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PS122’s Spring Gala 2017

 

M.C.
Jack Ferver

Performances and Remarks by
Tyler Ashley, Justin Vivian Bond, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lance Horne,
DJ Amber Martin, Erin Markey, and Ashley R.T. Yergens.

Live Auction with
Julie Atlas Muz

 

PS122 Spring Gala Committee:
Marina Abramovic, niv Acosta, Felix Burrichter, Kristin Chenoweth, Caroline, Mary and Paul Cronson,
Bridget Donahue, Kimberly R. Drew, Suzanne Geiss, Pati Hertling, Denise Roberts Hurlin,
Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, Young Jean Lee, Ralph Lemon, Ann Magnuson, Sarah Michelson, Debbie Millman, Adam Pendleton, Sheri Pasquarella, Parker Posey, Allison Rockefeller, Stella Schnabel, and Arden Wohl.

View our Full Auction Here

   Purchase Tickets and Tables Here   

Diamond Sponsor / $25,000
• Exclusive table (8 tickets) placed on the performance stage
• Inside Cover/or Center Full page advertisement and sponsorship listing in the evening’s program
• Link and logo inclusion in all Gala Marketing Assets: e-newsletter to over 22k+, website, and other promotional and press materials as released
• Guided Tour of the new PS122 spaces with a private lunch reception at VBar St. Mark’s

Emerald Sponsor / $15,000
• Exclusive table (8 tickets) placed close to the performance stage and seated with two guest artists
• Full-page advertisement and sponsorship listing in the evening’s program
• Link and logo inclusion in all Gala Marketing Assets: e-newsletter to over 22k+, website, and other promotional and press materials as released
• Guided Tour of the new PS122 spaces

Sapphire Sponsor / $10,000
• Exclusive table (8 tickets) and seated with two guest artists
• Full-page advertisement and sponsorship listing in the evening’s program and webpage

Ruby Sponsor / $5,000
• Six (6) tickets with premium seating
• Half-page advertisement and sponsorship listing in the evening’s program and webpage

Amethyst Ticket / $1,000
• One (1) ticket with premium seating
• Listing in the evening’s program and webpage

Opal Ticket / $500
• One (1) ticket
• Listing in the evening’s webpage

*DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION IN THE PRINTED PROGRAM IS FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017*

For additional information or to make your reservation by phone, please contact Tara O’Con at 212-477-5829 ext. 316 or development@ps122.org.

alan-cumming-circle-400Alan Cumming has been described by Time Magazine as one of the most fun people in show business, by the New York Times as a ‘bawdy, countercultural sprite’ and by the Guardian as ‘European, weird, and sexually ambiguous’. He has won over thirty awards for his humanitarianism and social activism, received both the Great Scot and Icon of Scotland awards from his homeland and was made an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) for his contributions to the arts and LBGT equality by the Queen, whose portrait was taken down when his was unveiled at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2014! Alan Cumming is many things to many people – renaissance man, style icon, social activist, bon viveur – but to himself he is a story-teller and provocateur for hire. He lives in New York City and Edinburgh with his husband, illustrator Grant Shaffer, and their dogs, Jerry and Lala.

Ben-Rodriguez-400Ben Rodríguez-Cubeñas has been program director for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s New York City grantmaking and the Culpepper Arts and Culture program for more than 20 years. He started his career in philanthropy at William Randolph Hearst Foundation. He has worked in the areas of education organizing and policy, immigration affairs, community development, international development, sustainable development, urban planning, and arts and culture. Throughout his long and distinguished career in philanthropy he has been a champion of artists and the arts, and an advocate for equity and justice for Latinos. He continues to play an important leadership role in the New York City’s civic and cultural life as vice chair of the Department of Cultural Affairs’ Cultural Advisory Board and chair of the Citizens Advisory Board for the Cultural Plan for New York City. In addition, he serves as vice chair of the board of Casita Maria in the Bronx, New York, chair of Ballet Hispanico’s Leadership Council, the advisory board of New York Foundation for the Arts Leadership Council, and is a Founding Member of the 2015 Lincoln Center Global Exchange.

