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National YoungArts Foundation 35th Anniversary Gala
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MIAMI, FL -
JANUARY 09: (L-R) Arison Award Winner Tony Yazbeck,
YoungArts Board Member Sarah Arison, Arison Award Winners
Robert Wilson and Rosie Perez attend the YoungArts Backyard
Ball on January 9, 2016 in Miami, Florida.
(Photo
by John Parra/Getty Images for YoungArts)
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ROSIE PEREZ, ROBERT WILSON
AND TONY YAZBECK
HONORED BY NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION
35th Anniversary Backyard
Ball Raised
more than $1.6M to Support
America's Most Talented Young Artists
Inaugurated the MaxMara Visionary Award
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On Saturday, January
9, 2016 the National
YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) kicked
off its 35th anniversary
with the organization's annual Backyard
Ball performance
and gala. Themed 'Celebrating 35 Years Through the Lens of
the Future,' the evening honored director and actress Rosie
Perez and
director Robert
Wilson with
Arison Awardsand
performer, Tony Award-nominee, YoungArts Master Teacher and
1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater Tony
Yazbeck with
the Arison Alumni Award.
Raising more than $1.6M to directly support the
organization's contributions to the artistic development of
the most promising young artists around the nation, the
festivities marked the culmination of the organization's
signature program National YoungArts
Week. Guests at the Backyard
Ball applauded
all of the 2016 YoungArts Winners approximately 170 of which
were invited to YoungArts Week in Miami out of over 12,000
applications, the largest number to date.
The Backyard
Ball was
presented by Italian luxury brand Max
Mara and
hosted by co-chairs Tracey and Bruce
Berkowitz and Margarita and Armando Codina, as
well as 35th Anniversary
Committee Chairperson Sarah
Arison. The
celebratory evening welcomed more than 700 guests, including
prominent artists and alumni, community leaders,
philanthropists and celebrities: Max Mara US Director of
Retail Maria
Giulia Maramotti; L.A. Music Center?s newly appointed
president Rachel
Moore (1982
Winner in Dance); Pritzker
Prize winning architect Zaha
Hadid; Alex
Blavatnik; Monica
Kalpakian; Marvin Ross Friedman & Adrienne bon Haes; Michael
Margulies; Daniel Novela; Tony Cho; Sylvia Cubina; Adriana
Cisneros & Nick Griffin; Susanne Birbragher; George
Lindemann; Franklin Sirmans; Kristy Edmunds; Robert Lynch;
Alex Gartenfeld; Michael Kaiser and
more. Maria Guilia Maramotti was dressed in Max Mara as
were co-chair Tracey
Berkowitz, Lydia Pinnell, Stacey Galbut, Erin Newberg,
Angela Birdman and Diane
Lieberman. |
The evening was
emceed by the vivacious Billy
Porter (1987
Winner in Theater), who also debuted a song from his album
with 36 YoungArts Winners. The elegant black-tie reception
and seated dinner by STARR
Catering Group was
conceived with an intimate backyard garden theme. Throughout
the night, performance vignettes directed by Yazbeck
featured YoungArts alumni, including Desmond
Richardson (1986
Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), Dave
Eggar (1987
Winner in Music and U.S. Presidential Scholar
in the Arts), India
Carney (2011
Winner in Theater, Voice and U.S. Presidential Scholar in
the Arts), Andrew
Nemr (1997
Winner in Dance), Jake
Goldbas (2007
Winner in Jazz), Pascal
Le Boeuf (2004
Winner in Jazz and Music), Riley
O?Flynn (2014
Winner in Dance), Anne
Malin Ringwalt (2013
Winner in Writing), and Anais
Perez (2015
Winner in Visual Arts).
Performance highlights included India Carney singing a
medley of ?Somewhere Over the Rainbow? and ?Roar;? a tap and
cello duet between Andrew Nemr and Dave Eggar that
celebrated their mentors and received a standing ovation; a
duet about the battle between technology and personal
interaction with Riley O'Flynn and Desmond Richardson; and
all of the 2016 YoungArts Finalists singing 'I Celebrate'
with the full cast. The evening concluded with the Backyard
Bash, where guests enjoyed dessert and danced under the
stars to music by DJ
Cassidy.
In addition to presenting the Backyard
Ball for the
second consecutive year, Max Mara inaugurated the Max
Mara Young Visionary Award
an accolade reserved for an exceptional YoungArts
Week finalist at the highest financial reward level of
$10,000. Presented every year for the next three years, the
award aims to further encourage young artists to pursue
their dreams. The inaugural recipient will be announced
at a later date.
Additional support for the Backyard
Ball was
provided by EventStar Structures, Bacardi, Braman Motors.
Miami Herald, MIAMI Magazine, and Seabourn.
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About the National YoungArts Foundation
The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) was
established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and
support the next generation of artists in the visual,
literary, design and performing arts; assist them at
critical junctures in their educational and professional
development; and raise appreciation for the arts in American
society. In recent years, there have been approximately
11,000 applications to YoungArts; in 2015, the organization
received a record breaking number of more than 12,000
applications from 15-18 year old (or grades 10-12) artists,
and from these, approximately 800 Winners are selected.
YoungArts Winners work with renowned mentors, such as
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido Domingo, Frank Gehry, Jeff
Koons, Wynton Marsalis, Robert Redford, Rebecca Walker and
Bruce Weber; receive cash awards of up to $10,000; gain
access to significant scholarships; become eligible for
nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts; and
perform and exhibit their work at some of the nation's
leading cultural institutions, including the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington,
D.C.), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The Museum
of Modern Art (New York) and New World Center (Miami).
YoungArts Winners also become part of the strong YoungArts
alumni network artists, which offers them additional
opportunities throughout their careers.
YoungArts alumni who have gone on to become leading
professionals in their fields include actresses Anna Gunn,
Viola Davis, and Kerry Washington; Broadway stars Raúl
Esparza, Andrew Rannells and Billy Porter; recording artists
Josh Groban, Chris Young and Judith Hill; Metropolitan Opera
star Eric Owens; musicians Terence Blanchard, Gerald Clayton
and Jennifer Koh; leading choreographer Desmond Richardson;
visual artists Daniel Arsham and Hernan Bas; internationally
acclaimed multimedia artist Doug Aitken; television writer,
producer, and director Jenji Kohan; New
York Times bestselling
author Sam Lipsyte; and Academy Award winning filmmaker Doug Blush.
For more information, visit youngarts.org, facebook.com/YoungArtsFoundation or twitter.com/YoungArts.
To watch a brief video about YoungArts,
click here
About Max Mara
Max Mara is the premier collection within the Max Mara
Fashion Group and is the epitome of Italian luxury and
style. As a contemporary collection for the confident woman,
consisting of opulent fabrications with couture details
applied to ready-to-wear, Max Mara pieces embody femininity
and craftsmanship. Symbolic for impeccable silhouettes with
a timeless sensibility and constructed from the most
luxurious fabrics, Max Mara is revered for the
classification of the coat, sharp suiting and elegant
accessories. Founded in 1951 by the late visionary, Achille
Maramotti, Max Mara is now available in 2,368 locations in
100 countries. Max Mara Fashion Group counts 19 different
collections. The company remains privately held. |
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Miami, Florida 33137
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