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Get out your tutus!

By Dana Rubinstein
The Brooklyn Paper

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The core of the evolving BAM Cultural District will be a 25-story tower housing a dance center, apartment complex and retail space, canoodled between the rising Forte condos and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, said city officials last week.

In a request for proposals issued on Feb. 9, the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development called for an “innovative architectural design” for a “cultural space” at the southwest corner of Fulton Street and Ashland Place, which is currently a parking lot.

Once complete, the site will be home to the Danspace Project, a contemporary dance non-profit; ground-level retail; and 150 residential units, half of which will be below-market-rate.

“This project marks a major milestone in the city’s efforts to create a thriving cultural district in Fort Greene,” said Kate Levin, commissioner of the city Department of Cultural Affairs.

Danspace now works out of St. Mark’s Church in the East Village. Its current show, “Dog Days,” is a political satire featuring slapstick and burlesque, centered on a series of “Bushisms.”

The idea, of course, isn’t to necessarily foment more Bush-bashing, but to nurture a diverse dance repertoire, according to Danspace Executive Director Laurie Uprichard.

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“The center aims to address the well-being of the broad spectrum of dance within New York City and will partner with an array of artists and organizations to strengthen the dance field as a whole,” she said.

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