360° Dance Company Presents TOUCH/TASTE Benefit, 6/16

360° Dance Company presents TOUCH/TASTE, a Benefit Party on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 7pm. The evening will include cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as well as an intimate look at the company's newest repertory. The benefit will take place at TheAlvin Ailey Studios, Joan Weil Center for Dance, 405 W. 55th Street, 5th floor, NYC. Tickets are $50 in advance or $65 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased through a donation at www.360fullcircle.net/touch or by sending a check written to Full Circle Productions, Inc,632 11th St. Ste. #5, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

360° Dance Company will present excerpts of their newest works, Purpura (A Mi Padre),choreographed by collaborator Ricardo Flores; Pauline Koner's The Shining Dark; and Martin Lofnes' upcoming world premiere of Near Dark, based on the writings of painter Edvard Munch.

The evening's food is graciously provided by Cathy Cook of Minnie's Bake Shop,www.minniesbakeshop.com; Deborah Gorman of Gourmet Sorbet, www.gourmetsorbet.com; Amelia Coulter of SUGARBUILT Cookies, www.sugarbuilt.com; and Wojciech Garnowski of WG Pastries.