Gibney Dance to Present Multimedia Dance Performance, HOPE IS..., to Support Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Hope Is..., a benefit performance, shares stories through modern and contemporary dance. All proceeds from the cost of admission will go towards setting up a clinical trial to provide genetic testing of BRCA 1 & 2, breast and ovarian cancer, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Hope Is..., a onetime memorable multimedia performance will be held at 7pm on August 13, 2016 at Gibney Dance - Agnes Varis Center for the Performing Arts 280 Broadway (entrance at 53A Chambers) -Studio D.
Cancer impacts millions of lives; according to the American Cancer Society there will be 1,685,210 new cases of cancer in 2016 alone. This event is to give hope to the people and families that need it the most. Researching genetics helps scientists and doctors understand cancer development, which helps to create new cancer treatments for the future. For those who have the cancer gene, preventable treatments become available that can save their life.
"The second I started sharing my project with others, I became present to a whole new realm of possibilities and felt moved by dancers sharing how cancer has affected them," said Geena Russo, producer of Hope Is.... "We all have a story; we want to show you ours. I am most looking forward to this project because of the impact it can have. "

Bringing the dance community together to affect another community is the vision for Hope Is.... The performances tell stories of love, joy, and triumph in difficult times. Performers include Jessie King from Catherine Gallant/ Dances by Isadora, Audrey Rachelle and Alex Jenkins of AnA collaborations, Geena Russo from BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance Education Staff, Sarah Eichler from Jessica Lang Dance, and Kimberly Giannelli from Ballets with a Twist.

"Space for this event has been generously donated by Gibney Dance - an organization that brings movement where it otherwise wouldn't exist."

Gibney Dance - Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center Studio D is located at 280 Broadway, Entrance at 53A Chambers St New York, NY 10007. About a 3 minute, walk from the Park Place Subway stop for the 2 3 line, a 4-minute walk from Brooklyn Bridge City Hall stop on the 4 5 6 line, and a 2-minute walk from the City Hall stop on the R line.

A dance collective dedicated to providing a broader art education by cultivating a deeper understanding of dance as a comprehensive language - a 3-dimensional, visceral, intellectual, and emotional form of communication. We believe collaboration with artists in all mediums is essential to achieving this mission, as it creates entry points for audiences to relate to that would otherwise have not existed, as well as develops conversation across art disciplines. By sharing authentic and moving experiences through live and digital performance, AnA aims to enrich the lives of people from all backgrounds.

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