Dance Studio in Washington Heights offering affordable dance classes for all. Rentals, parties. What is your organization's mission? Our mission is to remove barriers to dance education and to build community through dance. We believe the art of dance is transformative for individuals and communities. There should be no barriers to everyone experiencing the magic that dance holds, so we work to remove the barriers that do exist. We love helping budding dancers reach their full potential while performing and previous to the pandemic, we served over 700 students of different ages, backgrounds, cultures, and socio-economic statuses. 55% of our students are low-income by NYC standards and at least 36% are considered extremely low-income 65% of our students identify as Latinx, and 45% identify as Black 65 students have advanced to a level 2 of ballet instruction, and there are 31 stud