Dance is a performance art form.
At some point the art form needs to go to that next step, to the theater. To make that step possible, Michelle Miller and KT Niehoff, who cofounded Velocity in 1996, have incorporated Velocity's Main Space as a nonprofit. If you want something like this, you usually have to make it yourself, which is what the directors of the Velocity Studio at the Odd Fellows Hall are in the process of doing. They've installed a lighting grid overhead, and there will be four full curtains on each side, an enhanced sound system, and, most importantly, enough room to dance without feeling like you're in a box. With their newly refurbished digs they can add a performance element to their guest-artist workshops and residencies as well, so we can see what happens when someone's ideas move from the studio to the stage.