12/23/2019
Bender Performing Arts is excited to present DancIn’spiration: A Benefit for A Night to Remember Prom, January 11th at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts in Poway, CA. Show time is 7:00p.m.
Tickets for the benefit are just $16 and are available by contacting Bender Performing Arts at 602.971.9170 or may be purchased January 11 at the door beginning 6pm.
Produced by Kevin and Meri Bender of Bender Performing Arts in Phoenix AZ, DancIn’spiration is the collaborative effort of five premier Arizona and California dance studios’ performing companies. Participants include Alpine Dance Academy, Expressions Dance & Movement Center, Neisha’s Dance & Music Academy, School of Dance & Music and Take Five Dance Academy. Returning as special guests is Alpine Dance Academy’s, Sky’s the Limit Class and Darby’s Dancers. Attendees are promised an uplifting dance performance filled with all forms of dance including ballet, jazz, tap, musical theater, lyrical, contemporary and hip-hop.
This year marks the sixth annual DancIn’spiration performance in the San Diego area for producer’s Kevin and Meri Bender of Bender Performing Arts. Dance Motion Performing Company (The Bender’s serve as Artistic Directors of DMPC) will produce its twentieth DancIn’spiration show in Phoenix, AZ on January 19, 2020. During it’s twenty year run, DancIn’spiration has raised well over $185,000 for various Phoenix and San Diego area children’s charities. According to Kevin Bender, “We continue to look for ways to support our local communities through dance. DancIn’spiration San Diego allows 150 young dancers to use their art for a good cause.”
This year’s DancIn’spiration beneficiary is A Night to Remember Prom, a registered non-profit organization centered in the San Diego area. A Night to Remember is a free Prom honoring students with special needs ages 15-22 years old. Every Honored Guest attending the prom is provided, free of charge, a tuxedo or prom dress, hair styling and make-up by professional cosmetologists, a corsage or boutonniere, a ride in a limousine, a walk down the red carpet (complete with paparazzi and cheering fans), a night of dinner and dancing, a gift bag and special memories that will last a lifetime. Each student with special needs is partnered up with a San Diego student who serves as their host.
Bender Performing Arts began as the Betty Johnson School of Dance, a Phoenix fixture since 1974 with a reputation of excellence for its dance instruction. Owners Kevin and Meri Bender took pride in their curriculum, but wanted to offer the community they served even more. By 2006, that dream had been realized with the opening of a brand new performing arts center. The modern 14,000 square foot facility became home not only to the renowned dance instruction, but also private and group music lessons as well as acting and musical theater.
The faculty at Bender Performing Arts has well over 200 years of combined teaching experience. These instructors share not only their expertise, but also their immense passion for the arts with students from age three through adult. For more information visit www.benderperformingarts.com .
For Information About the Beneficiary:
Cheryl Shields
Founder/Director of A Night to Remember Prom for students with special needs
Tax ID #95-1863913
619-777-6602
www.aNighttoRememberProm.com
[email protected]
For Information on Participating Studios:
Alpine Dance Academy
1730 Alpine Blvd. #105
Alpine, CA 91901
(619) 445-4754
www.alpinedance.com
Expressions Dance & Movement Center
9225 Carlton Hills Blvd. #28
Santee, CA 92071
(619) 596-3362
www.expressionsdanceandmovement.com
School of Dance & Music
Hermosa – Redondo – Manhattan Beach
1151 Aviation Blvd.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
(310) 318-6260
www.schoolofdanceandmusic.com
Take Five Dance Academy
3135 N. Dysart Rd.
Avondale, AZ 85392
(623) 932-1342
www.takefivedance.com
Neisha’s Dance & Music Academy
870 Jetty Lane
Chula Vista, CA 91914
(619) 585-1133
www.neishas.com
Darby’s Dancers
9225 Carlton Hills Blvd. #28
Santee, CA 92071
(619) 596-3362
www.expressionsdanceandmovement.com
Sky’s the Limit Class
1730 Alpine Blvd. #105
Alpine, CA 91901
(619) 445-4754
www.alpinedance.com
BPA offers Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Ballet, Contemporary, Tumbling, Music Lessons, Voice Lessons, Musical Theater, and Silks Classes for all ages 2 1/2 years old through adult.
