Tag: dance against cancer

Dance Against Cancer Raised More than $243,000 for the American Cancer Society

“I’m dancing for my mother; performing for a cure.” Those were the words that began Dance Against Cancer’s 5th annual benefit on Monday night, before New York City Ballet principal Maria Kowroski took center stage. While brief, her performance of George Balanchine’s Mozartiana (an excerpt) left barely a dry eye in the theater—including a grieving […]

Battling Cancer, One Dance at a Time

This year’s Dance Against Cancer poster features an original drawing by artist Keith Haring. A dance gala is always a good thing. But an impressively star-studded dance gala for a very important cause? It doesn’t really get better than that. The third annual Dance Against Cancer benefit, hosted by the American Cancer Society and produced […]