Called upon to untangle the jumble of spaces devoted to recreation and dance programs that had coexisted uneasily for a number of years inside Kendall Hall, an addition was created in order to relocate dance studios from the center of the facility to space adjacent to an existing 300-seat dance performance theater. The 4,750 SF addition comprises two dance studios separated from the theater by a corridor. As part of the expansion, a new entry plaza replaced weathered steps of crumbling concrete and broken slate with a diagonally placed grand stair under a canopy emphasizing the new entry. A 30-foot vertical glass element provides a view into the dance center circulation at the juncture of the new dance wing to the existing complex.