This year’s virtual festival will include world premieres by modern tap dancer Ayodele Casel, one of The New York Times’ “Biggest Breakout Stars of 2019”; KEIGWIN + COMPANY Artistic Director Larry Kiegwin; and Stephen Petronio, artistic director of Stephen Petronio Company. The stream also will feat

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This episode presents a beautiful male ballet duet performed by choreographer Connor Scott accompanied by dancer Meshach Henry. What feels unusual in this dance is their fresh approach: Full of abandon and brimming with romantic desire, they seem utterly natural. We are also showcasing Myles Erli...

At the 2017 Fire Island Dance Festival, Havana, Cuba’s Acosta Danza, led by dance legend Carlos Acosta, presented For Us, a mesmerizing ballet that explored the passion, frustration and sadness of a couple in love. Dancers Mario Sergio Elías and Raul Reinoso expressed this tragic love story through

Performed on the shores of the Great South Bay July 15-17, Fire Island Dance Festival raised $655,090 to help ensure those across the country living with HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other debilitating illnesses have access to lifesaving medications, counseling, healthy meals, housing and more. Produced b

Dance is one of those art forms where a person has to be in alignment with his soul. One such dancer our world is blessed to have is Ukrainian born Slavik Pustovoytov. Slavik got recognition as he took part in the 15th season of the well-known dance competition program So You Think You Can Dance. ...

On a picturesque waterfront stage overlooking the Great South Bay, this year’s Fire Island Dance Festival welcomed ballet, modern and contemporary dance powerhouses on July 15-17, 2016. The 22nd annual edition of the summer’s most talked-about cultural and charitable event in Fire Island Pines raise

In this second instalment of contemporary dance we incorporate "Cfy Me A River" choreographed by Andrew Winghart with the amazing performance of George Lawrence II accompanied by a host of women dancers; as well as a youth contemporary improvisation "Kid Experiment." Contemporary dance is a ge...

In this photographic video essay we present a series of unique photos from the first international women to enter a medical college in Philadelphia in the 19th Century to major stars such as Marilyn Monroe in the opening of the TIME-LIFE building in New York in the 1950's and John Lennon and Yoko On...

Fire Island Dance Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary edition July 18-20, 2014, with artistry, gravity-defying movement, romance and remembrance, raising a record-shattering $533,860 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.The festival, performed outdoors