Dance for Dance Archive

Mark DeGarmo Dance’s DANCE FOR DANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE 2023 honored Dancer, Teacher, Director & Filmmaker Christine Dakin with its “Dance Ambassador” Award 2023; & returned in person on Thursday, April 20th from 6:00-9:00 PM at St. Mary’s Church in NYC’s Lower East Side for the first time in 3 years to raise awareness and financial support for its NYC public elementary school dance & literacy programs.

Lindley DeGarmo & Sarah Finlayson

Marianne Egri & David Thomas

Lindsay O’Reilly

Pamela Dearden

Barbara Sherman

Lyn DeSantis*

Rebecca Ervey*

Lawrence P. Holodak*

Kathleen Kheel*

*MDD Board Members

NY State Senator Brad M. Hoylman, District 27 Manhattan

NY City Council Member Erik Bottcher, District 3 Manhattan

NY State Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, District 74 Manhattan

Dance for Dance 2022 remained a virtual broadcast this year to connect with its local, national, and international supporters.

The evening included a video broadcast, a silent auction, and a global Dance Party on Zoom.

Lindley DeGarmo & Sarah Finlayson

Lyn DeSantis*

Rebecca Ervey*

Lawrence P. Holodak*

Kathleen Kheel*

Lindsay O’Reilly

*MDD Board Members

NY State Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, Dist. 74 Manhattan

NY State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Dist. 26 Manhattan & Brooklyn

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

Speaker of the NYC Council Adrienne Adams, District 28 Queens

NYC Council Member Christopher Marte, Dist. 1 Manhattan

NYC Council Member Carlina Rivera, Dist. 2 Manhattan

NYC Council Member Erik Botcher, Dist 3 Manhattan

NYC Council Member Julie Menin, Dist. 5 Manhattan

NYC Council Member Gale A. Brewer, Dist. 6 Manhattan

NYC Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan, Dist. 9 Manhattan

NYC Council Member Selvena Brooks Powers, Dist. 31 Queens

Dance for Dance 2021 remained a virtual broadcast this year to connect with its local, national, and international supporters.

The evening included a video broadcast, a silent auction, and a global Dance Party on Zoom.

Watch the 10 minute program here.

Click here to watch testimonials from our attendees.

Click here to watch one of our affiliate schools, PS 15’s, virtual performance!

Marianne Egri* and David Thomas

Sarah Findlayson and Lindley DeGarmo

Lyn DeSantis*

Lawrence P. Holodak*

Roshene Kemp*

Kathleen Kheel*

Lindsay O’Reilly

*MDD Board Members

NY City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer

NY State Senator Leroy G. Comrie, Jr.

NY State Senator Brad M. Hoylman

NY Senator James Sanders, Jr.

NY Assembly Member Harvey Epstein

NY City Council Member  Margaret S. Chin

NY City Council Member Ben Kallos

Due to COVID-19, MDD pivoted to Virtual Dance for Dance 2020, a virtual broadcast to connect with its local, national, and international supporters.

The evening included a video broadcast, live ShoutOut auction on Facebook, and a global Dance Party on Zoom.

Watch the video broadcast:

Watch the recap of our Global Dance Party:

Judy Choi*
Sapna Kapoor Crowley*
Mark DeGarmo*
Sarah Finlayson & Lindley DeGarmo
Lawrence P. Holodak*
Roshene Kemp*
Kathleen Kheel*
Lindsay O’Reilly
Karen DeLuca Stephens*
Marianne Egri* & David Thomas

*MDD Board Members

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams
NY State Senator Brad M. Hoylman
NY State Senator Brian Kavanagh
NY City Council Member Margaret S. Chin
NY City Council Member Andrew Cohen
NY City Council Member Ben Kallos
NY City Council Member Paul Vallone

Thank you to all of our Virtual Dance for Dance 2020 Business Supporters!

