Carolyn Chandler
Navid Armstrong and Valerie Orsoni
Kendall Teague, James Gilmer, Rachel Furst, Tegan Schwab-Alavi, Jeremy Bannon-Neches and Mia J. Chong
Jarrod Baumann and Nick Domitrovich
Chris Meza
Brenda Way
They dined, caught a world premiere, danced the night away, and raised over $360,000 at ODC‘s Dance Around Town Gala on Friday, March 8, 2019. The ODC Board of Directors welcomed some 230 supporters to the gala event and fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco. Immediately following dinner, guests headed to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater for the Worlds On Fire premiere, co-directed by Kate Weare and Brenda Way, with live music by the Crooked Jades. After the performance, everyone including dancers and choreographers made their way back to the St. Regis and danced the night away at the glamorous after party.
Scenes from the ODC Dance Around Town Gala:
Claudia Juestel, E. Eastman, Glenn DeMattia and Holly Baxter
Lisa Berman, Jeff Kazor, Emily Mann, Megan Atti and Eric Pearson
Gregory Malin, Maryam Muduroglu, Sheila Nahi and Deepa Pakianathan
Karen Southall and James Gilmer
Kenny Choi, Joel Goodrich, Carolyn Chandler, Tiffany Wang, Navid Armstrong, Mark Rhoades, Shirley Parks, David Parks, Chris Meza and Mark Calvano
Rachel Furst, Allie Papazian and Kate Weare
Tim Schroeder, Suzie Ivelich, Henry Erlich, Cecilia Fok, Mary Margaret Jones, Lynn Feintech, Sally Yu, Pamela Wright, Kimi Okada, Sean Dowdall, Becky Saeger, Brenda Way, Bart Deamer, Carolyn Hutchinson, Tim Streb, Margaret Tcheng Ware, Carma Zisman and KT Nelson
Photos by Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography
Red Carpet Bay Area Salutes the Dance Around Town Gala Committee:
Honorary Chair: Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Gala Co-Chairs: Peter Chandonnet, Gregory Malin, Timothy Schroeder
Gala Committee: Navid Armstrong, Jessica Bixby, Lynn Feintech, Laura M. Herman, Carolyn Goor Hutchinson