okwui-diamond-horseshoe-circle-400The Diamond Horseshoe, one of New York’s most celebrated historic venues, is located at 235 West 46th Street at the Paramount Hotel in New York City. First opened in 1938 by theatrical showman and impresario Billy Rose, the Diamond Horseshoe was known for its lavish dinner theaters, vaudeville-style reviews, and chorus of showgirls known as “Billy Rose’s long-stemmed beauties.” In 2013, the landmark space was restored under the ownership of real-estate investor and patron-of-the-arts Aby Rosen, in partnership with John Meadow’s LDV Hospitality. The 3-story, 5,000 sq. ft. venue is layered in design with avant-garde accents and old world splendor, hosting exclusive private gatherings, live performances and unique nightlife experiences. On the 75th anniversary of the club’s original opening, the Diamond Horseshoe returned to New York City’s entertainment scene in with an extraordinary affair and still continues to be one of the most celebrated and sought-after event spaces. diamondhorseshoe.com


PS122’s Spring Gala 2017 is produced by Josh Wood Productions.

Thank you to our Spring Gala 2017 Event Sponsors!

 

Spring Gala 2016

 

With Appearances and Remarks by
David Byrne, Elizabeth Dement, Jonathan Demme, Elephant Room Magic Society, DJ Chris Giarmo,
Cynthia Hopkins, Jonathan E. Jacobs aka The Vintage DJ, Aaron Mattocks, Joseph V. Melillo, Steven Reker, Kaneza Schaal

 

       SILENT AUCTION NOW LIVE!       

 


Event videography by Mehmet Salih Yildirim.

Click names to view bios and photos.
 

Annie-B Parson (Choreographer and Co-Director) co-founded Big Dance Theater in 1991. She has choreographed and co-created over 20 works for the company, ranging from pure dance pieces, to adaptations of found text, plays, and literature, to original works combining wildly disparate materials. Her work with Big Dance has been commissioned by Les Subsistances in Lyon, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The National Theater of Paris/Chaillot, The Japan Society, The Walker Art Center, and many others, and has performed in scores of venues, most recently at Tanz Im August in Berlin.
 
Outside of Big Dance, Ms. Parson has created choreography for operas, pop stars, television, movies, theater, ballet and symphonies. She choreographed for David Byrne’s musical HERE LIES LOVE at both the Public Theater and The National Theater in London; David Byrne’s 2012 world tour with St. Vincent and a marching band; and for Byrne’s 2008 Brian Eno world tour. She also created the choreography for St. Vincent’s 2014 world tour, as well as her show with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Jimmy Fallon. Parson currently has a work in rep at The Martha Graham Dance Company and for Wendy Whelan commissioned by the Royal Ballet. Her dances are featured in the film Ride, Roar, Rise about David Byrne, among others. Her work for theater, opera and film includes the recent Meryl Streep/Jonathan Demme movie Ricki and the Flash, for Nico Muhly’s opera Dark Sisters, and such plays as Lucas Hnath’s Walt Disney at Soho Rep, Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, Futurity at ART, as well as the string quartet ETHEL. She recently choreographed David Bowie/Ivo Van Hove’s new work Lazarus at New York Theatre Workshop.
 
Her awards include the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award (2014), an Olivier Award nomination in choreography (2015), Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award (2014), USA Artists Grant in theater (2012), Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography (2007), two BESSIE awards (2010, 2002), and three NYFA Choreography Fellowships (2013, 2006 and 2000). BDT received an OBIE (2000) and the first Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award (2007). Parson has been nominated for the CalArts/Alpert Award seven times and has received three Lucille Lortel nominations (2014, 2012, 2011). She was a YCC choreographer at The American Dance Festival.
 
