Peridance Center

Peridance Center Peridance Center is a leading New York City dance studio serving students from all over the world. Contact us today for more information!
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We offer adults dance classes in many styles, including ballet, modern, contemporary, hip hop and street jazz, house, tap, body conditioning, salsa, and African-based, in all levels from absolute beginner to advanced. Our facility features spacious, sprung, and column-free studios and the KnJ Theater, available for rentals, showcases, and performances. The School at Peridance offers children dance classes in a nurturing, professional environment. The Center is also home to the acclaimed Peridance Contemporary Dance Company and its affiliated Peridance Youth Ensemble.

Peridance is happy to announce the Gallim Dance Company (GALLIM) will be teaching Guest Classes this October!Gallim Danc...
09/30/2026

Peridance is happy to announce the Gallim Dance Company (GALLIM) will be teaching Guest Classes this October!

Gallim Dance, a New York-based contemporary dance company, creates and performs worldwide original work by artistic director, founder, and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow, Andrea Miller (Andrea Miller). Founded in 2007, Gallim quickly captured the attention of fellow artists, presenters, and audiences with its award-winning work, ensemble of , and a fearless physicality grounded by deep humanity and expressed through the madness and joy of the imagination. The company also provides NEA-recognized educational programming to dancers and non-dancers in its home studio in and beyond.

GALLIM METHODS
🗓️ Thursdays in October
🕘 5:30 - 7:00 PM
⭐ Advanced Level
📍 Peridance Center

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Photos by Quinn Wharton (Quinn Wharton)

09/24/2026

Meet Sekou Heru (Sekou Heru | Dance + Fitness), of one the directors of MOPTOP Universal (MOPTOP UNIVERSAL).

Sekou has been in the since he was very young. His first love was B-boying. In high school, he attended Mercer County School of the Arts and studied modern . In 1993, Sekou started studying Capoeira Angola with Mestre Joa Grande at the Capoeira Academy in NYC. He went on to fuse his breaking and modern dance styles with and dance. Sekou has worked with Gwen Guthrey, toured with Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and can be seen in videos with Aretha Franklin, MC Lyte, Clubland, Pet Shop Boys, Foxy Brown, and Jay Z. Sekou was a featured dancer in the movie Marcy X with Damon Wayans, can be seen in the dance scenes on Spike Lee’s The 25th Hour, and seen in Brown Sugar starring Taye Diggs and Sanna Lathan. He has toured in Germany with German rapper Tony Cottura, and has traveled several times to Japan for the annual premier Dance Delight event as a guest judge and featured dancer with the group Dance Fusion, of which he is a founding member. He was a part of the opening act for Cece Pen*ston’s Japan tour, and also opened for Cool C’s Let me clear my throat in his Japan performance. He was featured in Japan’s “woofin” magazine as one of NYC’s top dancers. Sekou toured the USA with Fred Ho and The Afro Asian Ensemble in the Martial Art stage show Voice of the Dragon. In 2005 Sekou choreographed the Dance Dance video for Fall Out Boy that went #1 in the country and won a Best Video Award at the MTV VMAs.

Besides MOPTOP’s Professional Program, we also offer Open Classes for adults interested in street dance!

MOPTOP Open Classes (Rotating Faculty)
🗓️ Tuesdays, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
🗓️ Thursdays, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
🗓️ Saturdays, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
⭐ Open Level
📍 Peridance Center

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09/17/2026

Meet Buddha Stretch (Buddha Stretch!), of one the directors of MOPTOP Universal (MOPTOP UNIVERSAL).

Born and raised in , New York with three sisters and one younger brother, Stretch was influenced by his dad Emilio Austin, Sr. His Dad danced as a youth and provided Stretch with discipline, inspiration, support and motivation and remained by his side to guide him throughout his career. This foundation carries Stretch, a father himself, throughout his personal and professional career today. Stretch heavily impacted the dance world by bridging the gap between what was termed, Ol! Skool and New Skool.

