Miami City Ballet’s 30th Anniversary Gala

Photography by Seth Browarnik, Alejandro Chavarria on January 26th, 2016 in Celebrity, Culture

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

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Ana Barlick, Tina Carlo, Robert Barlick, Lourdes Lopez, & Dan Carlo

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Leanna Rinaldi, Christina Stigner, Mayumi Enokibara, & Ellen Grocki

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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

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John Richard & Franklin Sirmans

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John & Anne Richard, & Robert Barlick

Claudia Perles, Criselda Breene, & Michele Herbert

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Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Lourdes Lopez, & Philip Levine

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Susanne Birbragher, Tina Carlo, Molly Snyder, & Diana Garchitorena

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Edward Shumsky, Jerry Cohen, & Howard Herring

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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

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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

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Ellen Grocki & Renan Cerdeiro

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