Accent Dance NYC Announces Culture Revealed Fundraiser Gala
Accent Dance NYC announces their annual Culture Revealed Fundraiser Gala on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 7pm at The Ailey Studios, 405 W. 55th Street, New York, NY, 10019. Tickets start at $250 and are now available at https://e.givesmart.com/events/Kq3/.
Culture Revealed, Accent Dance NYC’s seventh anniversary gala, will raise funds for its educational and concert dance initiatives, empowering youth and audiences through access, equity, and the transformative power of the arts.
“This year, we celebrate the centrality of culture in our lives. Culture is not a single story – it is a symphony of various lived experiences. At Accent Dance NYC, we are committed to celebrating through dance the diversity of cultural experiences, perspectives, and expressions. We believe that through this celebration of varied cultures, we reveal the most profound aspects of being human – different yet connected. Culture Revealed,” said Andrea Ziegelman, Executive and Artistic Director, Accent Dance NYC.
The evening features cocktails, dinner, live performances, an interactive segment with its professional artists, and an accessible dance workshop. The evening’s centerpiece will be a live performance of Echoes Between Us, by choreographer Miaotian Sun through NEXT, Accent Dance NYC’s emerging choreographer commissioning program. Echoes Between Us blends ballet, contemporary dance, and Chinese folklore to create a powerful narrative about identity, culture and preserving tradition that resonates through our collective experience.
Miaotian’s work also is the inspiration for new educational programming. Working closely with the choreographer and the company’s teaching artist/professional dancer, students will learn segments of Miaotian’s original work and create a new student-led dance collaboration to be rehearsed and performed before an audience of family, friends, teachers, and peers.
This is more than a celebration—it’s an impactful evening to raise funds to continue multicultural dance residencies and educational performances in some of the most underserved schools and communities in New York City and lower Westchester County. Last fiscal year alone, Accent Dance NYC reached over 10,000 students!
Thank you to the 2025 Gala Sponsors, Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s, Bass & Lemur, Meridian Risk Management, and Bayside Travel.