Siobhan Burke reports in the New York Times that the Petronio Residency Center for dance in Round Top is closing after just six years. The final residency is this month, then the Stephen Petronio Company will close the center and put the 175-acre property up for sale. In the story, neither Stephen Petronio nor, Jill Brienza, the board chair of the Stephen Petronio Company, which owns the center, said exactly why the dance residency program in Greene County is closing. Brienza said, “We talked with a lot of people. Thought about every option. We didn’t do this lightly.” Petronio hinted that maybe they treated artists too well, with room and board, a stipend, and locally sourced meals prepared by chefs on site. The center had a 2,500-square-foot studio; a five-bedroom, eight-bathroom, two-kitchen house; an organic garden; and 77 acres conserved through a $500,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. But Petronio also blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for the fall of his residency center, saying, “If all things had continued the way they were going before the pandemic, we would be OK.” Or maybe, instead of a failed residency program, it was a successfull real estate investment. They are listing the property for $4.2 million, after buying it in 2016 for $1.3 million. Petronio lives next door to the center, and the story does not say if he is leaving. Read more about this story in the New York Times.