Since 1993 Parson has been an instructor of choreography at New York University’s Experimental Theater Wing. She was featured in BOMB magazine, and has written articles for Ballet Review, Movement Research Journal, and drawing for The Brooklyn Rail, as well as a piece for Dance USA on the state of dance/theater in the U.S. and given a talk on the use of Poetic Forms in adapting text at the Poetry Center. As an artist curator, she has curated shows including: Merce Cunningham’s memorial We Give Ourselves Away at Every Moment, Dancer Crush at NYLA and Sourcing Stravinsky at DTW. Parson tours a lecture on abstraction called The Virtuosity of Structure to universities and for audience development.
 
Paul Lazar (Co-Artistic Director of Big Dance Theater) is a founding member and co-artistic director, along with Annie-B Parson, of Big Dance Theater. He has co-directed and acted in works for Big Dance since 1991, including commissions from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Walker Art Center, Dance Theater Workshop, Classic Stage Company and Japan Society. Outside of Big Dance, Paul directed Christina Masciotti’s Social Security at the Bushwick Starr in 2015, Elephant Room at St. Ann’s Warehouse for the company Rainpan 43 in 2012, and Young Jean Lee’s Obie Award winning, We’re Gonna Die in 2011. He directed a new version of We’re Gonna Die in 2015, featuring David Byrne, at the Meltdown Festival in London. He also directed Bodycast: An Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra starring Frances McDormand for the 2014 BAM Next Wave Festival; and Major Bang for The Foundry Theatre at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Paul is an Associate Member of The Wooster Group, acting in Brace Up!, Emperor Jones, North Atlantic and The Hairy Ape. Other stage acting credits include Tamburlaine at Theatre For A New Audience, Young Jean Lee’s Lear, The Three Sisters at Classic Stage Company, Richard Maxwell’s Cowboys and Indians at Soho Rep, Richard III at Classic Stage Company, Svejk at Theatre for a New Audience, Irene Fornes’ Mud at the Signature Theater, and Mac Wellman’s 1965 UU. He has acted in over 30 feature films, including Snowpiercer, The Host, Mickey Blue Eyes, Silence of the Lambs, Beloved, Lorenzo’s Oil and Philadelphia. His awards include two Bessies (2010, 2002), the Jacob’s Pillow Creativity Award in 2007, and the Prelude Festival’s Frankie Award in 2014, as well an Obie Award for Big Dance in 2000. Paul currently teaches at New York University. He has also taught at Yale, Rutgers, The William Esper Studio and The Michael Howard Studio.

Nicole Birmann Bloom has served in the Arts Department of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York City as Program Officer for Performing Arts from 2008 and Program Coordinator from 1999 in development of festivals including DANSE, a French-American Festival of Performances and Ideas (2014), Words on Duras (2010), Act French (2005), and France Moves (2001); special series of French play readings featuring the works of Fabrice Melquiot (2015), Olivier Cadiot (2011), Véronique Olmi (2011), and Marguerite Duras (2010), with organizations including Martin E. Segal Theatre Center with Valère Novarina (2015), The Lark Play Development Center with Marion Aubert (2014) and Koffi Kwahulé (2010, 2009, 2003), and New York Theater Workshop with Joël Pommerat (2011); U.S. tours of theatrical productions of Germinal by L’amicale de Production (2016) at the Public Theater’ s Under the Radar Festival and at Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, and productions of Ionesco and Pirandello by Théâtre de la Ville directed by Emmanuel Demarcy Mota in Ann Arbor, Berkeley, Chicago, Los Angeles, and at BAM in New York (2014, 2012), the choreography of Alain Buffard’s Baron Samedi (2014) at New York Live Arts and at On The Boards in Seattle, Washington, and circus performance including Compagnie XY’s production of Le Grand C (2013) at The New Victory Theater in NYC and at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina; U.S. premieres of Jonathan Capdevielle (2016), Gisele Vienne (2010) and Philippe Quesne (2005) presented by Performance Space 122; print publications including DANSE: A Catalogue (2015) and DANSE: An Anthology (2014) edited by Noemie Solomon, a collaboration with les presses du réel, and Dance Dialogues (between French and American choreographers) (2010); and from 2014 online publication of interviews with performing artists and curators for www.frenchculture.org.
 
