From 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Sunday June 8th, Times Square will be shut down and transformed to make way for over 200 professional dancers who are taking part in DANCING AT THE CROSSROADS. The unprecedented event is presented by Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) in association with the Times Square Alliance.
The local, international, and student companies featured in DANCING AT THE CROSSROADS will present a program of dance as diverse as New York City itself. With styles ranging from classic and contemporary ballet, to hip hop, jazz, modern and tap, set to music ranging from Stravinsky to Stevie Wonder, DANCING AT THE CROSSROADS is guaranteed to offer something for every lover of music and dance. The stage for the event will be built on Military Island in Times Square (where Broadway meets 7th Avenue at 44th Street). Scheduled to perform are:
Martha Graham Dance Company, Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Pilobolus, STREB, Kegwin + Company, Balam Dance Theatre, Darrah Carr Dance, Feliciano Dance Company, The United States Dance Team, the choreography of
Wendy Seyb, R. Evolucion Latina, Bollywood Axion, Ajkun Ballet Theatre, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Revolution Sweat Dance Rock and Roll, Buglisi Dance Theatre, David Dorfman Dance, Drew Jacoby, Farmington Dance Company, Monroe Dance Company, the cast of Broadway's Cry Baby and many others.
The Times Square Alliance, founded in 1992, works to improve and promote Times Square - cultivating the creativity, energy and edge that have made the area an icon of entertainment, culture and urban life for over a century. In addition to providing core neighborhood services with its Public Safety Officers and Sanitation Associates, the Alliance promotes local businesses; encourages economic development and public improvements; co-coordinates numerous major events in Times Square (including the annual New Year's Eve and Broadway on Broadway celebrations); manages the Times Square Information Center; and advocates on behalf of its constituents with respect to a host of public policy, planning and quality-of-life issues. The Alliance's district covers most of the territory from 40th Street to 53rd Street between 6th and 8th Avenues, as well as Restaurant Row (46th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue).
Dancers Responding to AIDS is the ongoing, committed response of the American dance community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of this community, DRA raises funds for AIDS-related service providers across the United States. DRA is a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), the nation's leading industry-based AIDS funding and grant-making organization. The funds raised are distributed to seven programs of the Actors' Fund of America and as grants to over 500 AIDS and family service organizations across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has distributed over $140 million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV, or HIV-related illnesses.
For more information on this and other events, visit http://www.timessquarenyc.org . For information on Dancers Responding to AIDS events (including the upcoming Fire Island Dance Festival, visit http://www.dradance.org
