Fire Island Dance Festival Delivers Breathtaking Performances

Life’s gorgeous expanse was at the forefront of this year’s Fire Island Dance Festival, expressed through stunning dance and stories, all enhanced by the power of nature as it played out on the scenic backdrop of the waters of the Great South Bay. The longest-running charitable and cultural event in Fire Island Pines raised a […]

Fire Island Dance Festival Looks to 2022 for Return

Fire Island Dance Festival, the most anticipated charitable event of the Fire Island summer, will take a hiatus in 2021 due to ongoing challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival will return to the shores of New York’s Great South Bay in 2022. “While we had hoped to come together this summer, the challenges of […]

First Virtual Festival Features World Premieres and Festival Favorites

The charitable event of the Fire Island summer went digital when the Virtual Fire Island Dance Festival presented an evening of celebrated dance on July 17, 2020. The stream raised $295,366 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The first stream in the event’s 26-year history, prompted by the ongoing […]

2020 Fire Island Dance Festival Canceled Due to Pandemic

The 2020 edition of Fire Island Dance Festival, the charitable event of the Fire Island summer, is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As heartbreaking as this decision is, it has become clear that bringing together dancers and supporters is not something we can safely do,” said Denise Roberts Hurlin, founding director of Dancers Responding […]

Despite Stormy Weather, 24th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival Shines

  Once-in-a-lifetime pairings of ballet and contemporary luminaries, three unmissable world premieres, an excerpt of a seminal piece that changed the history of modern dance and unpredictable weather conditions marked the sold-out Fire Island Dance Festival on July 20-22, 2018. The charitable event of the Fire Island summer, which takes place in the Pines, included […]

Fire Island Dance Festival Features 10 Remarkable Companies

A bright summer sun shimmered across the Great South Bay as renowned dance companies, acclaimed choreographers and three standing-room-only audiences came together at this year’s Fire Island Dance Festival on July 14-16, 2017. The 23rd edition of the fundraising and cultural event of the Fire Island summer raised a record $585,045. The sold-out festival, in Fire Island […]

Fire Island Dance Festival Features Five Premieres, Shatters Fundraising Record

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 raised a record-breaking $560,133. The festival included the world premieres of […]

21st Annual Fire Island Dance Festival Breaks Fundraising Record with $544,555

Fire Island Dance Festival returned for its 21st edition July 17-19, 2015, with some of the most talked-about world-class dance companies, raising a record-breaking $544,555. The festival, performed outdoors on the picture-perfect shores of the Great South Bay in Fire Island Pines, included the world premieres of five works. Since the festival began in 1995, […]