There will be a gala benefit for the Museum on Oct. 13.

The gala benefit was packed with many of New York's leading artists and gallery owners.

Last December, a ferocious northeaster struck on the night of the academy's annual gala benefit.

The event is a gala benefit for each company's school, and will include demonstrations of ballet and Graham techniques by the students.

Nordstrom announced its affair first, describing the gala benefit as its traditional way of introducing the company to a new community.

Tickets: $12 for adults; $7 for children; $100 for gala benefit and reception tonight.

"It's not one of those gala benefits with 500 people eating rubbery chicken."

A gala benefit devoted exclusively to new work is a risk for the company.

Virtually every dance company nowadays stages a gala benefit for a worthy cause: itself.

But our major fund-raiser is our gala benefit, which we've been holding for 17 years now.