Bright
Lights! Shining Stars!, a gala event to benefit the NYC
Dance Alliance Foundation, will honor the legendary
Roberta Flack with the NYCDAF’s First Ambassador for the
Arts Award on August 1, 2011 at the Jack H. Skirball Center
for the Performing Arts at NYU. 566 LaGuardia Place, New
York, NY 10012. The star studded evening of song and dance
directed by renowned choreographer, dancer and instructor
Joe Lanteri will also feature the awarding of $50,000+
in college scholarships to promising young dancers. Honorary
Co-Chairs of the gala are Cassandra Seidenfeld-Lyster
and Robin Cofer.
The evening
will begin at 6:00 pm with a Red Carpet Cocktail Reception,
7:30 pm the Awards Tribute & Special Guest Performances
followed by a Post Show VIP Dessert & Champagne Party in the
Skirball’s magnificent Rosenthal Room. The NYC Dance
Alliance Foundation is dedicated to empowering the next
generation of professional dancers by advocating education
and offering scholarships for secondary and college
training. For the past 16 years, the NYCDA has lead the
industry in offering professional weekend conventions
exposing young dancers to the best of the New York City
dance world in a supportive, positive and fun environment
and helping them take their first steps into the
professional world.
Under the
auspices of Executive Director Joe Lanteri the NYC
Dance Alliance National Dance Convention, the culmination of
scores of local gatherings held throughout the year, has
become the single most important scouting opportunity for
college and university recruiters and their scholarship
committees. No surprise as NYCDA alumni number among the
ranks of such dance companies as Alvin Ailey, Cedar Lake
Ballet; scarcely a Broadway musical is without a dancer from
NYCDA and the world famed Radio City Music Hall Christmas
Spectacular recruits most of it young talents via NYCDA.
VIP tickets
for Bright Lights! Shining Stars are $300 & includes red
carpet reception, VIP seating for awards show & after party.
General seating tickets for the awards show only are $125
and $75. Sponsorships & Journal ads are available. To
inquire about sponsorship packages, journal ads or to
purchase tickets contact Travis Fritsche at
travis@nycdance.com or
855-692-5678 or visit
www.nycdance.com