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Evidence, A Dance Company to Host 8th Annual Gala
Dance company to present world premiere of “Gatekeepers”, a
work exploring intergenerational caregiving
WHAT: Evidence, A Dance Company will host its 8th Annual
Gala on Monday, February 13, 2012, at New York's Manhattan
Center to support the dance company's mission to promote
understanding of the African Diaspora through dance and
storytelling and to provide sensory connections to history
and tradition through music, movement and spoken word.
The Verizon
Foundation will receive the 2012 Corporate Award for their
long standing support of the arts and Evidence, A Dance
Company. Distinguished guests from the arts and
entertainment industry and business community will attend
the star-studded benefit gala. The black-tie affair will
begin with an elegant cocktail reception, followed by
dinner, a special performance by Evidence, dessert and
Evidence’s signature “Dancing with the Dancers”.
The Gala will present Evidence's first ever performance of
Gatekeepers, a powerful modern dance work that blends Native
American myth and African traditions to explore the theme of
service and intergenerational care giving. Gatekeepers was
choreographed by Evidence's Founder and Artistic Director
Ronald K. Brown, an internationally-acclaimed choreographer
known for his inspirational works for Alvin Ailey, and who
recently choreographed Gershwin’s masterpiece Porgy and
Bess, which opens on Broadway in January 2012.
All proceeds will benefit Evidence's outreach programs,
including the Gatekeeper Project, which through unique
performances and outreach activities in communities across
the U.S., aims to teach young people responsibility and
respect for their elders, and help them better understand
the meaning of community service.
Ticket reservations and additional information available at
http://www.evidencedance.com/gala or call The JFM
Group at
914-235-1490 x 16 or email
evidence@thejfmgroup.com
WHEN: Monday, February 13, 2012 - 6:30 – 10:30PM
WHERE: The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center
311 West 34th Street, New York City
CORPORATE HONOREE:
Verizon Foundation
HONORARY COMMITTEE:
Lynn Whitfield, actress
Susan L. Taylor, former editor of ESSENCE
and Khephra Burns, writer
Tamara Tunie, actress and Gregory Generet, jazz vocalist
Reginald Van Lee, Executive Vice President with Booz Allen
Hamilton
Pamela J. Joyner, Partner and Founder with Avid Partners
Andrea and Maurice DuBois, WCBS-TV news anchor
HONORARY CHAIR:
Phylicia Rashad, actress
DINNER CHAIR: Monica F. Azare. Senior Vice President of
Corporate Communications with Verizon Communications Inc
Larry Satterfield, Vice President Collaboration Sales at
Cisco
ABOUT Evidence, A Dance Company: Founded in 1985 by
internationally-acclaimed choreographer Ronald K. Brown,
Evidence, A Dance Company’s mission is to promote
understanding of the human experience in the African
Diaspora through dance and storytelling and to provide
sensory connections to history and tradition through music,
movement and spoken word leading deeper into issues of
spirituality, community responsibility and liberation. For
more information, please visit
www.evidencedance.com
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