Encores on Opening Night at San Francisco Ballet

SF Ballet Gala, Encore, Red Carpet Bay Area
Navid Armstrong, France Szeto, Patricia Ferrin Loucks, Marybeth Lamotte, Carolyn Chandler, Barbara Brown and guest
ENCORE! board members Maggie Winterfeldt Clark, Elizabeth Sgarrella, Emily Hu, Jane Burkhard, Susan Lin, Julie Hall, Lena Gikkas, Vanessa Jn-Baptiste (in a gown by Vasily Vein)
Guests crossed Van Ness Avenue to get to and from the performance at War Memorial Opera House and the parties at City Hall
SF Ballet dancer Dores Andre (in La Perla) with Phoebe Mireles
Navid Armstrong, France Szeto, Patricia Ferrin Loucks, Marybeth Lamotte, Carolyn Chandler, Barbara Brown and guest

Encores on A Provocative Opening Night at San Francisco Ballet included a performance encore, an ENCORE! Gala and a Provocative After Party. ENCORE! Gala chair Sunil Sharma and vice chair Elizabeth Sgrarrella welcomed 376 supporters — a sell-out — to City Hall for the ENCORE! pre-performance reception. Post-performance, more than 2,500 revelers gathered at City Hall for dancing to DJ Chris Clouse, Silent Storm, and Super Diamond.

Scenes from the ENCORE! Gala and Provocative After Party on January 21, 2016:

Fashion designer Vasiy Vein with Rada Katz in a gown by Vasily Vein
Adrian Aoun, Tasha Potasinski
Skye Grace, Sunil Sharma
Shawna McDonald, Susan Warren, Greer Goings
Tanya Morad, Shannyn Bessoni
Osha Atogwe, Christie Samson
Shannon Clark, Jacquelin Yem
Jiri Bubenicek with SF Ballet dancer Mathilde Froustey (in La Perla and Dior)
Veronica Rivas-Tramontozzi, Jane Burkhard
Liz Tahawi, Stephanie Tomeo
Kate Jorgensen, Meredith Kendall, Hiro Iwanaga, Samantha Hartwell
SF Ballet dancer Frances Chung
Luke Ingham, Miho Nedvigin
Jessie Black, Valerie Caveney
Samantha Duvall, Darren Bechtel
Lindsay Liedson, Sachi Doctor
Karen Jenkins Johnson, Larissa Roesch
Mark Dempster, Kim Dempster

Photos by Drew Altizer Photography

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