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Black Tie
International:
Bright Lights
Shining Stars Gala |
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Robin Cofer, Gala Honorary Chair,
Joe Lanteri, Founder/Executive Director NYC Dance Alliance
Goundation,
and Cassandra Seidenfeld,
Gala Honorary Chair |
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Ambassador for the Arts Award Presenter,
The Legendary Liza
Minnelli on the red carpet with
her sister Lorna Luft |
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NYC Dance Alliance Ambassador for the Arts,
Mikhail Baryshnikov |
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Robert Lyster and Robin Cofer |
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Janna Bullock, Robin Cofer and Lucia Hwong Gordon |
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Jean Shafiroff, Charles Askegard and Sharon Bush |
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Bettina Bennett and Cassandra Seidenfeld |
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Kathryn Weisbeck, Jean Shafiroff, Sara Ann Johnson,
Caroline Lieberman, Bruce Michael and Joyce Brooks |
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Cassandra Seidenfeld, Joey McKneely and Robin Cofer |
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Cassandra Seidenfeld,
Evie
Evangelou, Guest,
Kathleen Boswell, and Robin Cofer |
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Susan Korwin and Dr. Robert Korwin |
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Joyce Brooks |
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Until Next Year..... |
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Bright Lights Shining Stars Gala
Photos
by: Joyce Brooks
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Wednesday, September
5, 2012 - NYC Dance Alliance Foundation’s “Bright
Lights Shining Stars” Gala took place at NYU’s
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia
Place). Dance icon Mikhail Baryshnikov was honored and
received their prestigious Ambassador for the Arts
Award which was presented to him by his longtime friend
and colleague Liza Minnelli. Last year’s Ambassador for the
Arts Award recipient, celebrated American singer,
songwriter, musician and four-time Grammy-winner Roberta
Flack, was also present.
Cassandra Seidenfeld and Robin Cofer were the
Gala Honorary Chairs.
The exciting star-studded evening of song and dance served
as a fundraiser for the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation and
included performances from the Broadway and dance
communities. The Ambassador for the Arts Award also
featured a special dance tribute to Baryshnikov and
included a donation to the Baryshnikov Arts Center as well
as scholarship recognition for deserving teenage student
dancers from across the United States.
The evening began at 6pm with a pre-show cocktail reception,
with the awards gala taking place at 7:30pm and a VIP after
party followed at 9pm.
The NYC Dance
Alliance Foundation, Inc. is an IRS approved 501(c)(3)
public charity, committed to broadening performing arts
awareness while advocating education and high standards of
excellence in dance. NYCDAF is dedicated to investing in the
next generation of professional performers by offering
scholarships for secondary and college education. For more
information, visit
www.NYCDance.com .
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV, a native of Riga, Latvia, was
born in 1948 and began studying ballet at the age of nine.
As a teenager he moved to Leningrad where he entered the
Vaganova Choreographic School, graduating from student to
principal dancer of the Kirov Ballet in 1969. In 1974, he
left the Soviet Union to dance with major ballet companies
around the world including the New York City Ballet where he
worked with George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. In 1980 he
began a 10-year tenure as Artistic Director of American
Ballet Theatre, nurturing a new generation of dancers and
choreographers. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Baryshnikov was
director and dancer with the White Oak Dance Project, which
he co-founded with choreographer Mark Morris. White Oak was
born of Baryshnikov’s desire “to be a driving force in the
production of art,” and, indeed, it expanded the repertoire
and visibility of American modern dance. In 2005, he opened
the Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), a creative home for local
and international artists to develop and present work.
Located in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, BAC
houses four studios, a studio theater, and the new 238-seat
Jerome Robbins Theater. Through its residency program, BAC
gives space and time to young and established artists to
dream and create in the Center’s studios without any
commercial pressure. BAC also presents contemporary,
innovative work by artists from the worlds of dance,
theater, music, and film at low or no cost to the public.
Under his leadership as Artistic Director, BAC programs
serve approximately 500 artists, and more than 20,000
audience members each year. Among Mr. Baryshnikov’s many
awards are the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of
Honor, the Commonwealth Award, the Chubb Fellowship, the
Jerome Robbins Award, and the 2012 Vilcek Award. In 2010 he
was given the rank of Officer of the French Legion of Honor.
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