Daily News | After 30 years, final bow for ‘Shut Up & Dance’ benefit performance
, Philadelphia Ballet’s annual performance to benefit MANNA, is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Saturday.The event, which is run by the dancers Philadelphia Ballet, was first held in 1992 as a response to the AIDS crisis. AIDS hit the ballet world hard and the dancers felt moved to do something. After hours of discussion, they decided they needed to stop talking about it and do what they do best: shut up and dance.
Thirty years later, there are many more treatments for HIV and AIDS, so MANNA has grown to feed people with many chronic diseases, although HIV and AIDS continues to be one of their top concerns.has provided MANNA with $2 million over the years, said Sue Daugherty, MANNA’s CEO. It has also offered a different sort of creative outlet to the dancers.
“We certainly make money,” Daugherty added. “I don’t want anybody to think that money doesn’t benefit. But just as the landscape has changed, the current structure just doesn’t support the event as it is.” “Whatever this turns into going forward, I want to be a part of it in a major way,” said Jacqueline Callahan, a demi-soloist with the ballet andproducing director. “It’s just so inspiring to see the dancers transforming in different creative ways.”
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