NYC Dance Rehearsal Spaces for Rent
Below is a comprehensive list of studio rental spaces in NYC. If you know of a space not listed on this page, you may submit a studio rental location to nextSteps here.
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Comprehensive List of New York City Dance Rehearsal Spaces
Bronx
- Nieves Dance Studio – Nieves Dance Studio offers one space in the Bronx and one in Brooklyn. Both are available for dance rehearsals (as well as other events like birthday parties) and the hourly pricing varies depending on how many people are in the space.
- Sweet Water Dance and Yoga – Dance studio where you can train in yoga and get your certification. You can also ask them to come to a corporate event that your business is holding to teach everyone a meditation/yoga class.
Manhattan
- Dance Project of Washington Heights – Dance Project of Washington Heights offers three dance studios for rent in their Upper Manhattan location.
- Abrons Arts Center – Abrons Arts Center offers mulitple studios for rehearsals and performances in their Lower East Side location at a subsidized rate.
- The Ailey Studios – The Ailey Studios offers 12 dance studios for rent in their Midtown location.
- Arts on Site NYC – Arts on Site NYC offers multiple studios for rent in their Chinatown location.
- Ballet Hispanico Studios – The Ballet Hispanico Studios offer multiple dance studios for rent in their Upper West Side location.
- Battery Dance – Battery Dance offers four studios for rent in their downtown location.
- The Bessie Schonberg Dance Theatre – The Bessie Schonberg Dance Theatre offers three studios for rent in their Harlem location. They offer hourly, daily, and weekly rental rates.
- Chain Theatre – Chain Theatre offers 3 small rooms for rehearsal in midtown.
- FABnyc – Through the Dance Block Program, FABnyc offers subsidized rentals in 5 studios at their Lower East Side location.
- Gibney Dance Center – Gibney Dance Center has studios available for rent in two different locations in Manhattan. They offer discounts for nonprofit organizations and artists.
- Hi-Arts –Hi-Arts offers two studio spaces that you first need to sign up to use through this link. Following the initial sign up you can email their project associate for space. They offer hourly, daily, and weekly rental rates.
- Harlem School for the Arts – HSA offers 3 marley-floor studios in their Harlem location.
- Joffrey Ballet School – Joffrey Ballet School offers multiple dance studios for rent in their Midtown location and Long Island.
- Nancy Meehan Dance Studio – Nancy Meehan Dance Studio is a one-room studio with a sprung wooden floor, mirrors, speakers, a lobby/entrance space, and one restroom/dressing room located in Westbeth Artist Housing building in the West Village.
- New York Live Arts – New York Live Arts offers four studios for rent in their Chelsea location.
- Open Jar – Open Jar offers multiple rehearsal studios in their Midtown location.
- Pearl Studios – Pearl Studios offers two locations in Manhattan with multiple studios available for rent.
- Peridance Capezio Center – Peridance Capezio Center offers 13 fully equipped dance studios in their Union Square location.
- Ripley Grier Studios – Ripley Grier has three Manhattan locations, each with multiple studios varying in size.
- The Tank – The Tank is a nonprofit performing arts center that offers a studio for rent in their Midtown location.
Brooklyn
- The Actors Fund Arts Center – The Actors Fund Arts Center offers multiple studios for rent in their Downtown Brooklyn location.
- Brooklyn Arts Exchange – BAX offers two studios for rent in their Brooklyn location.
- Brooklyn Music School – Brooklyn Music School offers four dance studios for rent in their Fort Greene location.
- The Center for Performance Research (CPR) – CPR offers two studios for rent in their Williamsburg location.
- Chez Bushwick – Chez Bushwick offers two studios for rent in their Brooklyn location.
- Dancewave Center – Dancewave Center offers two additional studios for rent in their Brooklyn location.
- The Floor – The Floor offers three studios for rent in their Downtown Brooklyn location.
- The Gowanus Loft – The Gowanus Loft offers a dance studio for rent in their Gowanus location which has a private bathroom and kitchen within the space as well as storage space.
- Leimay – Leimay offers a subsidy program for rehearsals in their Williamsburg location.
- Mark Morris Dance Center – Mark Morris Dance Center has six dance studios available for rent in their Brooklyn location.
- MOtiVE Brooklyn – MOtiVE Brooklyn offers a community-centered studio for rehearsals and performances in their DUMBO location.
- Open Arts Studio – OAS offers a 43′ x 29′ space for rehearsals in their DUMBO location.
- Pageant Space – Pageant Space offers an artist-run performance and studio space in their Bushwick location.
- ShapeShifter Lab – ShapeShifter Lab offers two studios for rent in their Gowanus location.
- Triskelion Arts – Triskelion Arts offers three studios for rent in their Greenpoint location.
Queens
- Green Space – Green Space offers a dance studio for rehearsals and performance available 24/7 in their Long Island City location.
- The Secret Theatre – The Secret Theatre offers a dance studio for rent in their Long Island City location.
- Topaz Arts – Topaz Arts offers 25′ x 48′ with a marley-laid sprung heated floor; the 13-foot-high ceiling is accented with a skylight; equipped with full-length mirrors, audio/video equipment (DVD, CD/iPod, & free WiFi) in Woodside, Queens.
- The Woods– The Woods offers affordable space in Ridgewood that is popular for rehearsals and DIY events.
Long Island
- Joffrey Ballet School Joffrey Ballet School offers multiple dance studios for rent in their Midtown location and Long Island. They offer hourly, daily, and weekly rental rates.
If you know of a dance rehearsal space that doesn’t appear here, please contribute to this list by submitting this form.