DESTINY RISING at Joyce Theater to Benefit NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, 4/21

On Monday, April 21 at 7:30pm at The Joyce Theater (175 8th Avenue), the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation will present DESTINY RISING, an evening of dance artistry benefiting the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation College Scholarship Program (which to date has awarded an impressive $8.4 million in college scholarships). Featuring special guest performances from prominent professional dance companies from all over the country, outstanding NYC Dance Alliance alumni and NYC Dance Alliance faculty, some of the artists taking part include Broadway dancers and NYCDA faculty Joey Dowling (In The Heights, Sweet Charity) & Andy Pellick (Original casts of Wicked & Tarzan) and the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company.

VIP tickets are $100 (prime orchestra ticket and a ticket to the after party) and 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 available to all in attendance.

Guest performances for the evening will include a duet from Joey Dowling and Andy Pellick, the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, student dancers from Dean College (MA) and Mercyhurst University Ballet Theatre (PA), and a performance from JovoDance (choreographed by Scott Jovovich, who has been a principal dancer with The Joffrey Ballet and appeared on Broadway in Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Once Upon a Mattress and Fosse). Other choreographers featured in the evening will include Lesley Bories-Scalise, Gregory King and Suzi Taylor.

DESTINY RISING will take place on Monday, April 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. 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).

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.