DANCE PROJECT NEW YORK (DPNY)
presents
DANCE for JAPAN
A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI RELIEF

SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2011 at 8PM

JAMES AND MARTHA DUFFY PERFORMANCE SPACE
at the MARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER

(Brooklyn, NY) Dance Project New York (DPNY) presents "DANCE for JAPAN", a benefit dance concert for Japan earthquake and Tsunami relief on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at 8pm. Different generations of Japanese and American dancers will come together to perform various styles of dance wishing fast relief and recovery for the people suffering in Japan.

The concert will be mainly performed by Japanese professional dancers in NYC including Yuriko Kajiya (American Ballet Theatre), Ryoko Kudo (Limon Dance Company), Maile Okamura (Mark Morris Dance Group), Harumi Terayama (Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet), Kanji Segawa and many others.

Japanese students from American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School will also perform.

The program will include works by choreographers such as Alexander Ekman, Francesca Harper, Jessica Lang, José Limón, Lar Lubovitch, Mark Morris, Jennifer Muller and Pam Tanowitz.

The concert will be hosted by actress, Emi Ikehata (The Grudge 3).

100 percent of the tickets sales will be donated to Japan Society for the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.

Seating is limited. Reservations required. Suggested donation is $35 per person. To make a reservation please go to DPNY website: www.dpny-us.org.

This concert is made possible by generous support from the Mark Morris Dance Group donating their performance space and technical staff.

25 dancers joining hearts

Griff Braun

Metropolitan Opera Ballet

Mary Carter

The Francesca Harper Project

Nickemil Concepcion

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Attila Joey Csiki

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

Seiko Fujita

Jennifer Muller / The Works

Junichi Fukuda
Gen Hashimoto

Jennifer Muller / The Works

Eriko Iisaku

The Francesca Harper Project

Yuriko Kajiya

American Ballet Theatre

Kentaro Kikuchi

Kana Kimura

Jessica Lang Dance

Shu Kinouchi

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre

Maiko Kitaoka

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre

Ryoko Kudo

Limón Dance Company

Anna Laghezza

Jared Matthews

American Ballet Theatre

Kaho Ogawa

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre

Maile Okamura

Mark Morris Dance Group

Seika Paradise

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre

Oscar Ramos

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Kanji Segawa

Uta Takemura

Pam Tanowitz Dance

Harumi Terayama

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Ellie Underwood

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre

Aya Wagatsuma

About Dance Project New York

Dance Project New York (DPNY) was established in 2006 to provide educational workshops and performances in New York and Japan. DPNY is a group of Japanese and American dancers based in New York City. Under the leadership of director, Kanji Segawa, DPNY's mission is to provide the experience of American dance to the Japanese community while giving artistic inspiration and career development to young generations of Japanese dancers. For more information, visit www.dpny-us.org or email info@dpny.org.

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Dance Project New York presents DANCE FOR JAPAN

a benefit concert for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief

Date

Saturday, April 16th 2011

Time

8:00pm

Place

The James and Martha Duffy Performance Space at the Mark Morris Dance Center
(3 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217)

Tickets

Suggested Donation of $35 Seating is limited. Reservations required.

www.dpny-us.org

DANCE PROJECT NEW YORK

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