Nicole has managed key performing arts grant programs supporting residencies and productions in France and the United States for FACE Foundation (French American Cultural Exchange) including The French/U.S. Exchange in Dance (FUSED) in partnership with New England Foundation for the Arts from 2004, and The French American Fund for Contemporary Theater from 1999. Both programs – generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Florence Gould Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and French public funds from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and Institut français – are instrumental in building audiences and in contributing to the growth of sustainable networks of partnerships to enable innovative collaboration and prolific cultural exchange.
 
Early studies in modern dance in Paris and NYC at Merce Cunningham Studio, led to Nicole teaching movement and dance in Toulouse and Paris. She prized working with children. Later Nicole worked internationally with the Singapore Economic Development Board, and France Telecom’s Satellite Division before returning to NYC to join French Cultural Services in 1995 as executive assistant to the Secretary General, where she was absorbed by the excitement of the dance, theater, music, and poetry of international culture.
 
In 2010 Nicole was decorated with the insignia of Chevalier in the order of Arts and Letters presented by the French Government in a ceremony at 972 Fifth Avenue. In 2002 Nicole received the Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts (Set Designs and Costumes, Ceramics and Art du Feu) from the NYU School of Professional and Continuing Education.

 

       TICKETS       

 

Diamond $25,000
• 12 tickets to the Gala
• Step and Repeat Logo placement
• Recognition at the committee level in the new building
• Exclusive invitation to the donor recognition event for the opening of our building
• Prominent listing, Logo/Link on website event page and 2015-2016 Season Sponsor Listing
• Link and Logo inclusion in benefit section of weekly e-newsletter, 21,000+ recipients
• Inclusion in all Gala promotional and press materials as released
• Marketing presence and additional sampling opportunities at the event
• Inside Cover or Center Full page advertisement and sponsorship listing in program
• 12 complimentary tickets to the 2016-2017 Season and unlimited discount code

 

Platinum $15,000
• 12 tickets to the Gala
• Step and Repeat Logo placement
• Prominent listing, Logo/Link on website event page
• Link and Logo inclusion in benefit section of weekly e-newsletter, 21,000+ recipients
• Inclusion in all promotional and press materials as released
• Marketing presence and additional sampling opportunities at the event
• Full-page advertisement and sponsorship listing in program
• 10 complimentary tickets to the 2016-2017 season

 

Gold $10,000
• 10 tickets to the Gala
• 5 complimentary tickets to our 2016-2017 Season
• Full-page advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala program, a contribution listing in Gala invitation, program and on PS122 website

 

Silver $5,000
• 6 tickets to the Gala
• 2 complimentary tickets to our 2016-2017 Season
• Half-page advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala program, a contribution listing in Gala invitation, program and on PS122 website

 

Bronze $3,000
• 4 tickets to the Gala
• Business card size advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala program and a contribution listing in Gala invitation, program and on PS122 website

 

VIP Single Ticket $1,000
• A single ticket with premium seating

 

Single Ticket $400
 
For further details on sponsorship, please click here or contact
Lori Vroegindewey at Lori@ps122.org or 212.477.5829 x302.

 

Gala Chair: Anne Delaney
 
Gala Committee: Rima Abdul-Malak, Philip Bither, Michael Bloom, Anne Carson, Sammy Chadwick, Kathleen Chopin, Alan Cumming, Cathy Edwards, Oskar Eustis and The Public Theater, Gillian Fallon and Ross Mollison, Olga Garay-English and Kerry English, Suzanne Geiss, Jesse Hernreich, Chet Kerr and Heather Thomas, Nunally Kersh, Jon Kinzel, Tommy Kriegsmann and Shanta Thake, Sheila Lewandowski, Josephine Linden, Aaron Mattocks, Joseph V. Melillo, Anita Merk, Laura Michalchyshyn, Tom Moore and Lionel Legault, Anson Mount, Russell Piccione, Brian Rogers, Stephanie and David Sack, Eli Scheier, Stella Schnabel, Tanya Selvaratnam, Kambiz Shekdar, Scott Shepherd, Patsy Tarr and 2wice Arts Foundation, Peter Taub, Timothée Verrecchia, and Mac Wellman

Can’t attend? Please consider a tax-deductible donation!

