The Enterprise — Michael Koff 
The Ballet Barn, for many years the home of a thriving dance-education program run by local doctor Jane DeRook, is now bounded on two sides by senior projects — by the Atria and by a project currently in construction: Summit Senior Living, a 92-unit independent-living apartment complex for people aged 55 and older. C.J. Gallup, director of Guilderland’s parks and recreation department, said this week that the barn, now owned by the town, at the site of the former Mill Hill Monastery is rented out for birthday parties and other one-day events and is the site of a weekly art class. There are two separate rooms with ballet floors inside, Gallup said, one newer and one older. The newer one, with its bathroom facilities, is the site of activities, pictured at left. The original, two-story barn, at right, is unused; the town is evaluating whether to repair the older section, keep the original barn as-is, or tear it down, he said. People wishing to teach classes at the Ballet Barn are welcome to submit proposals to the parks and recreation department, Gallup said.