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International: The Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Annual Princess Grace Awards |
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HSH
Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Photo courtesy of the Archives of the Princely Palace of Monaco.
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The Princess Grace Foundation-USA Hosts the Annual
PRINCESS GRACE AWARDS GALA
Announcing the 2009 Award Winners in Theater, Dance
and Film
Dee and Tommy Hilfiger Are Gala Chairs; Hermès Is
Presenting Sponsor
October 21, 2009 at
Cipriani 42nd Street,
New York City
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On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, the
Princess Grace
Foundation– USA
(PGF-USA)
will host the 26th annual
Princess Grace
Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd
Street in New York City and present 22 Awards to
emerging artists in theater, dance and film, as well
as the Princess
Grace Statue Award to two artists who
have previously won
Awards and have shown achievement and growth in
their respective fields. Every year, the Princess
Grace Foundation-USA proudly awards these
scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships at its
annual Gala to support its mission of providing crucial support to emerging artists
in America. Since the Foundation’s
inception, more than 650 Awards have been given to
recipients, totaling more than $7 million. The Gala
will take place in the presence of
HSH Prince Albert II
of Monaco.
Additionally, PGF-USA will present the
Prince Rainier III Award to a
celebrated person in the arts in recognition of
his or her outstanding career and contribution to the arts. PGF-USA will announce this honoree
in a later news release. Past
Prince Rainier
III Award recipients include:
Glenn Close
(2008),
George Lucas (2007),
Twyla Tharp
(2006) and
Mikhail Baryshnikov (2005).
Dee and husband Tommy Hilfiger ,
the fashion designer, will be this year’s Gala
Chairs. In 2007, released to commemorate the
25th anniversary of Princess Grace's death, Mr.
Hilfiger celebrated Her life in a book, "Grace
Kelly: A Life in Pictures" (Pavilion
Books, 2007), a series of 200 never-before-seen
public and private images of the princess.
Time
6:30 p.m. – Reception, Silent Auction; 7:30 p.m.
Awards Ceremony, Dinner, Dancing
Gala Chairs Dee and Tommy
Hilfiger
Attendees HSH
Prince Albert II of Monaco,
Hon. John F. Lehman (Board Chairman, PGF-USA)
and Barbara
Lehman, Robert O. Marx (Vice-Chairman,
PGF-USA), Dr. Jon
Turk (Trustee, PGF-USA) and
Carolyn Gussof, Lynn
Wyatt (Board of Trustees, PGF-USA),
Rachel Hovnanian,
Toby Boshak
(Executive Director, PGF-USA)
Sponsors Presenting
Sponsor:
Hermès
Crown
Sponsors: Mrs. Lily Safra, Noelle and
Dick Wolf, American Airlines
Other Notable
Sponsors: William Doyle/Newbridge
Silverware, 1-800-Flowers.
Entertainment Former
Princess Grace Awards winners will perform an
opening act of diverse dance styles in a piece
created especially for the 2009 Awards
Gala.
Post-dinner dancing to DJ Clockwork.
Attire
Black-tie
Beneficiary Princess
Grace Awards, a program of the Princess Grace
Foundation-USA
Gala Tickets Tables
may be purchased for $15,000, $25,000, $50,000 and
$100,000
Individual tickets may be purchased for $1,000
(Patron)$1,750 (Sponsor), $2,500 (Benefactor)
Ticket contact - Tamara Leuchtenburg/Event
Associates, 212-245-6570, x15,
Tamaral@eventassociatesinc.com
About the Princess Grace Foundation - USA
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is a
not-for-profit, publicly-supported foundation,
headquartered in New York City and founded more than
25 years ago by Prince Rainier III of Monaco in
honor of his wife, Princess Grace [Kelly]. The
Foundation's mission, that mirrors Princess
Grace's in Her lifetime, is to support emerging
artists in theater, dance and film through the
awarding of scholarships, apprenticeships and
fellowships. Sinc the Foundation's einception, more
than 650 Awards have been given to recipients,
totaling more than $7 million.
Notable Princess Grace Award recipients include:
Anna D. Shapiro,
winner of 2008 Tony ®
Award for Director of Broadway hit
August: Osage
County;
Stephen Hillenburg,
creator of Nickelodeon’s
SpongeBob
SquarePants;
Tony Kushner,
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright;
Gillian Murphy,
principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre;
Eric Darnell,
director of
Madagascar 1 & 2;
Greg Mottola,
director of
Superbad and
Adventureland
and Eric Simonson,
Academy Award®-winning
filmmaker.
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