- 2010
- 03/05/2010 - Starlight Children's Foundation 25th Annual GalaNEW
- 03/02/2010 - American Ballet Theatre’s Junior Council and Quest MagazineNEW
- 03/02/2010 - Hanley Center Foundation's 15th Annual LuncheonNEW
- 03/01/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball NEW
- 03/01/2010 - Literacy Partners 26th Annual Evening of Readings Gala Kick-off NEW
- 02/27/2010 - New York Junior League 58th Annual Winter Ball
- 02/27/2010 - 2010 GOTOs Annual Black-tie GalaNEW
- 02/27/2010 - Society Ties' Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night
- 02/25/2010 - Bailey House 22nd Annual Auction and PartyNEW
- 02/25/2010 - Hedge Funds Care 12th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children BenefitNEW
- 02/25/2010 - Toast to "Justice is Served" Dinner Benefit
- 02/25/2010 - 2010 Frick Museum Young Fellows Ball
- 02/25/2010 - Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl's Third Annual Purim BallNEW
- 02/24/2010 - Kick Off Party to Benefit The East Side House Settlement Gala Preview of the 2010 Auto Show
- 02/24/2010 - C-CAP 20th Anniversary CelebrationNEW
- 02/24/2010 - POSH Palm Beach 2010 Gala Dinner
- 02/23/2010 - ForEverglades Benefit
- 02/20/2010 - 5th Annual Childhelp Fashion Show and Luncheon
- 02/19/2010 - MacDella Cooper Foundation Fashion Week Finale Party
- 02/17/2010 - Friends of the South Florida Science Museum Toast
- 02/14/2010 - Action Against Hunger Help Heart Haiti Valentine's Day Benefit
- 02/13/2010 - 55th Annual Palm Beach Heart Ball
- 02/09/2010 - Museum of Design Patron Preview event
- 02/09/2010 - Animal Fair and Wendy Diamond’s Yappy Hour
- 02/06/2010 - Lighthouse Center for the Arts’ 46th Annual Beaux Arts Ball
- 02/06/2010 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Gem of an Evening Gala
- 02/06/2010 - Norton Museum of Art Bal des Arts 2010
- 02/05/2010 - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual Light The Night Awards Party
- 02/05/2010 - The Princes Ball Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala
- 02/04/2010 - City Chicks 4 Charity & Young Wall Street benefit Chess in Schools
- 02/03/2010 - International Women's Health Coalition 2010 Gala
- 02/02/2010 - The Associates Council Lunch at The Oak Room
- 02/02/2010 - Parsons Dance Opening Night Gala
- 01/31/2010 - KIDs Strikes Back Bowling Party at Chelsea Piers
- 01/30/2010 - 53rd Annual International Red Cross Ball
- 01/30/2010 - Epilepsy Foundation’s Taste of Love Gala 2010
- 01/29/2010 - Partnership for the Homeless’ Auction at the Gagosian Gallery
- 01/28/2010 - Hearts 4 Haiti
- 01/26/2010 - Peggy Adams Unveils Much-anticipated Grace Pavilion
- 01/26/2010 - Art Battles
- 01/25/2010 - Fashionable opening night for Red Cross Show House
- 01/25/2010 - MICHAEL KORS and GRAFF Fashion Show Honors Heart Ball
- 01/24/2010 - National Dance Institute's Benefit Performance of Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon
- 01/22/2010 - LADACIN Polar Bear Plunge
- 01/21/2010 - Help Haiti Now
- 01/21/2010 - Hospice Evening 2010 with Oscar de la Renta
- 01/21/2010 - UJA-Federation of New York's Generosity Event
- 01/20/2010 - Citymeals-on-Wheels Winter Cocktail Benefit
- 01/20/2010 - The American Antiques Show (TAAS) Benefit Preview Celebrating Texas
- 01/19/2010 - Cocktails for Vital Voices Global Partnership
- 01/14/2010 - Winter Antiques Show Preview Party
- 01/14/2010 - CCE Honors Over the Big Top Chairs at Saks Fifth Avenue
- 01/12/2010 - Zac Posen Fashion Show Featuring Cartier
- 01/12/2010 - Hope For Haiti With The Red Cross
- 01/11/2010 - Young Friends Red Cross Beach Bash
- 01/10/2010 - AICF-American-Israel Cultural Foundation 70th Anniversary Gala and Concer
- 01/07/2010 - Autism Speaks to Young Professionals
- 01/07/2010 - CHIC @ the Ames hotel
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
National Dance Institute's Benefit Performance of Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon
01/24/2010 - By New York, NY
On January 24, 2010, over 700 guests enjoyed a special encore performance of National Dance Institute’s (NDI) IMAGINE: A Celebration of John Lennon at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts Concert Hall in Manhattan.
Sgt. Pepper and 100 NDI advanced team dancers performed high-spirited choreography set to iconic Beatles’ music. NDI dancers explored the magic of Lennon’s music as they wove together vignettes of his life with original, energetic choreography.
Highlights of the performance included the excitement and hysteria surrounding the Fab Four’s appearance in America, the height of Beatlemania, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous bed-in, and original choreography set to Imagine created with movement inspired by American Sign Language. Emmy and Oscar-winning actress Cloris Leachman and NDI founder Jacques d’Amboise led a tap-dancing chorus line in an original work choreographed by d’Amboise entitled “A Cloris Line,” set to the music When I’m 64.
Special guests in attendance included Yoko Ono, Allegra Kent, Erica Hill, Chris Wragge, Harry Belafonte, David Amram, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tom Hulce and Joe Reinstein. The Leadership Committee for the benefit performance included Chair Liz Hinden, Barbara Fedida Brill, I.B. Charneau, Lauren B. Cramer, Edith Fassberg, Babe Rizzuto, Pam Smilow, Tracy Straus, Rhana Tabouchirani and Ellen Weinstein. The performance of IMAGINE was generously supported by scünci, a division of Conair® Corporation and Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation/Arnold Penner & Larry Perse.
After the performance, NDI dancers had a special backstage visit from Yoko Ono. Ono thanked the children, answered their questions and shared stories about John Lennon. The young dancers presented Ono with the wishes of hundreds of NDI children that will be delivered to the Imagine Peace Tower, an outdoor work of art conceived by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon on Viðey Island in Reykjavík, Iceland.
IMAGINE benefitted NDI and celebrated the 25th Anniversary of LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. For more than 20 years, National Dance Institute has partnered with LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, which serves as a home to NDI’s Advanced Team programs. Dancers, ages nine to 15, spend their Saturdays throughout the school year receiving free NDI dance training in LaGuardia High School’s 8th Floor studios. LaGuardia High School Concert Hall serves as the venue for NDI’s annual Event of the Year, a fully staged theatrical event that takes place in June.
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