Career Transition for Dancers WINTER HEAT Takes Place March 9

Career Transition For Dancers and the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, a division of Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc., present WINTER HEAT Latin Dance Party on Monday, March 9, at 7:00 pm at the beautiful Rainbow Room 30 Rockefeller Plaza 65th Floor NYC. This is the 5th joint benefit evening that will once again include dancing to the sounds of the 22-piece Harbor Latin Big Band and a performance by the Harbor Conservatory's Gestures Dance Ensemble. There will also be other entertainment as well as Latin dance lessons. The event raises funds to ensure positive futures for those artists both leaving as well as those preparing for dance careers. The Dress code is ‘WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE'. It will be a fun-filled evening of Latin entertainment that will capture the glamour of the sophisticated supper club high above Manhattan, a beautiful sweeping dance floor, food and drink to continue swinging in a new year. The Harbor Latin Big Band under the direction of Louis Bauzó has performed with such Latin greats as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, and many more.

Career Transition For Dancers, with offices in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, has helped thousands of professional dancers identify their unique talents in preparation for establishing new careers when dance is no longer an option. Since 1985, they have provided more than 41,000 hours (equivalent to $4 million) of one-on-one career counseling & program services (at no cost) and has awarded millions of dollars in educational and entrepreneurial grants. CTFD also provides dancers with specialized services that include seminars and workshops; peer support groups; resource centers; a toll-free national hotline; and National Career Network. The Caroline & Theodore Newhouse Center for Dancers is at 165 West 46th Street Suite 701 (at Broadway: the Actors' Equity Building) NYC. The phone number is 212 764 0172 and the fax is 212 764 0343; our offices in Los Angeles 323 549 6660; and in Chicago 312 666 0234. www.careertransition.org

Since 1970, the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, a division of Boys & Girls Harbor, a nonprofit multi-service youth agency, has been introducing young children to the world of dance, and nurturing and training talented teenagers for future professional dance careers. Studying with dance professionals, students build a solid foundation in classical ballet, modern, jazz and folkloric dance. Harbor staff provides one-on-one counseling, professional management and direction, advice about and preparations for auditions and competitions. The Gestures Dance Ensemble, comprised of the most advanced students, has worked with choreographers such as Ronald K. Brown, Steven Rooks, and Jennifer Muller, performing at SummerStage, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Miller Theater and Aaron Davis Hall. With equally strong music and drama programs, the Harbor Conservatory is recognized internationally as the leading school for Latin Music. For more info please call 212 427 2244 ext. 573 or visit, www.harborconservatory.org

The gala benefit Chairs are Janice Becker, Anthony D. Duke, Sr., Fe Saracino Fendi and Margaret Puente and the Committee includes: Ronda and Mark Axelowitz; Robert L. Barbanell; Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio; Sherri Bronfman; Emily Chen; Michelle Clemack; Beth and Stephen J. Dannhauser; Justine DiCostanzo; Mercedes Ellington; Barry S. Friedberg and Charlotte Moss; Susan Krysiewicz and Thomas Bell; Saundra Thomas, WABC-TV; Rafael Toro, GOYA; & Maria and Philip Yang. Honorary chairs are Tania León, Peter Martins, Arturo O'Farrill, Sono Osato, Chita Rivera, Tommy Tune and Sylvia Waters. Tickets at $200 for open seating (open bar & festive buffet, dancing & entertainment). Rolex Watch, U.S.A. and Capezio are sponsors. Special premiere tables for 12 on the dance floor $5,000; preferred seating for 10 $2,500 and select tables for 10 at $1,500 and tables for 4 at $750 are also available. For information please call 212 764 0172.

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