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<\/p>\nThe international arts community has united to support Lisa Horten-Skilbrei, a beloved dancer from Ballett Basel who has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. In response, Jorge Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez and a devoted group of organizers and friends have assembled the Strength and Grace Bene\ufb01t, a special dance gala in her honor. This event will feature performances by dancers from Basel and around the world, celebrating Lisa’s artistry and the power of dance.
\nLisa has been living in Basel since she arrived to dance at the Ballet Basel in 2017. She has been a powerful force for dance in this city and has been stopped in her tracks with the rapid and aggressive onset of her illness. Basel has been her beloved artistic home, but her family is in Norway. Our goal is to raise enough funds to enable Lisa to return home with her family. In her condition, this is an expensive and complex procedure.<\/p>\n
The gala will feature excerpts and new works by choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Iratxe Ansa & Igor Bacovich, Bobbi Jene Smith, Alexander Ekman, Hofesh Shechter, Thomas Martino, Alba Castillo, Bryan Arias, Armando Braswell, Rachelle Anais Scott, Richard Wherlock, Javier Rodr\u00edguez Cobos, Marcelino Libao, Ricardo Fernando, Cathy Marston, and Garrett Smith.<\/p>\n
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Joining dancers from Ballett Basel, artists from Ballett Zurich, Bern Ballett, Ballet de l\u2019Opera de Lyon, Hamburg Ballet, Ballett Augsburg, Braswell Arts Center, Aterballetto and artists from the freelance dance scene will perform in the bene\ufb01t gala as a symbol of the wider dance community\u2019s support for Lisa in her \ufb01ght against cancer. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our generous supporters: Theater Basel, Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, Roxy Theater and the numerous donors. Their invaluable contributions and passionate support have been instrumental in making this event possible. Their involvement is an example of the unity and compassion of our community as we come together to support one of our own dancers during this challenging time. This gathering not only honors Lisa’s contributions to dance but also exempli\ufb01es the strength and grace of the human spirit in facing life’s challenges.<\/p>\n
The community is encouraged to participate, by attending the event in Basel, or contributing to the GoFundMe page (https:\/\/gofund.me\/dbf168f9<\/a>). The international arts community has united to support Lisa Horten-Skilbrei, a beloved dancer from Ballett Basel who has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. In response, Jorge Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez and a devoted group of organizers and friends have assembled the Strength and Grace Bene\ufb01t, a special dance gala in her honor. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58622,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58615\/revisions\/58622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFor those sharing the event on social media, please use the hashtag #StrengthandGraceBene\ufb01t and Follow us @strength.and.grace.bene\ufb01t<\/a> on Instagram.
\nCheck out our website www.strengthandgracebene\ufb01t.com<\/a>.
\nMore info about Lisa:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.theater-basel.ch\/de\/ensemble-team\/lisahortenskilbrei<\/a>
\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisa_horten\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"