Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit

By: Jan. 12, 2010
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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

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Feliciano Dance Company

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Ephraim Sykes performing the choreography of Darrell Grand Moultire

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Ephraim Sykes

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Moo Kim and Aaron Selissen of Janis Brenner & Dancers

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Aaron Selissen and Moo Kim

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Moo Kim

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Gregg Russell

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Pascal Roekert from Jennifer Muller and the Works

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Joshua Bergasse Dancers

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Jamar Roberts of Alvin Ailey performing the choreography of Vernard J. Gilmore

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Jamar Roberts

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Jamar Roberts

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Jamar Roberts

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Ray Mercer's Boys Boys Boys

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Ray Mercer's Boys Boys Boys

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Ray Mercer's Boys Boys Boys

After Party

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Producers Christopher Davis, Denise Roberts Hurlin and Meagan Grund

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Denise Roberts Hurlin, Catherine Hurlin and Meagan Grund

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Eduardo Vilaro and Jack Schlegel

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Angel Feliciano and Gregg Russell

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Michael Trusnovec and Christopher Davis

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Darius Barnes, Doug Baum, Sean Carmon, Levi Marsman, Ray Mercer and Brandon O'Neal

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Waldemar Quinonis, Luis Salgado, Eduardo Vilaro and Alison Solomon

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Kendell History Hinds, Alan Robert, Tomasz Turek, Jason Boogie Santana, Takushi Huo-Minami, Nobuya Nagahama and Angel Feliciano

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Denise Roberts Hurlin and Marcelo Gomes

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Moo Kim, Janis Brenner and Aaron Selissen

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Marcelo Gomes, Sarita Allen and Rubi Pronk

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Ramon Flowers, Marcelo Gomes, Sarita Allen and Rubi Pronk

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Denise Roberts Hurlin and Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Denise Roberts Hurlin and Luis Salgado

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Marcelo Gomes and Ramon Flowers

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Ryan Daniel Beck, Gabriel Croom, Ramon Flowers, Duane Gosa, Mario Martinez, Luis Salgado, Kevin Santos and Alison Solomon

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Mario Martinez, Waldemar Quinones and Rodney Hamilton

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
John Gregory, Mario Martinez, Waldemar Quinones, Rodney Hamilton and Martin Bowe

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Christopher Davis and Josh Bergasse

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Tyrone Walker, Ray Mercer, Sean Carmon and Levi Marsman

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
John Gregory, Tyrone Walker, Ray Mercer, Sean Carmon, Martin Bowe, Levi Marsman and Saleem Abdullahi

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Levi Marsman, Tyrone Walker, Sean Carmon, Saleem Abdullahi, Doug Baum and Brandon O'Neal

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Levi Marsman, Tyrone Walker, Sean Carmon, Saleem Adbullahi, Doug Baum and Brandon O'Neal

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Doug Baum, Saleem Abdullahi, Tyrone Walker, Kyle Leland, Darius Barnes and Gabriel Croom

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Kyle Leland and Darius Barnes

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Saleem Abdullahi, Doug Baum, Daniel Harder and Pascal Rekoert

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Doug Baum and Saleem Abdullahi

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Frank Conway and Meagan Grund

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Jeremy McQueen and Meagan Grund

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Jeremy McQueen and Meagan Grund

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Christopher Davis, Denise Roberts Hurlin, Meagan Grund and Jeremy McQueen

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit
Duane Gosa, Christie Zummo, John Louis Bryant and Pascal Rekoert

Photo Coverage: BC/EFA Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit



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