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The Stars of New York Dance is a charitable, thrilling and judged dance competition, similar to "Dancing with the Stars," that will help raise dance scholarship funds for children from low-income communities in New York City. The goal of the event is to provide children in need with more access to dance and the arts.
DANCING STARS
The Stars of New York Dance will partner five of New York City's most notable community leaders ("Dancing Stars") with five of the City's most gifted, professional dance artists ("Dance Partners") that teach or perform with a community-based dance organization that serve children from low-income communities in New York City.
The “Dancing Stars” will step out of their normal roles, volunteer their time, give their personal best, and risk everything to dance and compete for children in need.
The "Dancing Stars" will endure weeks of rigorous but riveting dance training to learn a dance routine choreographed by the "Dance Partners" in their chosen technique, such as Jazz, Modern, Swing, Salsa or African. Each couple will be allotted approximately 10 weeks to prepare a 3-minute choreographed dance number.
EVENT DETAILS
The night of the event, the five dancing pairs will compete to perform the fiercest dance duet. The couple that receives the highest judged score will win a $5,000 Access Award grand prize for their respective dance organization. The other four competing dance organizations will each receive $1,500 Access Awards. The Access Awards will directly fund dance scholarships for children in need to receive innovative, high-quality dance and arts education with one of the participating dance organizations.
DANCE HELPS CREATE BRIGHTER FUTURES
The Stars of New York Dance seeks to challenge and overcome the negative effects that plague children in need from underserved New York City neighborhoods. These children have increased exposure to urban risks such as crime, drugs, truancy and gangs. The Stars of New York Dance is committed to impacting the lives of children from these communities by providing them with high-quality dance and arts education that builds character, regardless of the children’s circumstances, and keeps them out of the path of these urban risks.
Arts funding is down in this recession and support for the arts is often considered expendable, but we know the power of the arts to transform lives. By providing children from low-income communities with access to innovative arts programming and curriculum, they have access to a creative and constructive means of self-expression that builds character and are ensured a brighter future with boundless opportunities.
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