EAST VILLAGE DANCE PROJECT (EVDP), is a dance-development organization offering innovative, nurturing dance programming in lower Manhattan since 1997. EVDP offers extensive after school dance classes for youth and teens, a pre-professional teen performance troupe, performances & dance festivals open to the public, and workshops & drop-in classes for adults. From the beginning, EVDP has been committed to providing high quality dance education to all, and aims to never turn students away due to lack of funds.