Events

Dance Against Cancer

An Evening to Benefit

the American Cancer Society

including

a World Premiere by Brian Reeder,

Paul Taylor Dance Company in its first appearance at the benefit,

Charles "Lil Buck" Riley performing with students from National Dance Institute,

and a NYC premiere of Justin Peck's Sea Change

Monday, May 5, 2014 at 7pm

at AXA Equitable Theater

Producers Erin Fogarty and Daniel Ulbricht have partnered with the American Cancer Society present the fourth annual Dance Against Cancer on Monday, May 5, 2014 with cocktails at 6pm (VIP ticket only), followed by a performance at 7pm, and a post-show reception at the AXA Equitable Theater, 787 Seventh Avenue (between 51^st and 52^nd Streets), NYC. Tickets are $150 ($300 for VIP) and are available at dacny.org. The performance will feature new work by Brian Reeder created for American Ballet Theatre’s Isabella Boylston with New York City Ballet’s Chase Finlay and Amar Ramasar, Paul Taylor Dance Company in its first appearance at the benefit, Charles "Lil Buck" Riley performing with students from National Dance Institute, and a NYC premiere of Justin Peck's Sea Change.

VIP tickets include the pre-event reception beginning at 6pm, preferred seating, post-event reception and gift bag. General admission tickets include the performance and post-event reception only. All proceeds from this event will benefit research initiatives as well as all patient and family services programs that American Cancer Society funds.

The evening’s performance, produced by New York City Ballet’s Daniel Ulbricht and Manhattan Youth Ballet’s Erin Fogarty, will feature New York City Ballet’s Jared Angle, Tyler Angle, Robert Fairchild, Chase Finlay, Lauren King, Maria Kowroski, Tiler Peck, Amar Ramasar, Taylor Stanley and Daniel Ulbricht; American Ballet Theatre's Isabella Boylston, Herman Cornejo, Jared Mathews, Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside; Alvin Ailey’s Matthew Rushing, Boston Ballet's Misa Kuranaga, Miami City Ballet's Patricia Delgado; as well as Lar Lubovitch's Clifton Brown, members of the Broadway community and Memphis Jookin' sensation, Charles "Lil Buck Riley."  This year will also showcase young dancers from Jacques D'Amboise's National Dance Institute.

Work by choreographers George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, Frederick Earl Mosley, Brian Reeder, Greg Graham and others will be featured.