Broadway, 'So You Think You Can Dance' Stars Partner with Local Dancers to Benefit Charity Feb. 8

Press release:

On Sunday, Feb. 8, stars from Broadway and the popular television show “So You Think You Can Dance” will give their time and talent along with dance students from local studios in “Dance for our Children,” a performance to benefit “Child Life” and “Creative Arts Therapy” at Hackensack Hospital.

Students from the King Centre of Wanaque and Mahwah, Marianne’s School of Dance of Paramus, and the marked dance project from William Paterson University will be performing onstage with Richard Blake from Jersey Boys, Emily Padgett from Side Show and Rock of Ages and Karla Garcia, Kameron Bink and James Boyd, finalists from “So You ThinkYou Can Dance.” The day before the performance, the dancers will be taking classes and rehearsing with the professionals.

“Dance for Our Children” is a program that began when Christopher King, currently a member of the cast of “Wicked” performed with some of his castmates at the bedside of a child at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. It was the child’s wish to attend a performance of “Wicked” but she was too ill to make the trip. Unfortunately, Julianna lost her battle the following week after their “mini” performance. She had a great love for the arts, and inspired Christopher and other artists to want to share their talents. It is now their goal to raise money to expand the presentation of the arts in the hospital.

With the support of Hackensack Hospital, “Dance for Our Children” promises to be a star studded evening for a wonderful cause.

Tickets are $20 and are available at www.ShowTix4U.com. Showtime is Sunday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. at the Bergen Academies Auditorium Hackensack.

For more information, contact The New Jersey Foundation for Dance and Theatre Arts at (973) 839-3022