Miami, FL – April 10, 2015 – On Friday, April 10, Miami City Ballet hosted a private dinner to toast the major philanthropic supporters who have played a pivotal role in the company’s success this year, and for the future. Guests in attendance included Dr. Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, Armando and Margarita Codina, Ana and Robert Barlick, Chair of the MCB Board Sue Kronick with Edward Shumsky, Title Sponsors of next year’s landmark ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Claudia and Steven Perles, MCB Founder Toby Lerner Ansin, MCB Board Member Swanee DiMare, Victoria Rogers, Jamie Bennett of ArtPlace, Jessica Goldman-Srebnick and Scott Srebnick, Kinga Lampert and Alina Shriver, and Amy and Richard Kohan.  The intimate dinner was held in the Cejas Patron Salon within the Knight Concert Hall where guests were able to mix and mingle with Justin Peck, arguably the hottest ballet choreographer working today, who performed the world premiere for Miami City Ballet, Heatscape, that was received with standing ovations. Miami City Ballet Executive Director Michael Scolamiero welcomed the guests, and Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez shared her heartfelt thanks and excitement, not only for the evening’s performance of Heatscape, but for the ever so bright future of Miami City Ballet.

Lourdes Lopez & Justin Peck

Justin Peck & Toby Lerner Ansin

Sue Kronick, Justin Peck, Lourdes Lopez, Michael Scolamiero, & Toby Lerner Ansin

Lourdes Lopez, Robert Barlick, & Ana Codina Barlick

Ana Codina Barlick & Robert Barlick

Bob Benson, Jessica Goldman Srebnick, Michael Scolamiero, & Justin Peck

Jessica Goldman Srebnick

Bronwyn Miller & Swanee DiMare

Eva Silverstein & Victoria Rogers

George Skouras & Charlie Cinnamon

Claudia Perles & Charlie Cinnamon

Kinga Lampert, Ana Codina Barlick, & Judith Rodin

Kinga Lampert & Ana Codina Barlick

Michael Scolamiero & Ana Codina Barlick

Robert Barlick, Ana Codina Barlick, Judith Robin, & Justin Peck

Armando & Margarita Codina, Justin Peck, Judith Rodin, & Paul Verkuil

Justin Peck & Bob Benson

Sanford Evans & Justin Peck

Judith Rodin

Claudia Perles

Justin Peck & Sue Kronick

Lesli Brown, Justin Peck, & Bronwyn Miller

Sue Kronick, Justin Peck, & Margarita Codina

Margarita Codina, Swanee DiMare, Justin Peck, & Sue Kronick

Bronwyn Miller, Lesli Brown, Justin Peck, & Swanee DiMare

Bronwyn Miller, Lesli Brown, & Swanee DiMare

Lesli Brown, Bronwyn Miller, Swanee DiMare, & Robert Barlick

Robert Barlick, Lesli Brown, Bronwyn Miller, & Swanee DiMare

Sue Kronick & Bob Benson

Joan Kronick & Rich Kohan

Kinga Lampert

Victoria Rogers & Jamie Bennett

Toby Lerner Ansin, Eva Silverstein, & Justin Peck

Lourdes Lopez, Jeffrey Davis, Michael Miller, Victoria Rogers, & Jamie Bennett

Lourdes Lopez, Claudia Perles, & Margarita Codina

Sanford Evans, Justin Peck, Toby Lerner Ansin, & Charlie Cinnamon