Miss America 2019, Nia Imani Franklin, Opera Singer, Composer, and Arts Education Advocate

Presenter: Dr. Mark DeGarmo

Master of Ceremony: Nat Towsen is a standup comedian, writer, and actor from the Lower East Side, called a “comedic genius” by Time Out NY, and a “bright young man” by Bill Gates.

Judy Choi*
Sarah Finlayson & Lindley DeGarmo
Roshene Kemp
Lawrence P. Holodak*
Lindsay O’Reilly
Shefali Trivedi* & Daniel Slotwiner
Karen DeLuca Stephens*
Marianne Egri* & David Thomas

*MDD Board Members

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
NY State Senator Liz Krueger
NY State Senator Brad M. Hoylman
NY State Assembly Member Peter J. Abbate, Jr.
NY State Assembly Member Maritza Davila
NY State Assembly Member Michael G. DenDekker
NY State Assembly Member Harvey D. Epstein
NY State Assembly Member Daniel J. O’Donnell
NY State Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez
NY State Assembly Member David I. Weprin
NY City Council Member Ben Kallos
NY City Council Member Carlina Rivera
NY City Council Member Paul Vallone

Patricia Aulestia, Dancer, Choreographer, and Dance Educator

Presenter: Dr. Marcelo Arboleda, Director General of Ecuador News
Master of Ceremony: Scott Nevins, Award winning TV Host & Personality from Bravo TV’s hit show The People’s Couch

Cardiela Amezcua, Stage Arts Production Program Director, Universidad Contemporánea de las Américas, Morelia, Mexico
Isabel Beteta de Cou, Dancer, Choreographer & Director, Los Talleres Cultural Center and Nemian Dance Company, Coyoacán, Mexico
Jonah Bokaer, Choreographer & Media Artist
Sally Brody, Painter
Brad Burgess, Artistic Director, The Living Theater
Molissa Fenley, Director of Molissa Fenley and Company
Polly Ferman, Uruguayan-American Pianist, creator and director of GlamourTango
Joan Finkelstein, Executive Director, Harkness Foundation for Dance
Cecilia Lugo, Artistic Director, Danza Capital & General Director, Contempodanza, Mexico City, Mexico
Cathleen K.B. Gruen, Artist & Art Educator
John F. Gruen, Creative Director
Karen Hildebrand, Vice President–Editorial, DanceMedia & Editor in Chief, Dance Teacher
David King, Writer
Phyllis Lamhut, Choreographer, Educator
Jennifer Muller, Artistic Director, Jennifer Muller/The Works
Jody Oberfelder, director, choreographer, and filmmaker
Ann Reinking, Tony Award-winning Choreographer, Chicago; Director and Broadway Principal
Jane Rigney, Dance Writer
Tommy Tune, Lifetime Achievement and 9-time Tony Award winner for Broadway; Director, Choreographer & Actor
William Whitener, Dancer and Choreographer
Luis Gabriel Zaragoza, Dancer and Choreographer

Joel Bracht
Michael Bracht
Judy Choi*
Lindley DeGarmo
Glen Dubin
Marianne Egri*
Sarah Finlayson
Lawrence Holodak*
Roshene Kemp
Lindsay O’Reilly
Hila Sabin
Jonathan Sabin
Danielle Simone
Daniel Slotwiner
Karen DeLuca Stephens*
David Thomas
Shefali Trivedi*
Jimmy Ren Zhao*

*MDD Board Members

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
NY State Senator Brad Hoylman
NY State Senator Daniel Squadron
NY State Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz
NY City Council Member Daniel Garodnick
NY City Council Member Vincent Gentile
NY City Council Member Corey Johnson
NY City Council Member Ben Kallos
NY City Council Member Mark Levine
NY City Council Member Rosie Mendez
NY City Council Member Alan Maisel
NY City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer
Deputy Consul General of Argentina at Consulate General of Argentina in New York, Eduardo Almirantearena
Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York Caterina Toscano

Thank you to all of our Dance for Dance 2017 Business Supporters!

