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| Hudson Valley Dance Festival Returns This Saturday | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:05 pm EDT 10/04/23 | |
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| Hudson Valley Dance Festival Returns This Saturday to the Heart of the Hudson Valley with Contemporary, Ballet, Modern, Tap and More Festival's 10th Anniversary Performances Set for Historic Catskill Point in Catskill, NY Produced by and Benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS, a Program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS This Saturday, immerse yourself in breathtaking dance from a diverse range of styles, choreographers and companies - including EMERGE125, Parsons Dance, The Verdon Fosse Legacy and more - at the 10th anniversary of the Hudson Valley Dance Festival. The festival, featuring contemporary, ballet, modern, tap and Broadway, is set for 2 pm and 5 pm this Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Historic Catskill Point in Catskill, NY. The annual festival is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Tickets are available at dradance.org. The festival's attendees will provide meals and medication, health care and hope to those living with HIV/AIDS, facing other debilitating illnesses. Through its National Grants Program, Broadway Cares supports more than 450 social service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. The festival also makes a lifesaving difference in its own backyard, supporting 15 vital service providers in the Hudson Valley. This year's festival features: · Alison Cook Beatty Dance, a classically based modern dance company that explores the universal human condition · Celebrated performer, choreographer and artist Holly Curran with an excerpt from her breathtaking balletic piece Half-Light performed by Dwayne Brown and Amber Neff, Pointe magazine nominee for standout performance of 2022 · Doug Varone & Dancers, a company led by Hudson Valley-based choreographer Doug Varone that explores the blurred lines between human movement and dancerly prowess, with a spirited duet set to the music of Janis Joplin · EMERGE125 , a Black, female-led hub for dance performance, creation and education with dual homes in Harlem and Lake Placid, NY, and under the artistic direction of Tiffany Rea-Fisher · FJK Dance, a contemporary company that supports cross-cultural dialogue and challenges stereotypes led by Fadi J. Khoury, who brings his Middle Eastern identity and stories to the stage · Parsons Dance, a contemporary American dance company, internationally renowned for its energized, athletic ensemble work · Celebrated choreographer and Broadway actor Reed Luplau (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) sharing Love Lines, an excerpt of his full-length work When We Touch, brought to life by Luplau and Broadway's Gabriel Hyman (Bob Fosse's Dancin') · Broadway veteran Corey John Snide, co-founder and artistic director of Capital District Arts Initiative, who's creating an ensemble tap number that will premiere at the festival The Verdon Fosse Legacy, performing "Sweet Gwen Suite," a trio of short dances originally performed by Gwen Verdonon The Bob Hope Special in 1968 and The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969. Each was choreographed by Verdon and Bob Fosse Hudson Valley Dance Festival transforms a 19th-century warehouse on the banks of the Hudson River into a picturesque and foliage-studded performance venue, creating a distinctively Hudson Valley setting for art and expression. A limited number of tickets remain at $40 and prime $125 tickets, which include a cocktail reception at Historic Catskill Point. For very limited Premium or Leadership Supporter tickets, please contact richards@broadwaycares.org. Hudson Valley Dance Festival is made possible, in part, by support from corporate sponsor The New York Times. Hudson Valley Dance Festival began in 2013 as a single performance at Historic Catskill Point. It has since grown into an annual audience favorite for the Hudson Valley region, raising more than $1 million through eight iterations . Among the 470 organizations supported nationwide by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS are 15 in the Hudson Valley:Albany Damien Center and Alliance for Positive Health in Albany; Animalkind, Columbia County Recovery Kitchen and Columbia-Greene Community Foundation in Hudson; Catskill Food Pantry. Community Hospice and Matthew 25 Food Pantry in Catskill; Hudson Valley Community Services in Hawthorne; Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston; Hudson Valley SPCA in New Windsor; Rock Steady Farm in Millerton; Roe Jan Food Pantry in Hillsdale; TOUCH (Together Our Unity Can Heal) in Congers and Troy Area United Ministries in Troy. Dancers Responding to AIDS relies on the extraordinary compassion and efforts of the performing arts community to fund a safety net of social services for those in need. As a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, DRA supports the essential programs of the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including the HIV/AIDS Initiative and The Dancers' Resource, as well as more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide. For more information, please visit Dancers Responding to AIDS at dradance.org, at facebook.com/DRAdance, at instagram.com/DRAdance and atyoutube.com/DRAdance |
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