ERYC TAYLOR DANCE RETURNS TO “DANCERS FOR GOOD” - EAST HAMPTON

ERYC TAYLOR DANCE RETURNS TO “DANCERS FOR GOOD”

East Hampton, NY - Performances on Friday, July 20

HONORING CHITA RIVERA AND BEBE NEUWIRTH

Proceeds To Benefit The Many Services of The Actors Fund

Eryc Taylor Dance (ETD) will join Paul Taylor Dance and five other dance companies at “Dancers For Good” benefit evening at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street in East Hampton, New York on Friday, July 20 at 7:00pm. It is the second consecutive year Eryc Taylor Dance will participate this fundraising event.

A seven-minute excerpt of the company’s 2017 work, “Cycles” (world premiere at José Peón Contreras in Mérida, Mexico, commissioned by Douglas Sills of The Sills Foundation) will be presented on invitation from Michael Apuzzo, co-founder of the Dancers for Good Foundation and current Paul Taylor Dance Company member. The evening will also include performances by Amy Marshall Dance Company, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, Martha Graham Dance Company, Pam Tanowitz Dance and Rock the Ballet.

The “Dancers For Good” benefit evening will honor Broadway great Chita Rivera  with Lifetime Achievement in Dance, and actress, singer and dancer Bebe Neuwirth  with a Dance Humanitarian Award.

Proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund and its vast array of services, including the Dancers' Resource/Career Transition for Dancers, a program of The Actors Fund, in addition to The Dancers' Resource Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, HIV/AIDS Initiative, Women's Health Initiative, Senior Services/The Actors Fund Home, Disaster Resources, Addiction and Recovery Services, and other vital programs.

This special event will also include a BROADWAY tribute performance to Chita Rivera and Bebe Neuwirth by Stephanie Pope (Chicago The Musical, Fosse, Pippin, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sweet Charity).