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Committee: Pamela Taylor Heidi Latsky Anita Altman Chantall Askins Lawrence Carter-Long Marshall Cohen Hilary Cooper Deborah Dawson Stephen E. Jones Leslie Klotz Shari Leventhal Alissa Levin Zazel Loven Kellyanna Polk Catherine Rasenberger Sheila Rooney Laurie Weissman (in formation)*	Another Chance to Dance Benefit for Handicap International Heidi Latsky Dance Performs GIMP GIMP: gimp (gimp) 1. a ribbonlike, braided fabric 2. fighting spirit; vigor 3. a lame person 4. slang; a halting, lame walk 5. to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically Wednesday, May 26, 2010 7:00pm Performance 8:00pm Reception JCC in Manhattan 344 Amsterdam Avenue at 76^th Street New York, NY 10023 General Seating: $100 Reserved Seating: $250 Gold Seating: $500 Platinum Seating: $1000 Minimum $100 per person is required for admission to the event. ($25 per ticket is not tax-deductible) Please RSVP to attend or to make a donation so that someone else can attend the event. Inspired by Fabienne Jean Ballerina, Haitian National Theatre (Read about her story in the February 22, 2010, New York Times article, "Countless Lost Limbs Alter Life in Haiti's Ruins") Click here to RSVP and for donation payment information. For more information: GIMPDancesForHaiti@gmail.com Click here for a printer-friendly invite PDF file Link to this invite page http://www.thegimpproject.com/gimp/another_chance_to_dance.html	Sponsors: Rhum Barbancourt Haitian American Nurses Association (HANA) Disabilities Network of New York City Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad (AMHE) Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) Adaptive Design Association Food Should Taste Good (FSTG) *Skyview Wine & Spirits* *Café 76 at the JCC* **(in formation)***
	The JCC in Manhattan is a fully accessible venue. If you need further accommodation please contact us at GIMPDancesForHaiti@gmail.com All of the proceeds will benefit Handicap International Prostheses Workshop in Haiti
	Handicap International, an international nongovernmental organization, was present in Haiti when the earthquake hit on January 12, 2010, and was able to take almost immediate action in response to the emergency. The organization responded to the disaster by providing assistance to the injured, managing a logistics platform for the distribution of emergency aid and setting up temporary shelters for victims of the disaster. In early March, the organization also began producing temporary orthopedic devices for amputees in an orthopedic fitting workshop opened in a central and accessible area of Port-au-Prince. The workshop is used to produce prostheses and to test them on patients. Rehabilitation activities and exercises are also performed at the workshop as part of the patients' follow-up care. The organization's goal is to set up and coordinate Haiti's long-term rehabilitation and orthopedic fitting capacity by training Haitian staff to ensure it is sustainable. Handicap International is also looking into the possibility of setting up an additional orthopedic fitting facility in another part of the capital or elsewhere in Haiti, where major needs are identified.
	Heidi Latsky Dance, a New York City based dance company, boldly incorporates the diverse definitions of the provocative title *GIMP* to introduce audiences to performers whose unique attributes, physical and otherwise, are honored and utilized in highly dynamic, virtuosic and often visceral ways. Currently, the company is in residency at the JCC where they will premiere "If" Latsky's newest work in December 2010. *GIMP* premiered in Albuquerque at North Fourth Arts Center in 2008 and has since been performed at The Kennedy Center (DC), Boston's ICA, Burlington's The Flynn and the Abron's Arts Center (NYC) among other venues. *GIMP* will be featured at the Dublin Dance Festival in May 2010 and continue to tour internationally throughout the Spring and Fall of 2010. *GIMP* examines the uncompromising ways we are often identified or defined by our physicality; an elegant landscape of portraits, illuminating limbs to accentuate uncommon beauty, mystery and grace. *GIMP* confronts the audience with their preconceptions; challenging us to re-think accepted notions about dance, performance and body image. Performed by: Christina Briggs, Lawrence Carter-Long, Jeffrey Freeze, Lezlie Frye, Heidi Latsky, Akemi Nishida Original Music by: Marty Beller, Chris Brierley, Frank Ponzio, Sxip Shirey, Luxxury, Randall Woolf and Stan Strickland Lighting Design: Gregory Bain Visuals: Eva Mantell