The World Dance Stars 7th Benefit Gala will take place on 14-15 June at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. This year first dancers Joseph Gatti and Adiarys Almeida (of the Boston Ballet), Alessio Carbone (Paris Opera), Cesar Morales and Momoko Hirata (Birmingham Ballet), David Galstyan (Toulouse Opera), Roberta Marquez (London Royal Ballet) and Vlado Marinov (Berlin Opera) will be coming for the event. The gala is a benefit for the Foundation Nido para Angeles that helps children and adults with cerebral palsy in the country. Monika Despradel, president of Nido para Angeles, said that leading Dominican dance figures would also be performing at the gala.
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