Miami City Ballet’s Nutcracker Premiere Evening Gala, A Dinner & Celebration Honoring Ruben & Isabel Toledo at Adrienne Arsht Center
Miami, FL – December 15, 2017 – Miami City Ballet held a Benefactor Dinner and Dessert Gala honoring artistic power couple, Isabel and Ruben Toledo, on opening night for the new production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. The dinner, sponsored by CMC Group, was held at the Peacock Foundation Studio at the Adrienne Arsht Center. The evening began with cocktails, followed by a sumptuous three-course dinner catered by BRAVA by Brad Kilgore. Wine was compliments of Chateau Gaby, and spirits were sponsored by Bacardi USA. Over 250 guests including Miami City Ballet philanthropists, Board Members, corporate sponsors and company dancers attended this exclusive event that honored The Toledo’s, designers of the production’s brand new sets and costumes. After the premiere performance, guests along with company dancers gathered backstage for champagne, desserts and dancing to celebrate the premiere of the production.
Toby Lerner Ansin & Isabel Toledo
Ruben & Isabel Toledo
Trish Bell, Heather Dunkin, & Dan Bell
Lesli Brown, Trish Bell, Heather Dunkin, Dan Bell, & Swanee DiMare
Heather Dunkin, Elysze Held, Toby Lerner Ansin, James Ansin, & Peace Sullivan
Kristi Jernigan, Heather Dunkin, Nancy & Jon Batchelor
Sean Wolf, Heather Dunkin, & Kristie Schmiedeke
Judy Werner, Heather Dunkin, & Robert Breier
Christy & David Martin
Heather Dunkin & Julia Betancourt
Olga & Mia Blavatnik
Heather Lovett & Michael Lynch
Margot & Allen London
Lynn Herald & Bill Goodyear
Trish Bell & Marjorie Stone
Lesli Brown & Swanee DiMare
Toby Lerner Ansin & Sandy Evans
Alfredo Garcia, Toby Lerner Ansin, & Sandy Evans
Swanee DiMare & Elysze Held
Tatsiana Ansin & Julia Betancourt
Ruben & Isabel Toledo
Kristi Jernigan
Lourdes Lopez & Kristi Jernigan
Lourdes Lopez
Michael Tiknis
Charles & Debbie Adelman, & Michael Tiknis
Isabel Toledo, Elysze Held, Toby Lerner Ansin, & Ruben Toledo
Rene Llorens, Ruben & Isabel Toledo, & Migna Sanchez Llorens
Mary Spencer, Isabel & Ruben Toledo, Virginia Jacko, & Julie Jacko
Mary Spencer, Robert & Julie Jacko
Dean Jernigan, Judy Werner, & Robert Breier
Charles Hanna, Jack & Deanna Christian, & Percy Pyne
Debbie & Dennis Campbell
James Ansin & Peace Sullivan
Nutcracker Cast Celebration
Trish & Dan Bell
Kristi Jernigan & Trish Bell
Dan Nir & Kristi Jernigan
Jon & Nancy Batchelor, & Jeff Davis
Paul & Brenda Lane, Laurence Herbert, & Valentina Kraver
Percy Pyne, Brenda & Paul Lane
Alaina Andersen, Emilien Rivoire, & Raechel Sparreo
Ellen Grocki, Charles Adelman, & Alaina Andersen
Alaina Andersen, Julia Cinquemani, Harrison Monaco, & Leanna Rinaldi
Amir Yogev & Harrison Monaco
Jordan-Elizabeth Long & Lexie Overholt
Lynn Herald & Bill Goodyear
Lourdes Lopez
Victoria Rogers, Michael Tiknis, & Terese Coudreaut
Charles Adelman, Emily Bromberg, & Roberto Gayo
Heather Lovett & Michael Lynch
Migna Sanchez-Llorens & Mia Gonzalez-Llorens
Steven Sierra & Maggie Soltyk
Michael Tiknis & Helene Davis
Chad Peterson & Helene Davis
Rachel Powell, Yanis Eric Pikieris, & Ella Titus
Samantha Galler, Julia Cinquemani, Shimon Ito, Debbi Adelman, & Nicole Stalker
Roberto Gayo, Emily Bromberg, Shimon Ito, Julia Cinquemani, Lexie Overholt, Amir Yogev, & Harrison Monaco
