alemana
08-04-2005, 11:22 AM
If you work or live near Bryant Park in Manhattan, there are two shows today associated with the New York City Festival of Dance and the organization Dancers Responding to AIDS. Both are free.
The shows are at 12:30 and 6.
At 12:30:
Stars of curent Broadway hits come together to dance for this free performance of the New York City Festival of Dance produced by Dancers Responding to AIDS.
Host: Christopher Sieber, from Spamalot
Numbers from:
Sweet Charity
Naked Boys Singing
Dancers from:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Phantom of the Opera
Fiddler on the Roof
The Lion King
Wicked
Featuring:
Felicia Finley
Jose Llana
Maria Torres and Luis Salgado – The Mambo Kings
and choreography by Ray Leeper
with special guests:
Cast members from the upcoming motion picture Rent - Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thomas
And at 6, I'll be at this one cheering on some friends of mine. There will also be a show by the kids who won in in MAD HOT BALLROOM and a class taught by the one and only Maria Torres!
* 6:00pm–7:00pm
* Upper Terrace Stage
Many different genres of social dance are featured in this free performance of the New York City Festival of Dance produced by Dancers Responding to AIDS and presented by Danskin.
Host: Tony Award Winner Jerry Mitchell
Dance Times Square
Steppin Out
Pierre Dulaine Dancenter
* Including PS 257 Colors of the Rainbow Team Match Champions
* (as seen in the film Mad Hot Ballroom)
Dance Chelsea
Marianne Hettinger & Carlos Pabon
Tybaldt Ulrich & Simone Assboeck
Anya Fuchs & Luis Alonso Grijalva
Maria Torres and Luis Salgado
Participate in the finale: a ballroom dance class instructed by Maria Torres and Luis Salgado (last seen in The Mambo Kings)
The shows are at 12:30 and 6.
At 12:30:
Stars of curent Broadway hits come together to dance for this free performance of the New York City Festival of Dance produced by Dancers Responding to AIDS.
Host: Christopher Sieber, from Spamalot
Numbers from:
Sweet Charity
Naked Boys Singing
Dancers from:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Phantom of the Opera
Fiddler on the Roof
The Lion King
Wicked
Featuring:
Felicia Finley
Jose Llana
Maria Torres and Luis Salgado – The Mambo Kings
and choreography by Ray Leeper
with special guests:
Cast members from the upcoming motion picture Rent - Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thomas
And at 6, I'll be at this one cheering on some friends of mine. There will also be a show by the kids who won in in MAD HOT BALLROOM and a class taught by the one and only Maria Torres!
* 6:00pm–7:00pm
* Upper Terrace Stage
Many different genres of social dance are featured in this free performance of the New York City Festival of Dance produced by Dancers Responding to AIDS and presented by Danskin.
Host: Tony Award Winner Jerry Mitchell
Dance Times Square
Steppin Out
Pierre Dulaine Dancenter
* Including PS 257 Colors of the Rainbow Team Match Champions
* (as seen in the film Mad Hot Ballroom)
Dance Chelsea
Marianne Hettinger & Carlos Pabon
Tybaldt Ulrich & Simone Assboeck
Anya Fuchs & Luis Alonso Grijalva
Maria Torres and Luis Salgado
Participate in the finale: a ballroom dance class instructed by Maria Torres and Luis Salgado (last seen in The Mambo Kings)