Set upon a picture-perfect sky on the Fire Island Pines’ glistening Great South Bay, the 25th anniversary edition of Fire Island Dance Festival brought together a diverse, captivating program of world premieres, dance legends and stirring storytelling. The festival on July 19-21 raised a record-shattering $657,842 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The charitable event of the Fire Island summer included the world premieres of six remarkable works. Since the festival began in 1995, 74 works have premiered at Fire Island Dance Festival.
This exhilarating and incomparable weekend of dance set a fundraising record for the ninth year in a row. In its 25 editions, Fire Island Dance Festival has raised more than $6.7 million to ensure the most vulnerable among across the country have access to lifesaving medications, counseling, healthy meals and supportive housing.
