Dancing at the Crossroads Set for June 8; Goldberg and Rhea to Host Fire Island Dance Fesitval

Dancing at the Crossroads, a free program of music and dance presented by the Times Square Alliance and Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), will take place at 5pm-7pm on Sunday, June 8 on Military Island in Times Square.

Performers will include cast members from Broadway’s Cry-Baby, along with the Martha Graham Dance Company, Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Pilobolus, STREB,
Kegwin+Company, Balam Dance Theatre, Darrah Carr Dance, Feliciano Dance Company, The United States Dance Team, R. Evolucion Latina, Bollywood Axion, Ajkun Ballet Theatre, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Revolution Sweat Dance Rock and Roll, Buglisi Dance Theatre, David Dorfman Dance, Drew Jacoby, Farmington Dance Company, Monroe Dance Company, and others.

In related news, Whoopi Goldberg and Caroline Rhea will host the Fire Island Dance Festival, respectively, on July 19 and July 20, in the Fire Island Pines. The event, which benefits DRA, will feature the work of such dance companies as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Hispanic, Parsons Dance, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and many more.

For more information on these events, visit www.timessquarenyc.org or www.dradance.org.