Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
By: Linda Lenzi Jan. 12, 2010
On Monday and Tuesday, January 11 and 12, the worlds of ballet, modern, contemporary, tap, jazz, and Broadway converged on the stage of Cedar Lake for Dance from the Heart | MEN, a four performance / two day festival of dance benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) a fundraising program of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.
Now in its fifth year, Dance from the Heart | MEN was inspired by DRA's highly successful annual Fire Island Dance Festival which has thrilled audiences for fourteen years with diverse and electrifying programs showcasing the finest established and emerging choreographers and dance companies working in American dance today. Since its inception in 2005, "Dance from the Heart" has thrilled audiences and critics alike and has been featured in The New York Times, Movmnt and Next Magazine and has been listed as an editor's pick in TimeOut NY, The New Yorker, and New York Magazine.
The 2010 edition of Dance from the Heart aptly named MEN showcased the talents of some of the finest male dancers, companies and choreographers working today. Performers included Marcelo Gomes (principal, American Ballet Theatre), Jamar Roberts (principal, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Parsons Dance, Stephen Petronio Company, Danny Tidwell, Ballet Hispanico, Feliciano Dance Company, The DASH Ensemble, Janis Brenner & Dancers, Adam Barruch, Gregg Russell, and the choreography of Ray Mercer (The Lion King), Luis Salgado (In the Heights), Darrell Grand Moultrie (Billy Elliot) Shea Sullivan and Josh Bergasse (Hairspray) set on men of various Broadway companies.
For more information on Dancers Responding to AIDS, visit their website at www.dradance.org.
Founded by Denise Roberts Hurlin and Hernando Cortez, Dancers Responding to AIDS 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 400 AIDS and family service organizations across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has distributed over $150 million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV, or HIV-related illnesses.
Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi
Feliciano Dance Company
Feliciano Dance Company
Feliciano Dance Company
Feliciano Dance Company
Feliciano Dance Company
Feliciano Dance Company
Feliciano Dance Company
Feliciano Dance Company
Ephraim Sykes performing the choreography of Darrell Grand Moultire
Ephraim Sykes
Moo Kim and Aaron Selissen of Janis Brenner & Dancers
Aaron Selissen and Moo Kim
Moo Kim
Gregg Russell
Pascal Roekert from Jennifer Muller and the Works
Joshua Bergasse Dancers
Jamar Roberts of Alvin Ailey performing the choreography of Vernard J. Gilmore
Jamar Roberts
Jamar Roberts
Jamar Roberts
Ray Mercer's Boys Boys Boys
Ray Mercer's Boys Boys Boys
Ray Mercer's Boys Boys Boys
After Party
Producers Christopher Davis, Denise Roberts Hurlin and Meagan Grund
Denise Roberts Hurlin, Catherine Hurlin and Meagan Grund
Eduardo Vilaro and Jack Schlegel
Angel Feliciano and Gregg Russell
Michael Trusnovec and Christopher Davis
Darius Barnes, Doug Baum, Sean Carmon, Levi Marsman, Ray Mercer and Brandon O'Neal
Waldemar Quinonis, Luis Salgado, Eduardo Vilaro and Alison Solomon
Kendell History Hinds, Alan Robert, Tomasz Turek, Jason Boogie Santana, Takushi Huo-Minami, Nobuya Nagahama and Angel Feliciano
Denise Roberts Hurlin and Marcelo Gomes
Moo Kim, Janis Brenner and Aaron Selissen
Marcelo Gomes, Sarita Allen and Rubi Pronk
Ramon Flowers, Marcelo Gomes, Sarita Allen and Rubi Pronk
Denise Roberts Hurlin and Luis Salgado
Denise Roberts Hurlin and Luis Salgado
Marcelo Gomes and Ramon Flowers
Ryan Daniel Beck, Gabriel Croom, Ramon Flowers, Duane Gosa, Mario Martinez, Luis Salgado, Kevin Santos and Alison Solomon
Mario Martinez, Waldemar Quinones and Rodney Hamilton
John Gregory, Mario Martinez, Waldemar Quinones, Rodney Hamilton and Martin Bowe
Christopher Davis and Josh Bergasse
Tyrone Walker, Ray Mercer, Sean Carmon and Levi Marsman
John Gregory, Tyrone Walker, Ray Mercer, Sean Carmon, Martin Bowe, Levi Marsman and Saleem Abdullahi
Levi Marsman, Tyrone Walker, Sean Carmon, Saleem Abdullahi, Doug Baum and Brandon O'Neal
Levi Marsman, Tyrone Walker, Sean Carmon, Saleem Adbullahi, Doug Baum and Brandon O'Neal
Doug Baum, Saleem Abdullahi, Tyrone Walker, Kyle Leland, Darius Barnes and Gabriel Croom
Kyle Leland and Darius Barnes
Saleem Abdullahi, Doug Baum, Daniel Harder and Pascal Rekoert
Doug Baum and Saleem Abdullahi
Frank Conway and Meagan Grund
Jeremy McQueen and Meagan Grund
Jeremy McQueen and Meagan Grund
Christopher Davis, Denise Roberts Hurlin, Meagan Grund and Jeremy McQueen
Duane Gosa, Christie Zummo, John Louis Bryant and Pascal Rekoert
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