His dance style, known as Freestyle Hip-Hop, draws from all aspects of culture, music and . These moves during the early days of music videos helped to launch the popularity of dance in this medium, as well as live shows.

Besides MOPTOP’s Professional Program, we also offer Open Classes for adults interested in dance!

MOPTOP Open Classes (Rotating Faculty)
🗓️ Tuesdays, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
🗓️ Thursdays, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
🗓️ Saturdays, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
⭐ Open Level
📍 Peridance Center

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Choreography of the Routine gives emerging dancers the opportunity to experience street and club in a theater setting....
08/29/2026

Choreography of the Routine gives emerging dancers the opportunity to experience street and club in a theater setting. Participants will explore how freestyle—drawing from street and club dance styles they have learned—can generate material for a routine. Historically, routines created a shared structure that highlighted dancers’ solos while moving seamlessly into and out of freestyle. In this intensive, participants will learn how freestyle informs the routine and how the routine can develop into choreography without losing its connection to the dance forms from which it came.

Participants will:

1️⃣ Understand the relationship between , routines, and
2️⃣ Practice freestyling with and dance styles they have studied
3️⃣ Learn how to select, organize, and refine material discovered through freestyle
4️⃣ Create routines that frame and highlight individual solos
5️⃣ Move seamlessly between freestyle and set material
6️⃣ Develop musicality, timing, spatial awareness, and stage presence
7️⃣ Experience performing street and club dance in a theater setting
8️⃣ Learn how to maintain the identity and integrity of a dance style onstage

🗓️ Wednesday, October 21 - Sunday October 25
⭐ Beginner/Open Level
💲 $400
📍 Peridance Center
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08/21/2026

Come learn from MOPTOP’s rotating faculty — legends in the world — and take our Open Classes. No matter what your skill level is, they’re ready to teach you the best and moves in !

MOPTOP Open Classes
🗓️ Tuesdays, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
🗓️ Thursdays, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
🗓️ Saturdays, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
⭐ Open Level
📍 Peridance Center

Sign up by visiting peridance.com or clicking the link in our bio.

📸 with Lili Tewes (Lili Tewes)!Lili is a based in New York and works as a performer, model, teacher, choreographer, ...
07/13/2026

📸 with Lili Tewes (Lili Tewes)!

Lili is a based in New York and works as a performer, model, teacher, choreographer, and rehearsal director nationally and internationally.

Her class provides students expressive, dynamic movement material to build strength, balance, stamina, focus, and work on technique, movement skills, and self-awareness as a performer. With a strong emphasis on movement from the core, connecting physical and psychological forces, allowing dancers to explore and own their individual voice, take chances, and work on exposing the depths of human emotion through movements.

Graham
🗓️ Sundays
🕐 1:00 - 2:30 PM
⭐ Beginner Level
📍 Peridance Center

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Peridance is excited to announce the next Performance Project with Bo Kyung Lee (Bo Lee)!Join a welcoming BEGINNER-LEVEL...
07/10/2026

Peridance is excited to announce the next Performance Project with Bo Kyung Lee (Bo Lee)!

Join a welcoming BEGINNER-LEVEL to ADVANCED BEGINNER-LEVEL performance journey where you’ll:
1️⃣ Learn expressive contemporary movement while learning
2️⃣ Explore isolated weight shifting through clear, step-by-step breakdown
3️⃣ Experience a guided creative process with a supportive choreographer
4️⃣ Build confidence, coordination, and expressive movement skills
5️⃣ Connect with warm and diverse of
6️⃣ Perform on a professional s
7️⃣ Receive high-quality footage of your dance

🗓️ Wednesday, September 16 - Sunday, September 20
⭐ Beginner & Advanced-Beginner
📍 Peridance Center
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126 E 13th Street
New York, NY
10003

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 10:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 10:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 10:30pm
Thursday 9am - 10:30pm
Friday 9am - 10:30pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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+12125050886

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