Deborah Jowitt, Dance Author, Critic and Educator

Presenter: Gus Solomons jr, Dancer, Dance Writer and Critic
Master of Ceremony: Nat Towsen, Comedian and Host of Nat Towsen’s Downtown Variety Hour

Stella Abrera, Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Jack Anderson, Dance Critic, Dance Historian & Poet
Jonah Bokaer, Choreographer & Media Artist
Sally Brody, Visual Artist
Brad Burgess, Artistic Director, The Living Theatre
Tina Croll, Choreographer & Co-Director of From the Horse’s Mouth
Kay Cummings, Actor, Director, Dancer, Choreographer & Educator
Seán Curran, Dancer, Choreographer & Chair of the Department of Dance at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
Carmen de Lavallade, Actress, Dancer & Choreographer
David Dorfman, Artistic Director, David Dorfman Dance, Professor & Chair of Dance, Connecticut College
George Dorris, Dance Historian, Educator, Editor & Writer
Holly Fairbank, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Maxine Greene Center for Aesthetic Education and Social Imagination
Molissa Fenley, Choreographer & Dancer
Lois Greenfield, Dance Photographer
Cathleen K.B. Gruen, Artist & Art Educator
John F. Gruen, Creative Director
Judy Grunberg, Board President, PS21
Jan Hanvik, Co-Founder & Principal, Cross the Bridge, LLC
Lane Harwell, Executive Director, Dance/NYC
Miriam Huberman, Dance Writer & Scholar
Celia Ipiotis, Creator, Producer & Moderator of Eye on Dance and Eye on the Arts
Mary Johnson, Speaker, Teacher & Writer, An Unquenchable Thirst
Bill T. Jones, Choreographer & Dancer
Jodi Kaplan, Director, Jodi Kaplan & Associates
Dave King, Writer
Phyllis Lamhut, Dancer & Choreographer
Alastair Macaulay, Chief Dance Critic for The New York Times
Susan Marshall, Choreographer
Carla Maxwell, Former Artistic Director, Jose Limón Dance Foundation
Meredith Monk, Composer, Singer & Director/Choreographer
Jennifer Muller, Artistic Director, Jennifer Muller/The Works
Jody Oberfelder, Director, Choreographer & Filmmaker
Norton Owen, Director of Preservation, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Nicky Paraiso, Programming Director, The Club & La MaMa Moves! Curator
Claire Porter, Dancer, Choreographer & Teacher
Kathryn Posin, Choreographer & Dance Writer
Ann Reinking, Tony Award-winning Choreographer, Chicago; Director & Broadway Principal
Jane Rigney, Dance Writer
Lawrence Rhodes, Artistic Director, Juilliard Dance Division
Gus Solomons jr, Dancer, Choreographer & Dance Writer
Roslyn Sulcas, Dance Critic & Culture Writer for The New York Times
Robert Swinston, Dancer & Choreographer
Tommy Tune, Lifetime Achievement and 9-time Tony Award winner for Broadway; Director, Choreographer & Actor
Allison Walsh, Ensemble Dancer, An American in Paris
Philippa Wehle, Artist & Educator
Leslie Ziff, Company Member of Steeledance and Trainor Dance; Patron of the Arts
Elizabeth Zimmer, Dance and Theater Critic & Editor

Judy Choi*
Diana Dessources
Lawrence Holodak*
Lindsay O’Reilly
Crista Salvatore
Karen DeLuca Stephens*
William Whitener*
Jimmy Ren Zhao*

*MDD Board Members

U.S. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
U.S. Congresswoman Nydia M. Vazquez
NY State Senator Brad Hoylman
NY State Senator Daniel L. Squadron
NY State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
NY State Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick
NY State Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh
NY City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer
NY City Department of Education Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
NY City Council Member Rafael Espinal
NY City Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson
NY City Council Member Corey Johnson
NY City Council Member Ben Kallos
NY City Council Member Mark Levine
NY City Council Member Alan Maisel
NY City Council Member Rosie Mendez
NY City Council Member Annabel Palma
NY City Council Member Antonio Reynoso
NY City Council Member Donovan Richards
NY City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer

Thank you to all of our Dance for Dance 2016 Business Supporters!

