Mission Statement

Why have human beings been singing, dancing, and drawing since ancient times? Because this so-called creativity is a human instinct, along with eating, sleeping, and mating. Not only is it necessary to maintain life, creativity or art also develops human beings. However, we are not very familiar with the "effects" of the arts.

By exploring the arts, one learns how to fight with one's own ego and how to deepen oneself; it is an important, necessary education that a human being should receive in the process of growing up. Unfortunately, that fact is not well recognized in the current societies of either the U.S. or Japan. But we believe that many social problems, such as the decaying of people's minds, the increase of juvenile crime, more vicious crimes, etc., are partly rooted in this lack of respect for the arts.

Dance Project SEQUENCE, Inc. aims to increase the general public's understanding of the arts through supporting the performing arts. Taking advantage of our location in New York City, we also serve as a cultural bridge between the U.S. and Japan through their common language, the performing arts. Dance Project SEQUENCE, Inc. devotes itself to grassroots activities through the performing arts, beyond the barriers of language, race, and cultural differences.

Our goal is to establish a truly affluent, healthy future on the earth.

Eri Misaki
Director

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We are pleased to offer the following services.

* The Arts Cure Center
A professional dance studio located in 33-24 Northern Blvd.,
3rd Floor, Astoria, NY 11101

* Dance Rehearsal Space Program (NYSCA subsidy rehearsal space project) Granted subsidy funds by NYSCA, The Arts Cure Center rents its studios to nonprofit dance organizations and individual dancers and choreographers for only $10 per hour to support their creative process.

* Arts Cure Cultural Classes for Children (A4C)
The organization provides cultural classes to children in neighborhood and Japanese community.

* The Arts Cure Classes (ACC)
Dance, exercise, music and martial art classes for adults.


* SACRA! (Save A Cultural Resource in Astoria!)
A performing arts competition that was initiated to save The Arts Cure
Center when the organization had a legal issue with the landlord who tried to evict the center. After the issue was settled, the event has been continued to be held with The Arts Cure Recital, student performance of ACC and A4C, every year, providing show case opportunities to choreographers.


Dance Project SEQUENCE, Inc.
321 E. 79th., #4C New York, NY 10075 USA
Te&lFax: 212-517-4177
E-mail: artscure@dpsny.org