One Dance UK’s Together for Dance Gala performance is picking up speed, tickets for which are now on sale. In what has been named the dance event of the season, the gala will take place at the Novello Theatre in London’s West End on 9 October. The Together for Dance Gala is the first major fundraising event for the organisation since One Dance UK became the national body for dance as a result of the merger of four key national dance organisations in April. The gala has been designed to raise funds towards One Dance UK’s programmes supporting dancers’ health, a range of artist and art form development, and projects for children and young people.
An exciting line-up has been announced, with the legendary Dame Gillian Lynne, DBE as the gala patron. Mara Galeazzi, former Principal of the Royal Ballet, and Artistic Director of Together for Dance, is curating a programme featuring BalletBoyz, Company Wayne McGregor, English National Ballet, Impact Youth, Jaivant Patel Dance, New Adventures, Gary Avis & Zenaida Yanowsky, Namron, Tommy Franzen & Xena Gusthart, and Mara Galeazzi herself. The exciting array of performers will include special guest artists, a world premiere, and a few surprises!
The Together for Dance fundraising gala will be an exciting opportunity to showcase the diversity of dance and dancers that One Dance UK represents, champions and nurtures. It will work to aid the wide range of programmes that One Dance UK runs, raising vital funds for work which supports and enriches the dancing lives of those at every level of the sector. Ultimately the new organisation aims to provide the best possible future for dance in the UK.
Special VIP tickets include entry to the pre-performance reception, premium seats, interval champagne, and an after-show black-tie dinner at the Waldorf Hilton alongside a number of artists taking part in the show.