If you are unable to attend the Gala this year, please consider a tax-deductible donation to help us continue to provide incomparable experiences for audiences and the highest level of support for our artists.

Support PS122 today!

THANK YOU TO OUR GALA 2016 SPONSORS!
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Gala 2015 Auction Open Online

‘He who dares, wins…’

Our Gala Auction is now open online so get bidding! The live auction has a glorious collection of items ranging from beautiful artwork, VIP memberships and extravagant getaways. Better be speedy as Vallejo already has his eyes on certain items (a healthy dose of competition)…

Although spring is supposedly on its way, the weather is persistently chilly and our winter coats are still on. Nothing like a hot vacation to sunny Italy to start the bidding with 2 luxury tours and an apartment included!If that doesn’t bust out your biddings why not check out the artwork collection, with a stunning variety of work from local and international artists. We also have a range of merchandise items  and exclusive 1-2-1 or group experiences, so there really is something for everyone! Now’s your chance and seize that opportunity to become the culinary master of vegan cuisine, to have ownership of a glass whoopie cushion or to relax into a holistic healing acupuncture session.

If our marketing skills haven’t enticed you already, every item in the auction collection is tax deductible. The auction is in aid to help fund PS122’s mission in providing a sustainable platform for innovative performance artists and their work. This year the Gala is specifically celebrating the huge undergoing of our return to the East Village with our new space.

Below are just a few pics of some of the items our auction has to offer.

Happy bidding and as they say, you gotta be in it to win it…

One Month Until Gala 2015

We’re getting excited about our Spring Gala which is only 1 month from today – on April 20th. The Gala will honor
CLAIRE DANES, with the Shining Star Award presented to JIMMY VAN BRAMER and it’s hosted by our own GPS co-chair, ALAN CUMMING.
There will be appearances and remarks by Justin Vivian Bond, Alan Cumming, Faye Driscoll, Lance Horne, Meow Meow, Edgar Oliver, Mandy Patinkin and Peaches. Check out our gala page for more info.

GALA 2015

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Honoring
CLAIRE DANES
 
Shining Star Award presented to
JIMMY VAN BRAMER
New York City Council Majority Leader & Cultural Affairs Committee Chair
 
Hosted by
ALAN CUMMING

 
Monday, April 20, 6:30pm at Capitale, 130 Bowery in Manhattan
 
Appearances and Remarks by
Justin Vivian Bond, Alan Cumming, Faye Driscoll, Lance Horne, Meow Meow,
Edgar Oliver, Mandy Patinkin, Peaches

 
Menu Designed by
Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune

 
Live Auction Conducted by
Ck Swett

 
DJ sets by
AndrewAndrew and DJ Sammy Jo

 

When: Monday, April 20, 6:30pm at Capitale, 130 Bowery in Manhattan
Dress: Festive
Parking:
Parking Garages
MTP Operating Corporation, 89-93 Chrystie St 212.431.7778
Parking in Auto, 75 Kenmare at Mulberry 212.966.1186
Hester Parking Corp, 106 Mott St. btwn Canal/Hester 212.219.8940
Buzz Parking, 14-24 Kenmare btwn Bowery/Elizabeth 212.226.8567
Sponsorship Tables and Tickets

