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When: Monday, October 7, 2013, 8:00 p.m.
Where: Corner Social, 321 Lenox Avenue at 126th Street, New York, NY 10021

Join Apollo Executive Producer Mikki Shepard, Dance/NYC Executive Director Lane Harwell, and the Bessie Steering Committee, Arthur Aviles, Cora Cahan, Beverly D'Anne, Carla Peterson, Laurie Uprichard, Martin Wechsler, and Wendy Whelan at a very special pre-Bessies cocktail reception at one of Harlem's hottest eateries.

Your Angel Party ticket includes priority seating at the Apollo for the awards. Start your night right by toasting the dance work of the 2012-13 season. Enjoy a full bar and locally sourced, home-cooked hors d'oeuvres at the warm and inviting Corner Social. Then head down the block to your priority seats at the Apollo for the presentation of "one of the highest honors in the dance world" -NY Times.

Additional information about the Bessie Awards ceremony.

The Bessies Awards pre-show cocktail reception is a fundraiser to benefit The Bessies, a sponsored program with Performance Zone Inc (dba The Field), a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 906, (212)691-6969, www.thefield.org. A copy of The Field’s latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from The Field or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. You will receive a tax deduction for all but the $15 value of refreshments.

The New York Dance and Performance Awards, aka the Bessies, have saluted outstanding dance work since 1984. They were founded by David White and named for the treasured teacher of dance and composition, Bessie Schonberg. www.dancenyc.org/bessies

Dance/NYC's mission is to bolster the support structure for dance in the New York City metropolitan area, serving as a voice and guide for dance artists and managers. Dance/NYC works in alliance with Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, to achieve this mission and execute on core program areas. www.dancenyc.org
 

The Bessies are co-sponsored by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Trust, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Harkness Foundation for Dance. We thank them for their support and for all they do for dance.