Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center, Brooklyn Dance Studio, New York Architecture, NY Interior Design Project
Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center in Brooklyn
Dance Studio in New York, NY, USA – design by Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture
May 26, 2017
Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center
Design: Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center in Brooklyn

Oprah Sponsored Performing Arts Center Wins Multiple Design Awards

Community focused design inspires youth from founder?s inner-city neighborhood

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture (JPDA) has completed the new Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center (DSPAC) ? a community resource that celebrates dance education in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Generous support from Oprah Winfrey allowed dancer Dwana Smallwood to realize her vision to give back to the community she grew up in.
 

The project has garnered top interior design honors from AIA New York as well as the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce?s Building Brooklyn Award for outstanding contribution to Brooklyn’s streetscape and economy.

 

Located in a former industrial building, JPDA developed a series of dramatic architectural interventions that transform the exterior and create bright, airy and playful dance studios, offices, a library, and dressing rooms for the bustling families that arrive each day.

 

Formerly Principal Dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance The...