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Black Tie International:
Career
Transition for Dancers 25th Silver Anniversary
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Career Transition
For Dancers 25th
A Stellar Sold-Out
Success
Angela Lansbury
Hosts Star Studded
Tribute
Photos by Rob Rich ©
2010
robwayne1@aol.com
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Angela Lansbury
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Michele Herbert,
Allen Brill, Anka Palitz
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Bonnie Comley
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Michele Herbert,
Helen Alexopoulos Warrick, Ann Van Ness, Anka Palitz
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Michele Herbert, Lawrence Herbert
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Patricia
Kennedy
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Tommy Tune
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Louise
Kornfeld, Marvin Hamlisch, Michele Herbert
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Irene Shen,
Patricia Kennedy, Ann Van Ness,Janice Becker, Anka
Palitz, Michele Herbert, Helene Alexopoulos Warrick,
Michele Riggi, Susan Fawcett Sosin
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On Monday, November 8, 2010,
Career
Transition For Dancers
celebrated its 25th Silver Anniversary with a
star-studded retrospective at City Center in New
York City. The 90 minute non-stop performance
spotlighted magical moments from past Jubilees.
Presented once again by longtime sponsor ROLEX,
the event was a smashing, sold out success.
Hosted by five-time Tony Award winner
Angela
Lansbury, the evening was an
extraordinary spectacular of amazing dance and
much deserved awards and recognitions. The show
also featured such luminaries as
Bebe Neuwirth,
Ann Reinking,
Chita Rivera,
Tommy Tune, Karen Ziemba, Marge Champion,
Desmond Richardson,
Charlotte D’Amboise and
Marvin Hamlisch.
Most of the awards were presented early in the
program allowing the audience to revel in the
dynamic artistry of dancers from some of
America’s greatest dance companies:
Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre,
The Joffrey Ballet, MOMIX and
Parsons
Dance.
The Career Transition For Dancers’ Awards for
Outstanding Contributions to the World of Dance
was presented to the organization’s four
union founders: Actors’ Equity
Association, American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists, American Guild of Musical
Artists, Screen Actors Guild
– Motion Picture Players Welfare
Fund; as well as an award each to
The Barth
Family (Andy & Avery Barth and Carmen Barth)
and to CTFD President
Cynthia G.
Fischer.
Following this,
Anthony Giacoio
of The Capezio Ballet Makers Dance Foundation
presented
Trisha Brown
with the 59th annual
Capezio Dance
Award. Famed dancer and
choreographer
Edward Villella
presented The 2010
Rolex Dance
Award to
Twyla Tharp.
Breathless from the visual display, the
elegantly clad guests strolled over to the
Hilton New York for the Anniversary Supper,
dancing with the dancers and a luxury auction of
once-in-a-lifetime experiences in the Grand
Ballroom which was a sea of white calla lilies
and silver paillettes created by
Joseph
Campbell, Flowers by Brian under
the watchful eye of dinner chair
Janice Becker
who also had tableaux of live ballerinas atop
tables at the entranceway.
Longtime supporter and past CTFD honoree
Patricia
Kennedy who has been a
passionate sponsor of dance and assisting
dancers, recently took a page from CTFD’s
playbook and has created Step Up 4 Vets to help
retuning Vets to transition to civilian life. As
she has in previous, she filled her table with
Vets and their spouses.
This year she took the opportunity to present
the Peace One Earth Medallion to
Tiffany Smiley
wife of
Capt. Scott
Smiley who was blinded in a road
side attack in Iraq and is the only blind
actively serving officer in the Army. He
recently wrote the inspiring book Hope Unseen.
Then the party jumped into high gear and guests
filled the large dance floor to overflowing.
Best selling novelist
Barbara Taylor
Bradford and husband
Robert
Bradford, Nurit Kahane,
Donald
and
Barbara Tober, Stewart Lane and
Bonnie Comley,
Paola
and
Arnie Rosenschein, Edward and
Caroline Deutsch, Bruce Michael
and
Caroline Lieberman were among
the first to join the revelers and move to the
beat.
The 25th Anniversary Chairs were
Michele
Herbert, Anka K. Palitz, Nicole Sexton
and the late
Allen Brill CEO
& President of ROLEX Gala Chairs
were
Victor Elmaleh, Michele Riggi, James D.
Rigler
and
Susan Fawcett Sosin. The Dinner
Chair was
Janice Becker;
Auction Chairs were
Ann Van Ness
and
Heléne Alexopoulos Warrick; West
Coast Chair was
Roberta Silbert;
and the Journal Chair was
Craig Dix.
Vice Chairs were
Gayle Conran,
Alexander J. Dubé, Mercedes Ellington, Niko
Elmaleh, Christina Rose and
Irene
Shen.
The show was produced and directed by
Ann Marie
DeAngelo. Executive Producer was
Alexander Dube Honorary Chairs
were
Cynthia Gregory, Bebe Neuwirth, Sono Osato, Ann
Reinking, Chita Rivera, Lisa Niemi Swayze
and
Tommy Tune.
Through the efforts of the committees and
artistic team, the 25th Anniversary Silver
Jubilee raised over $1.2 million dollars
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