Malashock Dance is taking a page from TV's “So You Think You Can Dance” playbook for its 20th anniversary season benefit.
Its Sept. 15 show at Qualcomm Hall, “Malashock Thinks You Can Dance!,” will pair “celebrity contestants” with professional dancers chosen by Mary Murphy, one of the judges on the ABC TV show and the director of San Diego's Champion Ballroom Academy.
The contestants are:
Laura Cain of Star 94.1; Chris Cantore of 91X; Molly Cartmill, director of corporate community partnerships at Sempra Energy; Tony Hill, a “motivational speaker, life coach, personal trainer” and owner of the Burn Fitness Center; Debby Jacobs, community leader and wife of Hal Jacobs, son of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs; Lewis Klein, vice president of UBS Financial Services and a member of San Diego's Commission for Arts and Culture; Pat Launer, former theater critic for KPBS; Yolanda S. Walther-Meade, a community leader who has served on the boards of Bravo San Diego, the San Diego Museum of Art and inSITE; Rana Sampson, an “international crime consultant” and wife of mayor Jerry Sanders; Richard Warburg, an attorney with Foley & Lardner and a board member for Malashock Dance.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. competition at Qualcomm (5775 Moorhouse Drive) are $50 and $75 and include a dessert reception afterward. A VIP package offering an additional 6 p.m. “private reception” is $125.
Information: (619) 260-1622, www.malashockdance.org or e-mail info@malashockdance.org.
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