DancIn'spiration

DancIn'spiration

January 22, 2012 at the Orpheum Theatre.

Dance Motion Performing Company is excited to present DancIn'spiration: A Benefit for Arizona Helping Hands, January 22 at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix. Show time is 7:00 p.m.

Tickets for the benefit are just $15 and are available by contacting Arizona Helping Hands at 480-889-0604.

Produced by Dance Motion Performing Company, DancIn'spiration is the collaborative effort of eight premier Arizona dance studios' performing companies. Participants include Bender Performing Arts All-Stars, Dance Motion Performing Company, Cannedy Performing Arts, Classic Image Dance, Innerlight Dance, Michaela's Dance Magic, and Dance Connection 2. Special guests, Automatic Response (as seen on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew) and AZ Dance Group will also perform. Attendees are promised a stellar dance performance filled with all forms of dance including, jazz, tap, musical theater, lyrical, contemporary and hip hop.

2012 marks the eleventh year for DancIn'spiration. According to Kevin Bender, Artistic Director of Dance Motion, "We continue to look for ways to support our community through dance. DancIn'spiration allows 200 young dancers to use their art for a good cause." To date, DancIn'spiration has raised $77,000 for local children's charities. Previous beneficiaries include the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Caitlin Robb Foundation which provided funds for children's cancer care and research.

This year's DancIn'spiration beneficiary is Arizona Helping Hands, Inc. (AHH), a volunteer organization committed to helping kids, families and other persons in need, or, as they say at AHH, "at hope." Our goal is to raise $10,000 for them again this year.

Dance Motion Performing Company is based in North Phoenix and one of the Valley's premier dance troupes. It features a cast of youth age 7 through 19 who reside mainly in the North Phoenix, Paradise Valley and North Scottsdale area. Directed since 1987 by Kevin and Meri Bender, the non-profit dance education company focuses on Arts in Education and community arts projects.

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