York City - Wikipedia

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    P. Parsons Dance. Paul Taylor Dance Company. PearsonWidrig DanceTheater. Peggy Spina Tap Company. Pick Up Performance Company. Pilobolus (dance company) PMT Dance Studio.

  6. Paradise Garage - Wikipedia

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    Paradise Garage, also known as "the Garage" [1] [2] or the "Gay-rage", [3] [4] [5] was a New York City discotheque notable in the history of dance and pop music, as well as LGBT and nightclub cultures. [6] [7] [1] The 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) club was founded by sole proprietor Michael Brody, and occupied a building formerly located at 84 ...

  7. Culture of New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York City has been described as the cultural capital of the world. [1] [2] [3] The culture of New York is reflected in its size and ethnic diversity. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. [4] Many American cultural movements first emerged in the city.

  8. Broadway Dance Center - Wikipedia

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    Broadway Dance Center. Broadway Dance Center is a dance school located at 322 West 45th Street west of Times Square in New York City. It was founded in 1984 as one of the first "drop-in" dance training schools in the world, offering classes in jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, hip hop and theater . Dancers and performers such as Bette Midler ...

  9. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City. The boroughs are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of New York: The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens ...