L to R: Mayor Thomas Menino with Dr. Faina Shtern, President of the AdMeTech Foundation, & Mark Lightner, President of Arthur Murray Dance Studios, Boston
Dance for the Cure is modeled after Race for the Cure of Breast Cancer, a successful public awareness and fundraising campaign. Race for the Cure appealed to the athletic community, which was instrumental in transforming breast cancer care. While prostate cancer is even more common than breast cancer, there is no public awareness and advocacy comparable to that in breast cancer, and the impact is staggering: Men do not have accurate, life-saving diagnostic tools akin to mammograms. Dance for the Cure is appealing to the leaders of the ballroom dancing community to change that, and you can review a recent history of this event here –> Admetech Foundation
Over the last 15 months, AdMeTech Foundation has organized seven consecutive events, each growing bigger than the last.
The most recent event of the Dance for the Cure of Prostate Cancer took place on October 10th and was held by the AdMeTech Foundation in cooperation with Arthur Murray Dance Studios and with support from SuperShag Productions, DanceBeat, Massabda and numerous dancing studios of New England. Under AdMeTech and Arthur Murray’s leadership, many regional studios united to help in the fight against prostate cancer and brought together more than 200 people to dance for men who live with prostate cancer, for men who lost their battle and died of prostate cancer, and for every man who is facing a threat of prostate cancer.
Leadership of the Arthur Murray Dance Studios played an important role in making October 10th event successful , including Mr. John Kimmins, President of the Arthur Murray Dance Studios International, and Mr. Mark Lightner, President of the Arthur Murray Studios in the Greater Boston area; they in turn, assured enthusiastic participation from Ms. Kia Kenney of the Boston studio, Ms. Linda Mansfield and Ms. Laura Mailander of the Burlington Studio, Ms. Olga Stepanets and Mr. Stansislav Ivanov of the Natick studio, Steve Mathon and Margery Patten of the Manchester, New Hampshire studio, and Mr. Mark Bertrand of the Johnston, Rhode Island studio. Leaders of SuperShag Productions Messrs. Christopher Johnston, Tibor Kerekes, Peter Walker and Andy Fischel have supported AdMeTech Foundation and Arthur Murray in assuring success of this event. Massabda’s President Jim DiCecca, who is Arthur Murray’s student, and Vice President Jane Rexroad have mobilized their membership and assisted organizers in developing a strong program of dancing performances, many of them by national and regional champions.
This event was opened by Dr. Faina Shtern, President of AdMeTech, Mr. Mark Lightner of Arthur Murray, and Mr. Thomas Menino, Boston City Mayor – and featured Mr. Barry Hughson, Executive Director of Boston Ballet, and Massabda’s leadership. For more information about the October 10 event, please click here .Please save the date for the next Dance for the Cure event, which will be held in cooperation with Arthur Murray Dance Studios and Mr. Nick Kosovich, formerly of Dancing with the Stars, in Los Angeles, California, on January 9, 2010.
For more information about AdMeTech Foundation, please visit www.admetech.org. AdMeTech’s mission is to improve early detection and treatment of prostate cancer through ground-breaking programs in research, education and public awareness.”