The
evening was filled with exciting performances by Jenna Dewan Tatum with
dancer and choreographer Travis Wall (So You Think You Can Dance);
Elizabeth Berkley; Kim Eung Hwa Korean Dance and Performance
Arts Academy; Body
Traffic; Academy
of Villains;
Joffrey Ballet Dancers Fabrice Calmels and Victoria Jaiani;
Cyrus "Glitch" Spencer and Sara "Lil Mini" Pheonix; and the
Lulu Washington Dance Theatre and Dancer's
Inc. Additionally, there were
special performances from DFF Community Program recipient San
Pedro City Ballet and a piece created by Stacey
Tookey especially for the evening and
performed by DFF
Scholarship recipients.
All
proceeds from ticket sales benefited The Dizzy Feet Foundation, a
non-profit organization whose mission is threefold: to sponsor, fund and/or
support dance education programs that expose children in low-income areas to the
lifelong benefits of dance education through and with local community
organizations; to provide scholarships to talented students studying at
accredited or nationally regarded dance schools, studios or institutions; and in
conjunction with recognized credentialing organizations, to support and increase
the quality of all styles of dance education in the United States.