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Dancers Responding to AIDS

A Program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

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Gibney Dance and Sonya Tayeh Explore Hope at Inside Dance Series

Hudson Valley Dance Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Inspiring Performances

Fire Island Dance Festival Delivers Breathtaking Performances

Camille A. Brown Pays Homage to Diasporic Dance at Inside Dance Series

Triumphant Return of Hudson Valley Dance Festival Breaks Fundraising Record

Fire Island Dance Festival Celebrates In-Person Return with Four World Premieres

First Virtual Edition of Festival Celebrates and Benefits Hudson Valley Region

First Virtual Festival Features World Premieres and Festival Favorites

COVID-19 Fundraiser Helps Performing Arts Community

Ayodele Casel Explores Tap and Culture at Inside Dance Series

Founded in 1991, Dancers Responding to AIDS, was the dance community’s first ongoing effort to support those living with HIV/AIDS. As a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, we help fund social service organizations in all 50 states and the essential programs of The Actors Fund.

Founded in 1991, Dancers Responding to AIDS, was the dance community’s first ongoing effort to support those living with HIV/AIDS. As a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, we help fund social service organizations in all 50 states and the essential programs of The Actors Fund.

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CREATE A FUNDRAISING PAGE AND RAISE MONEY FOR THE CAUSE
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Happening Now

At last summer’s #FIDance, @parsonsdance uplifte

At last summer’s #FIDance, @parsonsdance uplifted the audience with their joyous “Whirlaway.” The inspiring piece asked us to “make this land a better land than the world in which we live.”

This year’s anticipated edition of #FIDance returns July 19-21. Get tickets for the community celebration now at the link in bio 💃

Whirlaway featured Zoey Anderson, Joe Cyranski, Justine Delius, Nick Fearon, Megan Garcia, Joanne Hwang, Téa Pérez and Luke Romanzi

Just announced: Fire Island Dance Festival, the ch

Just announced: Fire Island Dance Festival, the charitable event of the Fire Island summer, makes its anticipated return July 19-21. Join the Fire Island Pines community at the breathtaking backdrop of endless sky and sea and get tickets at the link in bio 🔥

From dancer @cprgivesyoulife: When I was diagnose

From dancer @cprgivesyoulife:

When I was diagnosed with HIV at 20, alone and without a support system in New York City, I thought it was a death sentence.

My mother mourned my imminent demise, because that’s what she thought happened to gay people with HIV.

Eighteen years later, I am still standing but only because, so far, I have had access to the lifesaving medication I need every day.

But in today’s challenging world, this isn’t guaranteed. Every day I fear that I won’t be able to keep getting the medication I need. Countless others like me fear the same thing.

Today is your last day to make 2x the difference for people like me. Your donation will be matched dollar for dollar until midnight by The Dream Alliance. Can I count on you to provide medication to me and others in need? Donate now at the link in bio.

📸: @marcjfranklin

I’ve been a dancer all my life and, fresh out of

I’ve been a dancer all my life and, fresh out of high school, I moved to New York City to study with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. After growing up always feeling different, I was surrounded by dancers who looked just like me.

I said to myself: “This is it. This is what I’m meant to be doing.” My world crashed when I was diagnosed with HIV a year later.

My name is Chris, and I was able to get the lifesaving medication I needed due to the generosity of people like you. But tomorrow, next month and beyond remain unclear for me and those just like me living with HIV/AIDS or other critical illnesses.

Will you make a gift of $24 to provide three days of lifesaving medication to someone in need? Thanks to a maching gift from The Dream Alliance, your generosity will go 2x as far.

Your support has changed my life. I ask today that you change even more lives this holiday season and beyond by donating at the link in bio.

📸: Marc J. Franklin

Classically based modern company @alisoncookbeatty

Classically based modern company @alisoncookbeattydance shared an excerpt of MURMURATION at this year’s #HVDance. The piece imaginatively offers vignettes of daily life for a flock of birds, inspired by the aerial ballet of starlings. Featuring the flight of dancers Jacob Blank, Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides, Madeline Kuhlke, Emily Masia, Tomislav Nevistić, Payton Primer and Justin Rainey, the octet erupted from their onstage nest with soaring, graceful movement while still maintaining the eccentricity and singularity of each bird.

At this year’s #HVDance, contemporary company @d

At this year’s #HVDance, contemporary company @dovadance’s Maybe had performers Courtney Barth and Ryan Yamauchi entangled in the push and pull of a romantic relationship, set to music by Janis Joplin. The duo seamlessly alternated between lifting each other up, pulling each other across the stage and falling apart. The company is led by Hudson Valley-based choreographer Doug Varone.

Inside a converted warehouse nestled amid foliage-

Inside a converted warehouse nestled amid foliage-flecked trees on the banks of the Hudson River, the 10th anniversary of Hudson Valley Dance Festival on October 7 featured two standing-room-only performances of captivating dance from a diverse range of styles and raised a record-breaking $167,082. Whether you were in the audience, onstage or behind the scenes, you made a lifesaving difference in the Hudson Valley and beyond. Thank you!

