More than 100 dancers will take the stage at the State Theatre this weekend, performing not just for the audience, but especially for women with breast cancer.

The dancers will be performing in Live Like You Were Dying, a benefit show for the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition.

This is the fourth year John Daulby Jr., a senior at Penns Valley High School, has organized the event.

After a two-year run at the Penns Valley High School auditorium, Daulby said he wanted to expand the performance last year and decided the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., would be the best place.

"I knew I had to do something to make it bigger," he said.

Last year, attendance almost doubled with the move, attracting 400 people to the downtown event.

Kristy Cyone, marketing manager at the State Theatre, said all proceeds from the tickets will add to the $12,000 total the event has raised in the past.

"It's a great cause. It's really exciting," she said. "We hope it grows larger every year because it's a benefit."

Six dance groups are scheduled to perform: on-campus troupes the Penn State Lionettes, Orchesis, Whiplash, Tapestry and students from local dance studios Centre Dance and the Kennedy Dance Center.

Daulby said his young age can be a challenge.

"I do end up butting heads sometimes because I'm a [high school] senior running around with college students," he said. "It's a challenge, but it all pulls out in the end."

Nicole Swope, director of Centre Dance, said Daulby's age and ambition inspired past involvement and attendance.

"People were just really impressed that this high school kid has taken this on," she said.

Centre Dance's competition team, Avid Dance Productions, will present 13 different pieces that the group has performed in competitions in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

"We're proud to be a part of this program," Swope said.

The group of 30 dancers ranging in age from 12 to 18 will perform jazz, tap, hip hop and lyrical pieces.

Swope said Daulby, who is a student at Centre Dance, works hard and uses positive energy to learn new things.

"I regret that I've only had him for two years and that I hadn't been able to work with him sooner," she said.

Swope said she is glad the event will showcase a variety of groups and styles of dance.

"Everyone appreciates art differently, so I think it's an education for whoever's out there," she said.

Whiplash secretary Lauren Richards (sophomore-recreation, park and tourism management) said no matter what style of dance the groups perform, this is a good opportunity to support a good cause.

"He's using the university along with the community, so we can all come together and perform," she said.

This is the third year Whiplash has performed in Live Like You Were Dying, and Richards said the group will continue as long as Daulby holds the event for such a worthy cause.

"Every year, he is making more and more money for breast cancer," she said.

The Penn State hip-hop dance group will perform two pieces -- one the group previously performed at the homecoming parade, the other they performed at the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon.

Because Daulby will be graduating from high school this year and plans to move to New York, Los Angeles or Philadelphia next year, he is unsure if he will be able to continue organizing the event.

"I can't 100 percent say its going to happen again, but I can't 100 percent say it's not going to happen again," he said.

Cyone said it doesn't matter whether an audience member has attended in the past or if this is their first time.

"It doesn't exactly get stale," she said. "They all have new choreography, and there are a lot of numbers and it's just a lot of fun.