Janet Jackson to Receive ICON Award at 2025 Dancers Against Cancer Benefit — and This Oscar-Winning Icon Will Present

Janet Jackson volition person the 2025 ICON of the Year Award astatine The Gala of the Stars, an yearly payment supporting Dancers Against Cancer. The gala volition beryllium held connected Tuesday, Oct. 21, astatine The Beverly Hilton successful Beverly Hills, Calif. 

The grant “recognizes Jackson’s unmatched power connected music, dance and culture, as good arsenic her continued advocacy for compassion, empowerment and creator excellence,” according to a statement. 

Jackson has agelong incorporated creation and question into her work. Eleven of her euphony videos person been nominated for champion choreography successful a video astatine the MTV Video Music Awards.

The grant volition beryllium presented successful idiosyncratic by Oscar, Emmy and Tony victor Liza Minnelli, different performer who is powerfully associated with dance. Minnelli is simply a longtime household friend. She was particularly adjacent to Janet’s precocious member Michael Jackson.

Dancer, choreographer and teacher Maksim Chmerkovskiy, champion known for his agelong tally arsenic a pro spouse connected Dancing With the Stars, volition big the black-tie event.

“Janet Jackson represents everything this grant stands for — strength, innovation, compassion and an unwavering committedness to creator integrity,” Adrian Ruiz, president of the Gala of the Stars and Dancers Against Cancer, said successful a statement. “Her power transcends generations. Honoring her astatine this year’s gala not lone celebrates her legacy, but besides her enduring interaction connected the creation assemblage and the powerfulness of utilizing creation for good.”

Founded successful 2012, Dancers Against Cancer is simply a 501(c)(3) nonprofit enactment dedicated to providing fiscal assistance, affectional enactment and assemblage transportation to dancers, teachers and choreographers affected by cancer.