Dance Against Cancer 2013

Above: Maria Kowroski, principal ballerina of New York City Ballet, is among the roster of danceworld luminaries who will appear in the third annual Dance Against Cancer gala performance on
Monday, May 6, 2013. Photo of Ms. Kowroski by Matt Furman.

The evening kicks off with cocktails at 6:00 PM (VIP ticket only) with a
performance at 7:00  PM, to be followed by a reception at 8:30 PM. It all happens at the AXA Equitable
Theater, 787 Seventh Avenue here in New York City. Tickets are $150 ($300 for VIP) and are available at dacny.org.

The performance,  jointly produced by New York City Ballet’s Daniel
Ulbricht and Manhattan Youth Ballet‘s Erin Fogarty, will feature NYCB‘s Tyler Angle, Robert Fairchild, Maria Kowroski, Lauren
Lovette, Tiler Peck, Daniel Ulbricht, and Wendy Whelan,  ABT‘s Misty
Copeland and Herman Cornejo, Alvin Ailey‘s Matthew Rushing, Martha
Graham Dance Company‘s Katherine Crockett and Lloyd Knight,  Lar Lubovitch Dance
Company‘s Clifton Brown and Attila Csiki,  San Francisco Ballet’s  Maria Kochetkova, and Joan Boada, and the sensational  Charles “Lil
Buck” Riley.

Among the special treats in this gala evening  will be a sneak peek at Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella
performed by Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada of San Francisco Ballet, as
well as world premieres by both Herman Cornejo and Charles “Lil Buck”
Riley.