Dance for Life Festival for Health Equity 2024

The Event

Conceived by Phill Wilson and Desmond Richardson, and with the enthusiastic blessings and support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Artists and Activists for Health Equity has launched what we hope to become an annual dance festival to benefit the fight against AIDS/AIDS, COVID-19 and other health issues confronting Black and other people of color in Los Angeles. This new dance festival draws its inspiration from the annual Fire Island Dance Festival which, since 1995, has raised more than $300 million to support essential services for people living with HIV. While we aspire to grow to a three-day festival, our 2023 event will be a one-day event with matinee and evening performances. It takes place at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 24, 2023, followed by a VIP reception with the dancers and major donors.