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!

Photo Special: Celebrating BC/EFA Executive Director Tom Viola
by Robert Diamond - Dec 16, 2024

All of us here at BroadwayWorld wanted to pay tribute to Tom, and to our strong partnership, by taking a look back with this photo gallery below. 

Photos: Inside the 2024 Fire Island Dance Festival
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 25, 2024

Captivating world premieres and celebrated works shined within the awe-inspiring beauty of the Great South Bay’s expanse of sea and sky at this year’s record-breaking edition of Fire Island Dance Festival. Check out out photos from inside the festival here!

Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival to Present ON THE NATURE OF RABBITS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2023

Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, featuring commissioned street and social dances in the subterranean theater at the Guggenheim and at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The festival aims to amplify the qualities of dance to connect and foster joy and community.

Works & Process Announces Underground Uptown Dance Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2023

Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned street and social dances taking place in the subterranean Frank Lloyd Wright-designed theater at the Guggenheim from January 10-16, 2024 and at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on January 12.

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.

Photos & Video: Fire Island Dance Festival, Hosted by Alan Cumming, Breaks Fundraising Record
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 20, 2023

See photos and video of Alan Cumming and other talented performers at the Fire Island Dance Festival, an incredible event that shattered fundraising records.

Catherine Hurlin and Miriam Miller Join Fire Island Dance Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2022

Two of ballet’s most preeminent dancers, American Ballet Theatre principal Catherine Hurlin and New York City Ballet soloist Miriam Miller, are joining the luminous lineup of this weekend’s Fire Island Dance Festival, which runs July 15-17, 2022, in Fire Island Pines, NY. The annual event is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Lynn Nottage Delivers Commencement Remarks for Purchase College, SUNY Class of 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2021

Purchase College, SUNY aired its 49th annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 21, 2021 at noon on the college’s website. Degrees were conferred upon 900 graduating scholars representing dozens of majors and several countries.

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. 

Hudson Valley Dance Festival Moves Online for 2020 Edition
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 10, 2020

Escape to the cultural heart of the Hudson Valley without leaving your living room when the Hudson Valley Dance Festival goes virtual for the first time on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The festival is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 

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.

2020 Edition Of Fire Island Dance Festival Cancelled
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2020

The 2020 edition of Fire Island Dance Festival, the charitable event of the Fire Island summer, is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo Flash: Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY Presents Screening of @GISELLE at Lincoln Center
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2020

A new Giselle, by Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, was screened at The Bruno Walter Auditorium in Lincoln Center, New York City on January 14, 2020.

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.

Leg Up On Life Announces ART|Pact Benefiting Dancers Responding To AIDS
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 6, 2019

Leg Up On Life is holding its inaugural ART|Pact, benefiting Dancers Responding AIDS on April 1st, 2019 at [le] Poisson Rouge. Doors will open at 7PM. Showtime at 8PM. The evening will be hosted by Leg Up On Life founder, Daniel Gold (national tours of Miss Saigon and Beauty and the Beast).

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.