Music and Cocktails Fundraiser

Hosted by Tony Award Nominee

Karine Plantadit

Join us as Empire teams up with Prosperity-Art Project to present an evening of cocktails and music held at the chic French guest house/art gallery in Harlem, La Maison d'Art. This fundraiser event will raise money for the Summer Nights concert series taking place in July 2013.

Karine Plantadit is a Tony Award- nominated dancer and actress. She was a soloist with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 7 years and has since appeared in numerous Broadway shows including the original Lion King and Movin’ Out. Recently she has starred in Twyla Tharpe’s Come Fly Away and the one-woman show La Voix. Her television and movie appearances include So You Think You Can Dance (2010), The 82nd Academy Awards (2010), Frida, and Sex and the City. Karine is based in New York City.

Karine is also the director of Nail Your Auditions, a coaching program enabling actors and dancers to demystify the audition process and learn practical tools to garner more success in the highly competitive arenas of stage and film.