Celebrating 11 years of transforming children's lives through dance, The Stars of New York Dance partners notable New Yorkers with principal dancers from local community-based dance organizations that serve children from underserved communities. Each couple chooses their dance style, music, costumes and theme and rehearses for several weeks. The night of the event, the dance couple with the fierce
st dance duet and that receives the highest score by the judges will be crowned the Dance Champions and will receive $5,000 for their dance organization to provide five or more children with a free year of high quality dance education and training. New York State Attorney General Letitia James; New York State Senator Kevin Parker; New York City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy; Deja Vu, Lenny Green and Patricia Robinson of WBLS; Rev. Aker, III of Cornerstone Baptist Church, Colvin W. Grannum of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Chef Carla Hall and Reggie Nance of AARP are just a few of the notable New Yorkers who were our Dancing Stars and competed in the dance competition. Al Sharpton, Susan L. Taylor, George Faison, Danny Simmons, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Malik Yoba and Rev. Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood are among our Stellar Humanitarian Honorees. For the past decade, The Stars of New York Dance has engaged more than 130 local and national leaders to dance, and has provided more than 10,000 days of free dance education and training to New York City children. Learn more at www.starsnydance.org.
