Every year, dance-world luminaries gather on picturesque Fire Island for the Fire Island Dance Festival, a celebration and fundraiser hosted by Dancers Responding to AIDS. This year, the festival celebrated its 25th anniversary—and more than $6 million raised to help those struggling with AIDS—with a phenomenal lineup (hosted by Cabaret’s OG Emcee Joel Grey) including […]
It made us so, so happy just to type those three very bold-faced names into a single title. So you can imagine how excited we are to share this clip from the performance that group of legends put together for the Fire Island Dance Festival this weekend. Travis Wall (choreographer extraordinaire, “So You Think You […]
The annual Fire Island Dance Festival took place in New York last week and raised a record-breaking amount for its worthy cause: Dancers Responding to AIDS. This year also featured five new world-premiere works and more than 30 professional dancers. Highlights included ballerina Wendy Whelan in choreographer Brian Brooks‘ piece First Fall, a MADBOOTS Dance […]
Al Blackstone is the king of so-happy-your-cheeks-hurt-from-smiling musical theater choreography. So it’s fitting that the latest news from Blackstone is like a happiness piñata that just keeps raining candy: He has another NYC show coming up, yay! It stars some of our all-time favorite dancers, YAY! It’s benefiting the fantastic Dancers Responding to AIDS, YAY! […]
NYCDA’s Scholarship Program Grows New York City Dance Alliance’s college scholarship program is growing by leaps and bounds. Two years ago, it began by offering $350,000 in scholarships to one college. This year, the competition plans to give away $1 million in scholarships to at least three colleges. Nineteen-year-old Richard Villaverde of Miami, FL, received […]