Some of VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 most promising dancers will be strutting their stuff on the Dave Dunnet Theatre stage with a show thatB次元官网网址檚 music to the ears of Vancouver Island children dealing with cancer.

Stages Dance Company is teaming up with Sole Sisters and KidsRun Victoria to put together Dancers4Kids. The Feb. 10 event will bring together dancers of all ages and genres from 15 Greater Victoria dance companies to support Vancouver Island children and their families that have been affected by cancer.

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Holmes organized a similar event a few years ago to , a 12-year-old Saanich girl who had been battling brain cancer.

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Dancers with the Allegro Performing Arts Centre, Ballet 脡toile, Boston Dance Collective, Dance On It Studios, Dance Unlimited Performing Arts, Maple Leaf School of Russian Ballet, Ocean Rain Arts Academy, Pacific Dance Centre, Pirouette Dance Studio, Sooke Dance Studio, Spectrum Advanced Dance, Stages Dance Company, Vibestreet Dance, Victoria Academy of Ballet, Victoria Irish Dancers, as well as Ilha Ballet Academy from Courtenay will perform at the Feb. 10 show at Oak Bay High that also includes a silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the showcase and silent auction are $13 in advance and can be purchased through participating dance companies or Stages Performing Arts School (1551 Cedar Hill X Rd.).

There will also be workshops held throughout the day at Stages with renowned dancer Joanne Baker of CalgaryB次元官网网址檚 Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.

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The workshops cost $20 and are open to anyone. Registration is available at Stages or through the website .

The showcase will raise funds for the , which will be held May 7 at Tillicum Centre to benefit children with cancer, while proceeds from the silent auction will go to the pediatric oncology ward at Victoria General Hospital.

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