The Actors Fund’s Career Transition For Dancers Jubilee Gala honors Carrie Ann Inaba, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Robert Fairchild | Entertainment Community Fund

The Actors Fund’s Career Transition For Dancers Jubilee Gala honors Carrie Ann Inaba, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Robert Fairchild

September 27, 2017 | Press ReleaseEvents & Performances

Photo credit: Light Rain duet (excerpt) by The Joffrey Ballet. © 2010 Richard Termine.
Photo credit: Photo credit: Light Rain duet (excerpt) by The Joffrey Ballet. © 2010 Richard Termine.

The Actors Fund announced today that they will honor dancer, choreographer and television dance competition judge Carrie Ann Inaba, Academy and Tony Award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and New York City Ballet principal dancer Robert Fairchild at The Actors Fund’s  Career Transition For Dancers Jubilee Gala on Wednesday, November 1 at 6 pm at the New York Marriott Marquis at 1535 Broadway. The gala will benefit The Actors Fund’s services for the dance community.

The celebration begins at 6 pm with cocktails and is followed by a 7 pm dinner, live auction and performances. The evening, produced and directed by Ann Marie DeAngelo, will include special tribute performances by dancers and special guests including Buglisi Dance Theatre, Josh Prince’s Broadway Dance Lab, National Dance Institute, Bob Fosse’s “Steam Heat” from The Pajama Game, choreographers Sara Brians and Randy Skinner, dancers formerly with Cirque du Soleil and Nevada Ballet Theatre, and a Special Tribute by Martine Van Hamel, former Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre.

The Actors Fund and Career Transition For Dancers (CTFD) merged their services to the dance community in 2015. The merger integrated the services of CTFD into the ongoing programs of The Actors Fund, a human services organization that helps everyone who works in entertainment and the performing arts.

Patron tickets are $750 and $1,500 each. Tables for 10 start at $7,500. For gala information and tickets please call 212.228.7446 ext. 33 or email marjorie@mcevoyandassociates.com. For more information and updates visit our event page.