 
Purchase Gala Tickets or Tables
 
 Lead Architect $50,000
• 20 tickets to the Gala
• Step and Repeat Logo placement
• Recognition in the new building as part of the Give Performance Space Campaign
• Exclusive invitation to the donor recognition event for the opening of our Building
• Prominent listing, Logo/Link on website event page and 2015-2016 Season Sponsor Listing
• Featured content in pre-benefit newsletter and follow-up email, 21,000+ recipients
• Inclusion in all promotional and press materials as released
• Customized marketing presence and additional sampling opportunities at the event
• Inside Cover/or Center Full page advertisement and sponsorship listing in program
• A table portrait taken of your party with Gala Host Alan Cumming
• 20 complimentary tickets to the 2015-2016 Season, unlimited discount code and a post-show cocktail
reception in the new building held in your honor
 
Architects & Contractors $25,000
• 12 tickets to the Gala
• Step and Repeat Logo placement
• Recognition as part of the Give Performance Space Campaign
• Exclusive invitation to the donor recognition event for the opening of our Building
• Prominent listing, Logo/Link on website event page and 2015-2016 Season Sponsor Listing
• Link and logo inclusion in benefit section of weekly e-newsletter, 21,000+ recipients
• Inclusion in all promotional and press materials as released
• Marketing presence and additional sampling opportunities at the event
• Inside Cover/or Center Full page advertisement and sponsorship listing in program
• A table portrait taken of your party with Gala Host Alan Cumming
• 12 complimentary tickets to the 2015-2016 Season and unlimited discount code
 
Roof Deck $15,000
• 10 tickets to the Gala
• Step and Repeat Logo placement
• Prominent listing, Logo/Link on website event page
• Link and logo inclusion in benefit section of weekly e-newsletter, 21,000+ recipients
• Inclusion in all promotional and press materials as released
• Marketing presence and additional sampling opportunities at the event
• Full-page advertisement and sponsorship listing in program
• 10 complimentary tickets to the 2015-2016 season
 
Bricks & Mortar $10,000
• 10 tickets to the Gala
• 5 complimentary tickets to our 2015-2016 Season
• Full-page advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala program, a contribution listing in Gala
invitation, program and on PS122 website
 
Insulation $5,000
• 8 tickets to the Gala
• 2 complimentary tickets to our 2015-2016 Season
• Half-page advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala program, a contribution listing in Gala
invitation, program and on PS122 website
 
Bedrock $2,500
• 4 tickets to the Gala
• Business card size advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala program and a contribution
listing in Gala invitation, program and on PS122 website
 
Single Ticket $400
 
Click Here for Sponsorship and Event Details
• or contact: Lori Vroegindewey at Lori@ps122.org or 212.477.5829 x302

 

Can’t attend? Please consider a tax-deductible donation!
 
Beginning with the Gala and continuing through 2016, PS122 will be making our way back into our newly-renovated building. Every step we take matters. If you are unable to attend the Gala this year, please consider a tax-deductible donation to help us along our journey.
 
Support PS122 and the GPS campaign
 

Event Sponsors:
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In-Kind Sponsors:

 
  2015 Spring Gala Committee: Marie Abma and Dike Blair, Louise Allen, Philip Bither, Justin Vivian Bond, Winsome Brown and Claude Arpels, Sammy Chadwick, Alan Cumming, Gaby Darbyshire, Gillian Fallon and Ross Mollison, Olga Garay-English and Kerry English, Suzanne Geiss, Alison Gingeras and Piotr Uklanski, Eileen Guggenheim, Agnes Gund, Melinda Hackett, Dena Hammerstein, Simon Hammerstein, Jesse Hernreich, James Kaliardos, Thomas O. Kriegsmann and Shanta Thake, Matthew Kwatinetz, Sheila Lewandowski, Jennifer Lim and Gary Wilmes, Josephine Linden, Kathryn Lynch, Sean and Rachelle MacPherson, Ivan Martinez, Hilary McMahon, Tom Moore, Adam Whitney Nichols, Sherwin Parikh MD, Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, Russell Piccione, Michael Rich, Narciso Rodriguez, Brian Rogers, Tamar Rogoff, Daryl Roth, Eli Scheier, Stella Schnabel, Kambiz Shekdar, Heather Thomas and Charles Kerr, Timothée Verrecchia, Arden Wohl, and Lucien Zayan
 

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