About Dancers Give Back
DANCERS GIVE BACK
Thank you everyone!! This was our 5th year, and we have donated a total of close to $90,000.00. Our one day event last November, raised $36,000.00 for research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, as well as for cancer patients and their families.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27TH
3:00 PM TO 9:00 PM
ORCHARD PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
60 S. LINCOLN AVE
ORCHARD PARK NY
Master Classes with Special Guests Ida Saki (contemporary)
and Nicholas Young ( tap) !!
Ida Saki, originally from Dallas, Texas, is attending her second year at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Ida has created a name for herself within the dance world and continues to inspire audiences with every performance. Ida has graced the cover of the prestigious Dance Spirit Magazine and has appeared within the magazine numerous times. Most recently, Ida was selected along with nineteen other artists to meet President Obama and be named Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Her other cerdits include NYCDA Senior Outstanding Dancer as well as SYTYCD.
100% of the proceeds from these classes will go to Micaela's Fund, in honor of Ida's dear friend who recently lost her fight with Leukemia.
Donation $15 PER CLASS
Admission to DGB is required to attend classes
We are also proud to announce a special performance by the Buffalo Jills
We are giving you a chance to win the newest ipad!
You may also download our Business Letter and our information flyer for Master Classes with Ida Saki and Nicholas Young!
When Dancers Give Back began in 2008, we were not thinking about how the event would help sustain a charitable foundation or how it would lead to the funding of a special research project. We only knew that a beautiful young woman, Jacquie Hirsch, had cancer and we needed to do something to help.
Knowing that area dance teachers and students are caring, supportive and generous, this idea became a reality. This past October, 37 studios from all over WNY combined their efforts, in the fight against cancer. in three years, DGB has raised over $58,000.00 for cancer research.
Unfortunately, Jacquie never got to witness this outpouring of support. However, it is her family's belief and ours that through Jacquie's tragic circumstances we can use fundraising and increased awareness to help extend and better the lives of cancer patients and their families who are forced in to the fight of their lives.
To date, the Jacquie For A.L.L. Foundation has raised in excess of $128,000.00. These funds provide support to cancer patients and their families as well as contributing to a special research project.
" I am touched and moved by this event. It is for Jacquie and others like her that I do what I do. When I meet a patient like her, I work harder and harder to find a cure. Unfortunately, cancer is all too common." Dr. Eunice Wang, Roswell Park Cancer Inst.
Hopefully, through the efforts of people like you, Jacquie's journey will be a road less traveled by others in the future. We hope you will join us on November 5th at our annual Dancers Give Back event, as we unite and move towards a cure.
Supporting studios 2011:
Barb Denny's Studio of Dance Arts
Break The Floor Productions
Celebrity Dance Emporium
Dance Spectrum
Dancentral
Danza Performing Arts Academy
David DeMarie Dance Studio
Eugenia's Dance Studio
Greater Buffalo Gymnastics Center
Hoffman School of Dance
Infinity Dance Project
Jody B's Studio of Dance
Karyn Kelly Dance Center
LaDanse Workshop
Lancaster Dance Center
Lorraine Goddard Dance Studio
ModDance Studio
Marilyn Schneider School of Dance
Mary Alice's Dance Studio
Miss Bev's Dance Studio
New York City Dance Alliance
Performing Arts Dance Academy
Pittsford Dance Studio
Rock Steady Dance Center
South Buffalo Dance Academy
Spezio's Dance Dynamics
Steppin Out Dance Academy
Sylvia's School of Dance
The Dance Championships
The Sam Smith School of Dance
Tonawanda Dance Arts