open arts studio
Open for art. Open for invention.
Open for movement. Open for performance.
Open for ALL.
Studio
Affordable rehearsal space in DUMBO
Brooklyn, NY
Create. Move. Experiment. Dance.
1250 square feet, wood floor,
sound system, one mirror.
$18 per hour
Contemporary Classes
Ongoing:
Free Form Movement with Sofia Quezaire
Sundays 4-6pm
Thursdays 7-9pm$20 class packs available.
All levels welcomeContact Improvisation Jams
every other Tuesday 6:30-9pm
Facilitated by Ching I Chang & the CI Co-op + Live Music
Laura Peterson Choreography
Work-in-progress July 15 at 7:30pm
Laura Peterson’s new work Beyond, is about the wild weather patterns caused by climate change, and the visual logic of spiral galaxies Supported by Brooklyn Arts Council in 2025-2026..
Peterson is a NYC-based dance artist creating visually arresting installations and rigorous choreography. Her performances have included large scale paintings, 1000 sq ft of living lawn, 16 ft tall paper sculptures, and other giant structures.
Open Arts Studio Company
Open Arts Studio Company is a pre-professional dance company in Brooklyn.
Artistic Director: Laura Peterson
Assistant Director: Sofia Quezaire
In April 2025 we toured to Rowan University to perform a new work by Paule Turner, Choreographer and Chair of Department of Theater and Dance at Rowan University.
Applications are open now!
Exchange:
OAS Performance Programs: 2026
Music:
605A MUSIC SERIES.
Curated by Soomi Kim
June 27 @7pm
CRAIG TABORN
2025 MacArthur Fellowship Award Recipient
Craig Taborn performs solo piano.
February 28, @7pm
JEN SHYU
Composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist,
performs
Fertile Land, Fertile Body
January 21-25 @7:30pm
ALEX RODABAUGH
Ruin
Co-presented with The Exponential Festival 2026
October 29 @7pm DAN WEISS
Acclaimed drummer, tabla player, and composer Dan Weiss plays live at OAS.
THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
We look forward to Dan’s live concert this spring.
July 15 @7:30pm
LAURA PETERSON CHOREOGRAPHY
BEYOND (work-in-progress)
New work with live music created by Christina Campanella.. Choreography in collaboration with Ching-I Chang, Meredith Fages, Emily Pope.
2025 Performances
February 1 @ 7:30pm
OPEN ARTS STUDIO
We Mean
What You See
Teen dance program
August 9 @ 8pm
Presented by Four Plays And
BACHELOR PARTY
Written by Elliot Connors
Directed by Eli Pauley
Spring 2024-2026
Kirin McElwain:’s annual
Student Cello Recital
If you are interested in showing your work at Open Arts Studio,
please contact us
We have been open since 2021 thanks to you. During the last four years, Open Arts Studio launched a new creative space for dances, theater and music, low and no-cost youth programs and classes, and supported the development of countless new works. We have enacted ‘access for all’ through our programs, and have seen meaningful impact on young artists, dancers, and musicians, and their futures.
You are our community…