📸: Owen Burnham, Elyse Mertz and Daniel Roberts

The 10th anniversary of Hudson Valley Dance Festiv

The 10th anniversary of Hudson Valley Dance Festival is about to begin! We're ready for a day of diverse and distinctive dance in the heart of the Hudson Valley, with performances of contemporary, ballet, modern, tap and Broadway. #HVDance

Broadway veteran @CoreyJohnSnide and dancer @jenna

Broadway veteran @CoreyJohnSnide and dancer @jennamarieesnide, co-founders of @cdartsinitiative, spoke with @news10abc about this Saturday’s #HVDance, the festival’s impact in the community and the lifesaving work of Dancers Responding to AIDS and @bcefa.

There are still limited tickets available for the festival this weekend! Experience diverse and distinctive dance in the breathtaking Hudson Valley at the link in bio.

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At last summer’s #FIDance, @parsonsdance uplifte

At last summer’s #FIDance, @parsonsdance uplifted the audience with their joyous “Whirlaway.” The inspiring piece asked us to “make this land a better land than the world in which we live.”

This year’s anticipated edition of #FIDance returns July 19-21. Get tickets for the community celebration now at the link in bio 💃

Whirlaway featured Zoey Anderson, Joe Cyranski, Justine Delius, Nick Fearon, Megan Garcia, Joanne Hwang, Téa Pérez and Luke Romanzi

Just announced: Fire Island Dance Festival, the ch

Just announced: Fire Island Dance Festival, the charitable event of the Fire Island summer, makes its anticipated return July 19-21. Join the Fire Island Pines community at the breathtaking backdrop of endless sky and sea and get tickets at the link in bio 🔥

From dancer @cprgivesyoulife: When I was diagnose

From dancer @cprgivesyoulife:

When I was diagnosed with HIV at 20, alone and without a support system in New York City, I thought it was a death sentence.

My mother mourned my imminent demise, because that’s what she thought happened to gay people with HIV.

Eighteen years later, I am still standing but only because, so far, I have had access to the lifesaving medication I need every day.

But in today’s challenging world, this isn’t guaranteed. Every day I fear that I won’t be able to keep getting the medication I need. Countless others like me fear the same thing.

Today is your last day to make 2x the difference for people like me. Your donation will be matched dollar for dollar until midnight by The Dream Alliance. Can I count on you to provide medication to me and others in need? Donate now at the link in bio.

📸: @marcjfranklin

I’ve been a dancer all my life and, fresh out of

I’ve been a dancer all my life and, fresh out of high school, I moved to New York City to study with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. After growing up always feeling different, I was surrounded by dancers who looked just like me.

I said to myself: “This is it. This is what I’m meant to be doing.” My world crashed when I was diagnosed with HIV a year later.

My name is Chris, and I was able to get the lifesaving medication I needed due to the generosity of people like you. But tomorrow, next month and beyond remain unclear for me and those just like me living with HIV/AIDS or other critical illnesses.

Will you make a gift of $24 to provide three days of lifesaving medication to someone in need? Thanks to a maching gift from The Dream Alliance, your generosity will go 2x as far.

Your support has changed my life. I ask today that you change even more lives this holiday season and beyond by donating at the link in bio.

📸: Marc J. Franklin

Classically based modern company @alisoncookbeatty

Classically based modern company @alisoncookbeattydance shared an excerpt of MURMURATION at this year’s #HVDance. The piece imaginatively offers vignettes of daily life for a flock of birds, inspired by the aerial ballet of starlings. Featuring the flight of dancers Jacob Blank, Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides, Madeline Kuhlke, Emily Masia, Tomislav Nevistić, Payton Primer and Justin Rainey, the octet erupted from their onstage nest with soaring, graceful movement while still maintaining the eccentricity and singularity of each bird.

At this year’s #HVDance, contemporary company @d

At this year’s #HVDance, contemporary company @dovadance’s Maybe had performers Courtney Barth and Ryan Yamauchi entangled in the push and pull of a romantic relationship, set to music by Janis Joplin. The duo seamlessly alternated between lifting each other up, pulling each other across the stage and falling apart. The company is led by Hudson Valley-based choreographer Doug Varone.

Inside a converted warehouse nestled amid foliage-

Inside a converted warehouse nestled amid foliage-flecked trees on the banks of the Hudson River, the 10th anniversary of Hudson Valley Dance Festival on October 7 featured two standing-room-only performances of captivating dance from a diverse range of styles and raised a record-breaking $167,082. Whether you were in the audience, onstage or behind the scenes, you made a lifesaving difference in the Hudson Valley and beyond. Thank you!

📸: Owen Burnham, Elyse Mertz and Daniel Roberts

The 10th anniversary of Hudson Valley Dance Festiv

The 10th anniversary of Hudson Valley Dance Festival is about to begin! We're ready for a day of diverse and distinctive dance in the heart of the Hudson Valley, with performances of contemporary, ballet, modern, tap and Broadway. #HVDance

Broadway veteran @CoreyJohnSnide and dancer @jenna

Broadway veteran @CoreyJohnSnide and dancer @jennamarieesnide, co-founders of @cdartsinitiative, spoke with @news10abc about this Saturday’s #HVDance, the festival’s impact in the community and the lifesaving work of Dancers Responding to AIDS and @bcefa.

There are still limited tickets available for the festival this weekend! Experience diverse and distinctive dance in the breathtaking Hudson Valley at the link in bio.

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