A bright summer sun shimmered across the Great South Bay as renowned dance companies, acclaimed choreographers and three standing-room-only audiences came together at this year’s Fire Island Dance Festival on July 14-16, 2017. The 23rd edition of the fundraising and cultural event of the Fire Island summer raised a record $585,045.
The sold-out festival, in Fire Island Pines, NY, included the world premieres of five works. Since the festival began in 1995, 61 works have premiered at Fire Island Dance Festival.
This exhilarating weekend of dance set a fundraising record for the seventh year in a row. In its 23 editions, Fire Island Dance Festival has raised more than $5.5 million to ensure the most vulnerable among us in New York and across the country have access to lifesaving medications, counseling, healthy meals and supportive housing.
