“Extraordinarily spectacular…everything that showbiz should be” The New York Times
“dazzling…sizzling…” Variety
Honoring:
LAWRENCE HERBERT
PATRICK SWAYZE (1952 – 2009)
THE LLOYD E. RIGLER—LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION
Featuring:
Tony Award Winner LAURA BENANTI, New York City Ballet’s ASHLEY BOUDER & ANDREW VEYETTE, 4-time Emmy Award Winner VALERIE HARPER, Metropolitan Opera’s SAMUEL RAMEY, Tony Award Winner ANN REINKING and American Ballet Theatre’s ETHAN STIEFEL
Special Appearances and Performances by, and Artists from:
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, “Dancing with the Stars,” DJ Active¬phaze, Electric Boogaloo’s Mr. Wiggles, Nicole Fosse, Lombard Twins, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, Kathleen Marshall, Melanie LaPatin and Tony Meredith’s Dance Times Square, PopMaster Fabel, Rock Steady Crew, “So You Think You Can Dance,” Sophisticated Ladies - a Tribute to Duke Ellington, Jock Soto, “Step UP 3,” The Street Beats Group, Tap City Youth Ensemble, and Sonya Tayeh Dance.
“Extraordinarily spectacular…everything that showbiz should be” – The New York Times
Artists and program subject to change without notice.
Presented by Rolex and with a star studded cast, AMERICA DANCES! celebrates a variety of entertainment that defines our American Culture—past, present and future, including a film montage paying tribute to the crazes and evolution of American dance. The eclectic evening is a fusion of styles that move from theater to concert dance, to television and film.
Don’t miss this ONE NIGHT ONLY dance event of the season!
Produced and Directed by Ann Marie DeAngelo
Executive Producer Alexander J. Dubé
Patron Tickets: $1,200; $750; $600 and Tables including premium performance seating and post-performance “Anniversary Supper with the Stars” – contact Marjorie Horne at 212.228.7446 x33. Group Sales: 718.499.9691
Jubilee Chair: Michele Herbert
24th Anniversary Chairs:
Anka K. Palitz & Allen Brill