STAGE TUBE: So You Think You Can Dance's Ryan Kasprzak - A Dance for Life

So You Think You Can Dance contestant Ryan Kasprzak created a very special video for Dancers Responding to AIDS, we are proud to bring it to you here on STAGE TUBE.

Ryan Kasprzak recently appeared on SYTYCD Seasons 5 and 6 along with his brother, Evan. He continues to create new work with Parallel Exit: Physical Comedy Theater. Their show Cut to the Chase was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and This Way, That Way prompted the New York Times to say Kasprzak, "can get laughs simply by breathing." Their comic tap musical Time Step premiered at the Joyce SoHo and is transferring to the New Victory Theater in April 2010. Ryan was nominated for a New York Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Choreography and served as dance captain for the International Tour of Fosse. Ryan has been honored to perform with such legendary entertainers as Liza Minelli, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, and the Nicholas Brothers.

Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), a fundraising program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is the American dance community's ongoing response to the AIDS epidemic. Founded in June 1991 by former Paul Taylor dancers Hernando Cortez and Denise Roberts Hurlin, DRA seeks to mobilize the dance community, increase awareness, and raise money to provide direct financial assistance and desperately needed services to dance professionals with HIV/AIDS.

DRA raises these important funds by producing special events and conducting audience appeals in New York City and nationwide. Some of our special events include the annual Fire Island Dance Festival, Dances From the Heart and the DRA Studio of the Year, which enables thousands of young dancers to actively involve themselves in helping those living with HIV/AIDS.