Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community

by Genevieve Rafter Keddy May. 5, 2011

Mercedes Ellington, JoAnn Hunter, Mary Macleod, Jerry Mitchell, Judine Somerville and the Career Transition for Dancers hosted a "between shows" get together yesterday, May 4, 2011. BroadwayWorld was on hand to celebrate the dance community yesterday and brings you photo coverage below.

Career Transition For Dancers, with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, has helped over 4,800 professional dancers in 47 states identify their unique talents in preparation for establishing new careers when dance is no longer an option. Since its founding in 1985, the organization has provided more than 46,000 hours (equivalent to over $4 million) of one-on-one career counseling and program services - at no cost - and has awarded millions of dollars in scholarships for education, entrepreneurial grants, and certification programs. The organization also provides dancers with specialized services that include transition seminars and workshops, peer support groups, resource centers, a toll-free national career counseling hotline, a website, and a National Career Network.

For more information, visit www.careertransition.org.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Welcome to Career Transitions for Dancers

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Felicity Claire and Sharone Sayegh from Mamma Mia!

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Samantha Sturm and Colin Cunliffe from The Addams Family

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Erica Mansfield, Michaeljon Slinger and Sarah O'Gleby from How to Succeed with Judine Somerville (Host of tonight's event)

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Yurel Echezarreta (La Cage) and Tanairi Sade Vazquez (Wonderland)

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community

Heather Parcells (Wonderland), Jessica Lea Patty (People In The Picture), Tanairi Sade Vazquez and Yurel Echezarreta

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Rhea Patterson (Wicked) and Colin Cunliffe

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
From Billy Elliot - Jacob Clemente and Ben Cook

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Mercedes Ellington (Host of Tonight's Show)

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
From The Addams Family-Samantha Sturm, Jackie Hoffman and Allison Lee Thomas

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
From Billy Elliot- Aly Brier, Makenzi Fischbach, Caroline Workman and Annabelle Kempf

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Nick Wyman

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
From Billy Elliot-Peter Mazurowski and Alex Ko

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Alex Dreier (Billy Elliot)

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
From Billy Elliot-Alex Ko, Ben Cook, Jacob Clemente, and Peter Mazurowski

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Lindsay Dunn (West Side Story) , Michaeljon Slinger (How to Succeed), Christian Elan Ortiz (West Side Story) and Yurel Echezarreta (La Cage)

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
From The Lion King-Keisha Laren Clarke Gray and Angelica Edwards

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Diane King and Reese Snow (Broadway Dance Center)

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Sae La Chin, Lauren Gordon (Career Counselor Career Transition for Dancers) and Chad Seib

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Erica Mansfield (How to Succed), JoAnn M. Hunter (Host of tonight's Event) and Matt Wall (How to Succeed)

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Nick Wyman and Nina Goldman

Photo Coverage: Career Transition for Dancers Celebrates Broadway Dance Community
Nick Wyman and Alexander J. Dube (Executive Director Career Transitions for Dancers)