Downtown Dance Factory

The Jazz Factory’s Sister School in New York City

Tribeca Citizen, 24th Feb 2010

Hanne Larsen and Melanie Zrihen launched Downtown Dance Factory last fall as a place for kids from 2 to teenage to learn everything from ballet to jazz to hip-hop. The women, who have seven kids between their families, know a thing or two about entertaining children, and also about dance: Larsen (right) has been teaching dance for 20 years and was the founder of the Jazz Factory in Sydney, while Zrihen studied ballet for 13 years. The classes, which are on a semester schedule, are being held at Tribeca Health & Fitness. (Portrait by Angela Weir.) Read more »