"Butterfly Ballet"® Ovarian Cancer Awareness Necklace in Yellow or White Gold DISCONTINUED: NO LONGER AVAILABLE

Available in either polished 14K yellow or white gold, this beautiful "Butterfly Ballet"® cancer awareness necklace is formed with a design of three dancers - one as the butterfly center and one in each wing.  Measures approximately 13/16" long - includes an 18" rope chain.  Choose color from selection box above.  See this design also as Sterling Silver Necklace #2163 and Pendant #5670.

This design was originally created by Mike Maixner in 1984 as a birthday gift for his wife, dancer Danalee Maixner.  He later recreated the "Pas de Trois" (dance for three)  Butterfly Ballet pendant in response to his wife's death from ovarian cancer - as a tribute to her life and her love of dance.  A portion of the sales of all Butterfly jewelry goes towards awareness and funding in the battle against ovarian cancer, and towards fostering the love of dance.

Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women.  It strikes one in every sixty-nine women and causes more deaths than any other kind of female reproductive cancer.