WHO: The Gulliver Preparatory Dance Club is set to host its highly anticipated 15th Annual Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) Benefit.
WHAT: Open to the public, tickets to the event can be purchased at the door on the event date (Wednesday, February 8) for a $10.00 donation benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which supports AIDS research, treatment and social services for those living with the disease. There are 12 dance programs participating in this non-competitive event to help generate funds for DRA and this year, an official from the DRA headquarters in New York City, Chip Beyers, will be attending. The participating programs are:
- Artistic Soul Dance Studio
- Devon Aire K-8 Center
- Gulliver Academy
- Gulliver Preparatory
- John A. Ferguson HS
- Miami Arts Studio 6-12@Zelda Glazer
- Our Lady Of Lourdes Academy
- Palmetto Senior HS
- Riviera Preparatory
- South Dade HS
- South Miami Center for the Arts Middle
- W.R. Thomas Middle
Dancers Responding to AIDS, founded in 1991 by former Paul Taylor Dance Company members Denise Roberts Hurlin and Hernando Cortez, is a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre and dance communities, since 1988 Broadway Cares has raised more than $225 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: The event will be held at Gulliver's Miller Drive Campus Auditorium located at 8000 SW 56 Street in Miami, FL
Gulliver Schools is a 501(c)(3) private, non-profit, independent, coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission to create an academic community devoted to educational excellence, with a personal touch, that fulfills each student's potential. For more information about Gulliver, please visit www.gulliverschools.org.
