Miami City Ballet’s 30th Anniversary Gala
Adriana Lima
Miami Beach, FL – January 23, 2016 – Miami City Ballet celebrated three decades of artistic leadership and community impact at its 30th Anniversary Gala with a spectacular black-tie event on the sands of Miami Beach and underneath a stunning full moon. Chaired by three of Miami’s most prominent families – Ana and Robert Barlick; Tina and Dan Carlo; and Susan D. Kronick and Edward Manno Shumsky — the Gala brought together Miami’s cultural elite and leading philanthropists, from Miami City Ballet founder Toby Lerner Ansin to model/actress Adriana Lima. Guests gathered under an extraordinary 20,000 square foot tent on the sands of Miami Beach’s scenic shoreline as they experienced the first reveal of the concept for this season’s highly anticipated, unprecedented production of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The new performance, debuting in Miami on March 18, will re-imagine Shakespeare’s story – moving it from the forest to the ocean floor. Taking inspiration from the setting, underwater images of MCB dancers floated across the tent’s ceiling, while seashells and corals elegantly adorned the tables and guests danced under a magnificent jellyfish chandelier.
Presented in partnership with the City of Miami Beach, the signature event was made possible by an esteemed chairing committee, including Grand Honorary Chairs Claudia and Steven Perles, who recently gifted MCB with $1 million for the new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Honorary Chairs Michele and Larry Herbert, and honoring Leading Philanthropists Toby Lerner Ansin and the Ansin Foundation, Trish and Dan Bell, Margarita and Armando Codina, Swanee and Paul DiMare, and Ellen and Louis Wolfson, III. The MCB 30th Anniversary Gala was a huge success, raising $3.5 Million in support of both the event and the Company’s world premiere re-imagining of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – representing the most successful Gala in the 30-year history of Miami City Ballet. Proceeds directly benefit Miami City Ballet’s education and outreach initiatives in the local community, including more than half a million dollars in scholarships and complimentary performance tickets for students in the Miami-Dade County school system.
Adriana Lima
Carlos Guerra & Jennifer Kronenberg
Criselda Breene & Barbara Becker
Tina & Dan Carlo
Morten Aagaard & Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard
Morten Aagaard, Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard, Tina Carlo, Susanne Birbragher, & Diana Garchitorena
Ana Barlick, Tina Carlo, Robert Barlick, Lourdes Lopez, & Dan Carlo
Lourdes Lopez
Leanna Rinaldi, Christina Stigner, Mayumi Enokibara, & Ellen Grocki
Steve Saywitz
Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard, Luis Rigual, & Gina Halley-Wright
Morten Aagaard, Juan Rionda, & Dan Carlo
Maria Beguiristain, Alan Lieberman, & Elysze Held
Ana Barlick & Swanee DiMare
Adriana Lima, Barbara Becker, Lourdes Lopez, & Michele Oka Doner
Adriana Lima & Lourdes Lopez
Adriana Lima & Barbara Becker
Michele Oka Doner & Barbara Becker
Michele Oka Doner & Lourdes Lopez
John Richard & Franklin Sirmans
John & Anne Richard, & Robert Barlick
Claudia Perles, Criselda Breene, & Michele Herbert
Criselda Breene, Wendy Paskow, Michele Herbert & Malka Fingold
Malka Fingold & Michele Herbert
Larry & Michele Herbert
Michele & Larry Herbert, & Adriana Lima
Tina Carlo & Adriana Lima
Ana Barlick
Michael Scolamiero
Sue Kronick
Tina Carlo
Lourdes Lopez
Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Lourdes Lopez, & Philip Levine
Philip Levine, Lourdes Lopez, & Michael Scolamiero
Edward Shumsky & Sue Kronick
Lesli Brown, Bronwyn Miller, & Swanee DiMare
Bobbi & Jim Eroncig
Trish & Dan Bell
Ana & Neisen Kasdin
Susanne Birbragher, Tina Carlo, Molly Snyder, & Diana Garchitorena
Roni, Sam & Michael Jacobson, & Diane Paizen
David & Christy Martin
Mike Eidson & John Richard
Franklin Sirmans, Alan Lieberman, & John Richard
Alan, Jessica, & Nathan Lieberman
Rene Ruiz, Alan, Jessica, & Nathan Lieberman
Rene Ruiz & Danny Jelaca
Adrienne Carter, Mike Eidson, & Lexie Overholt
Lourdes Lopez
Edward Shumsky, Jerry Cohen, & Howard Herring
Jerry Cohen, Edward Shumsky, & Howard Herring
Adam Koffler & Michele Oka Doner
Adam Koffler, Jennifer Valoppi, & George Crowley
Christian de Berdouare, Jennifer Valoppi, Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard, & Morten Aagaard
Robert & Ana Barlick, Andrea Hagan, & Paul Parker
Claudia Perles, Robert & Ana Barlick, Andrea Hagan, Paul Parker, & Annie Collier
Alexa Wolman, Criselda Breene, & Bronwyn Miller
Katharine Rubino, Criselda Breene, & Christy Martin
Elysze Held & Swanee DiMare
Lexïng Zhang & Aaron Puckett
Remi & Oti Roberts
Tricia Albertson & Claudia Perles
Claudia Perles & Judy Boyd
Dan & Trish Bell
Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard & Courtney Parmenter
Christy Martin, Maria Beguiristain, Tina Carlo, & Tenelle McCormick
Neisen & Ana Kasdin, Jessica, Nathan, & Alan Lieberman
Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard, Katharine Rubino, & Morten Aagaard
Patrick Pecoraro & Ray Breslin
Terry Schechter & Susana Ibarguen
Kleber Rebello
Nathalia Arja
Renan Cerdeiro
Ellen Grocki & Renan Cerdeiro
Ellen Grocki, Nathalia Arja, & Renan Cerdeiro
Nathalia Arja
Jovani Furlan, Lexie Overholt, Adrienne Carter, & Renan Cerdeiro
Adrienne Carter
Leigh Ann Esty
Andrei Chagas
Lexïng Zhang & Aaron Puckett
Yannick & Hadley Henriette
Tedd & Justin Trabert
Julian Duque, Kleber Rebello, & Ashley Knox
Renan Cerdeiro, Eva Silverstein, Julian Duque, Lexie Overholt, & Nathalia Arja
Chase Swatosh, Adrienne Carter, Suzette Logue, Annabel Harvey, Melissa Rosko, Orene Harris, Bradley Dunlap, Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg, Adriana Pierce, Ashley Knox, Nathalia Arja, Ariel Rose, Jovani Furlan, Ellen Grocki, Renan Cerdeiro, Julian Duque, Jordan-Elizabeth Long, Tricia Albertson, Leanna Rinaldi, Lexie Overholt, Jennifer Lauren, Lydia Lane, Melissa Mendez, Michele Scanlan, Irene Tai, Andrea Arauz, Eva Silverstein, Debrajean Overholt, & Nicole Mitchell
