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CanDance for a Cure takes the stage for cancer research

More than 1000 dancers from around South Australia will take to the stage tomorrow for the fourteenth annual CanDance for a Cure.

May 31, 2024, updated May 31, 2024
CanDance for a Cure has raised over $300,000 for cancer research laboratories at the University of Adelaide since 2010. Photo: CanDance for a Cure.

CanDance for a Cure has raised over $300,000 for cancer research laboratories at the University of Adelaide since 2010. Photo: CanDance for a Cure.

CanDance for a Cure is an annual dance concert held at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and has raised over $300,000 for cancer research laboratories at the University of Adelaide since 2010.

This year, the concert will feature over 1600 participants, including teachers and minders, backstage crew and around 1200 performers.

More than 34 dance studios and high schools will perform across a range of genres.

“You’ll get to see a little bit of jazz, there’s tap, ballet, hip hop – a whole variety of dancing,” a spokesperson for the event said.

“It’s just a performance they love.”

The concert sold out the Adelaide Entertainment Centre’s ‘theatre mode’ seating. Additional side seating also sold out. Organisers expect an audience of over 2500.

Participating dancers get the rare opportunity to perform on the massive Entertainment Centre stage in an event which prioritises community.

“There is so much competition in the dance world which can make it a bit nasty sometimes,” an event spokesperson said.

“At our event it’s all about the fun.”

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CanDance for a Cure was founded by Rachel Adcroft, whose husband David died 20 years ago due to a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumour.

An event spokesperson said that after spending some years grieving, Adcroft decided to “turn it into a positive” and involve the dance community in finding a cure for cancer.

After covering operating costs, the remaining profit from ticket sales and dancer participation fees goes to cancer research in memory of David.

Money raised by CanDance for a Cure is donated to the CanDance Australia Cancer Research Laboratory, one of the Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories in the University of Adelaide’s Health and Medical Sciences building.

“Fundraising activities by CanDance support our ongoing research in breast and prostate cancer,” said the DRMCRL.

The DRMCRL recently purchased a Coulter Counter (Multisizer 4E) using donations from CanDance for a Cure. This new piece of equipment enables faster research into new drugs and treatments, with greater accuracy.

“We wholly and solely do this with just the support of our dance community,” an event spokesperson said.

“We’re just really proud that through the ticket sales and having all the children involved, we can cover the cost and still come out with such a great profit every year for cancer research.”

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