$15 Student Tickets Available Tonight To See NYC Ballet's Tiler Peck & More Dance At The Joyce For NYC Dance Alliance Benefit

$15 student rush tickets are available tonight for DESTINY RISING at The Joyce Theater (175 8th Avenue), an evening of dance artistry to benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation College Scholarship Program. Many of New York City and the country's most renowned dancers and dance companies will perform tonight at 7:30pm. To date the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation (Founder/Executive Director Joe Lanteri) has awarded $2.5 million in college scholarships to 250 dancers all over the country. There will be $75-$100k in college scholarships awarded tonight and in 2018, NYCDAF has awarded $450,000 in college scholarships. The evening will also feature a new piece commissioned by the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation featuring their 2018 scholarship winners.

Set to take part tonight are special guests Tiler Peck (New York City Ballet and the Broadway production of An American in Paris), Roman Mejia (New York City Ballet) and vocalist Michael Cain, and the evening will also feature performances from some of the country's best dance companies including Complexions Contemporary Ballet, MADBOOTS, Marymount Manhattan Dance Company and the Columbia Performing Arts Centre (Columbia, MO). The choreographers whose work will be showcased tonight include Jonathan Campbell, Alexandra Damiani, Austin Diaz, Olympia Jordan, Rachel Kreiling, Gabrielle Lamb, Jason Luks, Dwight Rhoden and Suzi Taylor.

In addition to $15 student rush tickets available today at the theatre, VIP tickets are $100 (prime orchestra ticket and a ticket to the after party), additional tickets are priced at $45 (orchestra seating) and $25 (for loge or front row orchestra seating) and can be purchased by phone at 855-692-5678 or online at www.NYCDAFoundation.net. There will also be a post-performance talkback after the show.

The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, Inc. is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) public charity, committed to broadening performing arts awareness while advocating education and high standards of excellence in dance. NYCDAF is dedicated to investing in the next generation of professional performers by offering scholarships for secondary and college education. For more information, visit www.NYCDance.com.

DESTINY RISING will take place tonight Monday, January 21 at 7:30pm at The Joyce Theater (175 8th Avenue). Tickets can be purchased by phone at 855-692-5678 or online at www.NYCDAFoundation.net. $15 student rush tickets are available as are VIP tickets are priced at $100 (prime orchestra ticket and a ticket to the after party), additional tickets are priced at $45 (orchestra seating) and $25 (for loge or front row orchestra seating).

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