About Promoting & Unifying the Austin Dance Community Through An Amazing Dance Showcase Benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation! Description: We’re at it again! Following the incredible success of Austin’s 2nd Choreographer’s Ball, benefiting the CysticFibrosis Foundation, our team of volunteers have been hard at work to make this year’s benefit event an even bigger hit- I am eager to announce the date for our 3rd annual Dance To Breathe event: Sunday, June 9th, 6:00 pm Dance to Breathe 2013 will be held at Emo’s Austin, Austin’s newest performance venue with state-of-theart lighting and sound and a capacity of up to 1700 people. Here in Austin, we have ACL, SXSW, Art City Austin and a multitude of open mics for musicians, songwriters, poets, artists and thespians alike. But what outlets are available to a choreographer who strives to experiment and share in raw creativity and expression? Our solution: parallel the dance explosion of L.A. and throw a Choreographer’s Ball! At the benefit, you can look forward to seeing incredible performances by some of Austin’s top professional choreographers in a variety of genres and enjoy beverages from the cash bar in a relaxed, hip downtown setting. A portion of all proceeds raised will go directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We are expecting an attendance level of at least 1,000 individuals. However, with our marketing efforts and even more talent already auditioning to perform, we anticipate that number to be much higher. You may ask, why the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation? A student of mine, Amanda Trippet Brown, explained last year that she took dance classes not only for the fun and fitness, but also as a way to increase her lung capacity. At that time, her lung capacity was running at a mere 60%. Imagine, not being able to take a deep breath without coughing and wheezing. I was blown away, for as a dancer, I could not imagine life under a constant shortness of breath. In hosting Dance to Breathe, we aim to help fund the foundation that could one day find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis and wonderful people like Amanda. Our Mission: 1. To raise awareness and funding for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 2. To bring a sincere unity and acknowledgement to the eclectic and powerful dance scene that often goes overlooked in Austin.