Life after dancing.The incomparable Chita Rivera Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical actress dancer, and singer best known for her musical theater roles. will receive the Rolex Dance Award at "One World," the Career Transition For Dancers' 21st Anniversary Jubilee at City Center on Oct. 23. The benefit raises the funds CTFD CTFD Calm the Freak Down (polite form) needs to continue its career counseling outreach programs, and the educational scholarships they provide to dancers who are making post-performing plans. The most diverse billing yet features gems like flamenca Pilar Pilar strong-minded female leader of a group of guerrillas in the Spanish Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls] See : Female Power Pilar Rioja, Dance China NY, Chicago's Luna Negra, and a rare appearance by Robert Hill's Ballet de Monterrey, as well as dancers from American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre, one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet Theatre in 1940 under the direction of Lucia Chase and Rich Pleasant. and the Joffrey Ballet. Also honored is the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation, and Tony-award winning star Sutton Foster makes a special appearance. See www.careertransition.org |
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