4. Cologne AIDS Gala in favour of the German AIDS Foundation on November 21 in the LANXESS arena Cologne, September 22, 2009 under the patronage of John Neumeier, choreographer, dancer and Director of the Hamburg Ballet, invites the German AIDS Foundation on 21 November to Cologne’s largest dance party at the LANXESS arena. On the 4th Cologne AIDS Gala, numerous international artists will occur and enchant the audience in Cologne with elegance and passion. Deutsche Entertainment AG is responsible for the acquisition of the artists dance connects people, anywhere in the world. The images and shapes of the body and its aesthetics are simply boundless”, John Neumeier. The program of dancing around the world”offers classical and modern ballet, hip hop and ballroom as well as hot-blooded flamenco and Tango.

John Neumeier’s dancers of the Hamburg Ballet, Vladimir Malakhov and Polina Semionova by the Berlin State Ballet, Nina Corti, Nina Ananiashvili and Jose Manuel Carreno of the American Ballet Theatre, Tango from metropolis Argentina, the German dance sport Association e. V. and Cologne youth of the Hip-Hop group from the dance school of Stallnig/Nierhaus present their exceptional skills with the musical accompaniment of the Prague Festival Orchestra. The comedian and physician Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen leads through the evening. All artists waive their Gage for the charitable purpose.

On the subsequent after-show party, all guests are invited to hit the dance floor itself: or Gypsy sounds, piano bar, disco Ballroom for every taste found in the LANXESS arena the right dance floor and the right music. The total of 4 Cologne AIDS Gala, initiated by Jeane Freifrau von Oppenheim, proceeds benefit aid projects of the German AIDS Foundation. At the gala evening in the LANXESS arena is: Do good and talk about it! Every euro that we take over the tickets sold, helps sick people to lead a better life”, emphasizes Jeane Freifrau von Oppenheim. The Board of Trustees Chairman of the German AIDS Foundation has with the three charity Cologne Opera galas brought the often repressed topic of AIDS and HIV among the public and collected so far about 1.8 million euro donation revenue. The German AIDS Foundation supports HIV-positive and AIDS people in physical distress since its inception in 1987 and promotes projects for those affected. Until now, the Foundation received more than 64,000 applications of needy people and promoters. The Foundation helps individuals and families in need, for example, with labor and supply projects, and medical travel. Internationally, the Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung involved for example in Mozambique and South Africa. In Mozambique, she promotes the DREAM project, which allows pregnant women to antiretroviral treatment with medications that prevents transmission of the virus to the baby during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. T tickets for the fundraiser dance around the world”are at all sales outlets and the ticket hotline: 0221 / 8020 or 0221 / 8021 available; Price groups of 35 to 162 euros. For more information, German AIDS Foundation.