Oleg Briansky and Mireille Briane, Distinguished Ballet Dancers, Choreographers and Teachers

Presenter: Lori Klinger, Artistic & Executive Director, Rosie’s Theater Kids
Master of Ceremony: Nat Towsen, Comedian and Host of Nat Towsen’s Downtown Variety Hour

Stella Abrera, Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Yelena Demikovsky, Award-winning Filmmaker, Director of “Happy to Be So,” a documentary about Oleg Briansky and Mireille Briane
Carol Dimopoulos, Past President/CEO, Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley, Inc. (ret.)
Harry Dimopoulos, Executive, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (ret.)
Julie Kent, Celebrated American Ballet Theatre Ballerina
Sonia Manzano, Actress and Emmy Award-winning Writer for Sesame Street, Author of several children’s books and the memoir, “Becoming Maria”
Ann Reinking, Tony Award winner for Best Choreographer (Chicago), celebrated Director and Broadway Principal
Igor Roussanoff, International Liaison and Curator
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Tony Award nominee for Best Director and Choreographer (“Swing!”); Lyricist and Composer
Tommy Tune, Lifetime Achievement and 9-time Tony Award winner for Broadway Director, Choreographer and Performer
Violette Verdy, Legendary French Ballerina, NYC Ballet; Distinguished Professor (Ballet), Indiana University
Ken L. Wyse, President, Licensing and Public Relations, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
Leslie Ziff, Company Member of Steeledance and Trainor Dance; Patron of the Arts

Judy Choi*
Diana Dessources
Sarah Finlayson & Lindley DeGarmo
Lawrence Holodak*
Joel R. M. and Michael Bracht
Lindsay O’Reilly
Brian Segel*
Danielle Simone
Karen DeLuca Stephens*
William Whitener*
Jimmy Ren Zhao*

*MDD Board Members

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
NY State Senator Brad Hoylman
NY State Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh
NY State Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick
NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
NY City Council Member Andrew Cohen
NY City Council Member Inez E. Dickens
NY City Council Member Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
NY City Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson
NY City Council Member Corey Johnson
NY City Council Member Mark D. Levine
NY City Council Member Alan Maisel
NY City Council Member Annabel Palma
NY City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer
NY City Council Member Jumaane D. Williams

Thank you to all of our Dance for Dance 2015 Business Supporters!

Judith Malina, Film Actress, Writer, Director and Co-Founder, The Living Theatre

Presenter: Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-Winning Actress
Master of Ceremony: Nicky Paraiso, Curator, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club

Lea DeLaria, Comedian & Actress
Jackie Guerrido, Weather Forecaster & Journalist
Robert Stanton, On & Off Broadway Actor

Lawrence Holodak, President*
Jimmy Ren Zhao, Treasurer*
Karen DeLuca Stephens, Secretary*
Vic & Jean Cavallaro
Judy Choi*
Sarah Finlayson & Lindley DeGarmo
Anne Dycus & Andrew Shapiro
Elizabeth Holodak
Lindsay O’Reilly
Tony Power & Ken Banta
Brian Segel*
Danielle Simone

*MDDF Board Members

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
NY State Senator Daniel L. Squadron
NY State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh
NY City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
NY City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer
NY City Council Member Corey Johnson

Thank you to all of our Dance for Dance 2014 Business Supporters!

Maxine Greene, Ph.D., Educational Theorist

Presenter: Mark DeGarmo, Ph.D.
Master of Ceremony: Philip Alexander, Ph.D., Executive Director, New York State Alliance for Arts Education

Thank you to all of our Dance for Dance 2013 Business Supporters!