The Hudson Valley Dance Festival returns on 10 October 2026, bringing together an eclectic mix of contemporary dance artists, choreographers, and companies.
Graham Watts praises Dance for Ukraine – a very fine show, worthy of fulsome support.
Darcey Bussell, President of the Royal Academy of Dance, and Ivan Putrov present a ballet gala to support ballet students in Ukraine, on Saturday 21 March.
Sarah Lane was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. She has set up Dance for Paws, a non-profit to raise funds for homeless animals.
10 and 11 September sees the return of the Athelhampton House Gala in Dorset, UK, with Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers.
Royal Ballet First Soloist Meaghan Grace Hinkis has assembled a starry line-up of Royal Ballet colleagues for the second Athelhampton Ballet Charity Gala
Emma Maguire is a Soloist of The Royal Ballet. She lost her mother, Ann, a teacher, when she was stabbed to death in front of her class by a 15-year-old pupil at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds. Her murder, which shocked the entire UK, was in 2014. Emma and her family have admirably turned…
The American Cancer Society – Our Mission is to Save Lives, Celebrate Lives and Lead the Fight for a World Without Cancer! – is staging its 7th Annual Dance Against Cancer. Erin Fogarty Bittner, who is the Programming Director at Manhattan Youth Ballet, and Daniel Ulbricht, Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet, who have…
La traviata returns to La Scala in Liliana Cavani’s beautiful 1990 production with sets by three-time Oscar winner Dante Ferretti, and the sumptuous costumes of Gabriella Pescucci. As always, the run is sold out. However, the artists involved have agreed with the theatre in giving the proceeds for a special preview performance to help those…
Larry’s September Weight Loss Challenge & Autism Fundraiser Lawrence Brownlee is asking his friends and colleagues to donate to autism research for every pound he loses during the month of September, in support of his son Caleb – CLICK HERE FOR INFO Autism Speaks was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, grandparents of a…
London’s Royal Opera House is involved in lots of charitable work, and during a charitable event Royal Ballet principal dancer Thiago Soares was introduced to Richard Street, head of Street Kids in the UK. Street Kids is an organisation which believes that young people on the street have the potential to change their own lives….
Music icon Dionne Warwick returns to the Royal Albert Hall to lead an all-star lineup including Cliff Richard, Alexandra Burke, Boy George, Caro Emerald, Tony Hadley, Joe McElderry, Katie Melua, Mica Paris, Rumer and The London Community Gospel Choir. The gala is in aid of international development charity, The Hunger Project. In celebration of World Hunger Day 2012, and as major highlight of her 50th Anniversary World Tour, Warwick…
At the end of May, London’s Royal Albert Hall will host a gala concert for World Hunger Day 2012. The first World Hunger Day took place 15 months ago at the Apollo Victoria theatre with Dionne Warwick among a star-studded cast, and she is back to lend her support again to an event which will aid the work…
One of opera’s most elegant stars, Raina Kabaivanska, has donated a number of her concert gowns for a charity auction which starts today. The soprano, who will be 77 next month, has given many of her signature Roberto Capucci creations to E For People who are auctioning more than 10,000 items of clothing and accessories in…
Annie Lennox has collected an OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace for her charity work fighting Aids and poverty in Africa.The former Eurythmics singer, 56, said: “Its quite magical. Its really meaningful to me that its for charity work. “To get this acknowlegement means people are listening. Campaigning has been taking up a great…
The Royal Ballet‘s Gary Avis is one of the patrons of the charity The Hunger Project. Here’s what he has to say on their website: I was brought up to believe that we are all better off if we support one another. I’ve performed at many charity gigs over the years and it feels…
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Sylvie Guillem has added an extra performance to her currently sold out run this July. The proceeds from this additional show, including the transaction fee, will be donated to the Japan Tsunami Appeal, managed by the British Red Cross. Widely recognised as one of the world’s greatest dancers, Sylvie Guillem stars…
If you are anywhere near Covent Garden tomorrow drop in to the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House at 4pm for Miyako Yoshida‘s concert to raise money for the tsunami victims. Tickets are only £20, though of course donations are welcome. JAPAN TSUNAMI APPEAL CONCERT Sunday 20 March 4pm LINBURY STUDIO THEATRE Concert performance in…
The Royal Ballet Principal Mara Galeazzi‘s Gala 2011 is part of a unique initiative, Dancing For The Children, which has this year teamed up with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. Gala for Africa 2011 is a special evening of dance, world premieres, music and song with a star-studded line-up that includes Mara Galeazzi and and Principal dancers of The…
With his UNICEF hat on, which he has been wearing for the last ten years, Roberto Bolle wrote about his five day visit to the Central African Republic in “Io, donna”, the Corriere della Sera’s weekly magazine. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a mortality rate for the under-fives of 173 for every…
An interview (in Italian) with Mara Galeazzi as part of the 21min 2010 conference in Milan. She talks about a severe illness that led her to view her life and the world in a new light and, in 2007, to found her charity www.dancingforthechildren.com
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