Denise Roberts

GDIF Unveils Full Lineup for DANCING CITY Featuring 15 Companies
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 25, 2025

Dancing City, the free programme of outdoor dance as part of GDIF - featuring 15 leading international and UK companies including Sadler’s Wells East at East Bank, has revealed its full lineup. Learn more!

Works & Process Unveils Spring 2024 Season Featuring Bartlett Sher-Directed CORRUPTION, Paper Mill's GUN & POWER and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 14, 2023

Works & Process is back with their biggest season yet! Discover the lineup of performances and discussions happening in Spring 2024, including venues and dates. Don't miss out on this unique behind-the-scenes experience in the world of performing arts.

Dancers Responding to AIDS' Fire Island Dance Festival and Hudson Valley Dance Festival to Return in 2022
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2021

The Fire Island Dance Festival and Hudson Valley Dance Festival, two of the most-anticipated annual charitable celebrations of dance, will take a hiatus this year due to ongoing challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jake Heggie and Nico Muhly to Join Sasha Cooke for CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 16, 2021

Classical music’s Hamlen-Palm Series will be presented this year as four engaging online chats called Classical Conversations. The series is set to debut Thursday, April 29, 2021, with a discussion between American composers Jake Heggie and Nico Muhly hosted by two-time Grammy Award winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke.

Virtual Hudson Valley Dance Festival Raises $100,219 for Dancers Responding to AIDS
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 16, 2020

Dance enthusiasts around the world celebrated the rich artistic culture of the Hudson Valley from the comfort of their living rooms when the Virtual Hudson Valley Dance Festival streamed online on  October 10, 2020. 

Final #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Conversations Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2020

Dance/NYC moves into the final two weeks of the twelve-part Facebook Live Conversation Series with arts workers from across the arts and culture sector. These discussions highlight the importance of the arts ecology, point to current challenges and offer considerations on our way forward as a field.

Virtual Fire Island Dance Festival to Stream Friday, July 17
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2020

The charitable event of the Fire Island summer goes digital when the Virtual Fire Island Dance Festival streams an evening of celebrated dance at 7 pm Eastern on July 17, 2020. The first-ever stream in the event's 26-year history will feature world premieres of three new pieces and three beloved festival favorites. The festival is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Fire Island Dance Festival Shatters Records And Features Six World Premieres
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 23, 2019

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 CHASE BROCK EXPERIENCE Will Hold 2018 Gala Honoring Denise Roberts Hurlin
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2018

Chase Brock, the contemporary choreographer behind the Broadway-bound production Be More Chill and the Artistic Director of Brooklyn-based dance company The Chase Brock Experience, announced today that the company will hold its annual gala following a special performance of The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes on Monday, January 7 at 7:00pm. This year's gala will honor Denise Roberts Hurlin, the Founding Director of Dancers Responding to AIDS (a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS), a member of the CBE Advisory Board, and a former company member of Paul Taylor Dance Company.