A ballet teacher/choreographer gives back to the hospital that got her on her feet again.

For the fifth year, ballet teacher and choreographer Catherine Round will stage a night of dance featuring students and professionals to benefit California Hospital Medical Center.

The theme for this year – Thrive! – has a double meaning. Thrive is exactly what the benefit, annually titled Pay-It- Forward: An Evening of Dance to Benefit California Hospital Medical Center, has done. Each year the show and the fund-raising efforts

have grown, moving to bigger venues, with the proceeds providing even more help to people in need. But the theme also echoes the hope for every patient who leaves California

Hospital Medical Center – that they thrive and have the best life possible.