GALA and show 5:30-9:30
GALA and show 5:30-9:30
GALA and show 5:30-9:30
Doors open at 5:30 for check in.
$300/$400/$500
Tables of ten: $3000/$4000/$5000
Hosted bar, seated dinner,
Silent Auction, Live Fund A Need Auction, the Performance!
Honorees:
Renae Williams Niles
Jamal Story
Bianca Sapetto
In photo: Damien Diaz, Kelly Vittetoe
Please present proof of vaccination AND negative covid test with ID.
Show only 7:45-9:30
GALA and show 5:30-9:30
GALA and show 5:30-9:30
Doors open at 7:45 for check in.
$35/$55 balcony seats, cash bar
$75 balcony front row booth seats, cash bar
$125 orchestra seats, hosted bar
The Performance!
Choreography by Judith FLEX Helle, Jamal Story, Bianca Sapetto, and Alexander Stabler
In photo: Banca Sapetto
Please present proof of vaccination AND negative covid test with ID for entry.
Can't attend? DONATE
GALA and show 5:30-9:30
Can't attend? DONATE
2020 was COVID LOCKDOWN CANCELLED.
Our upcoming November 21, 2021 Gala/Show is our FIRST since March 2020!
We now have shows planned in December, January, March, June, and.. November 2022!
Help us get to those shows!
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In photo: Alexander Stabler
Sunday November 21, 2021 Gal and performance! Avalon Hollywo
Honoree Renae Williams Niles
Honoree Renae Williams Niles
Honoree Renae Williams Niles
Luminario Ballet is honoring Renae Williams Niles for her lifelong work putting the dance community of Los Angeles on the map. From Lula Washington to the CA Arts Council to Dance at the Music Center to USC Kaufman School of Dance to the Los Angeles Philharmonic- Renae has nurtured, encouraged, grown Los Angeles dance to the desirable hub it is today.
We first met Renae when she attended Luminario's very first show in 2009, as a friend and colleague of our choreographer, Jamal Story. Our very first show-and although none of us knew it then, our last Los Angeles show in November 2019 prior to covid lockdown!
Honoree Jamal Story
Honoree Renae Williams Niles
Honoree Renae Williams Niles
Luminario Ballet is honoring Jamal Story for believing in us enough to launch! He choreographed our first original piece for our first show "If the Walls Could Scream"; and many others including "The Last Supper" co-choreographed with artistic director Judith FLEX Helle. Jamal is had of SAG Dance in NY; a dancer/dance captain with CHER, choreography assistant of Donald Byrd; and everyone's favorite dancer, aerialist, acrobat, pianist, author, advisor, and, all around bon vivant.
Jamal started out 25 years back dancing with Lula Washington Dance Theater with... Renae Williams Niles!
Honoree Bianca Sapetto
Honoree Renae Williams Niles
Honoree Bianca Sapetto
Luminario Ballet is honoring Bianca Sapetto- founding dancer, aerialist, and choreographer of Luminario Ballet; co-choreographer with Judith FLEX Helle of "LedZAerial", which they brought to the stage in 2003-2006. Bianca performed with Cirque du Soleil Quidam, Teatro ZinZanni San Francisco, and, tapping into her origin story as a 5 time national champion rhythmic gymnast, a choreographer/performer of great precision and wonder.
Relationships matter, and the friendship and collaboration between Judith and Bianca spans now 25 years!
What is Luminario Ballet?
Imagine that the Bolshoi Ballet married Cirque du Soleil and they had a baby here in Los Angeles!
That would be Luminario Ballet, one of the most thrilling, sexy, and athletic dance companies in the US! Luminario's unique combination of world class emotional ballet dancers combined with high flying aerial acrobats performing to pumping music from Stravinsky to Led Zeppelin always leaves our audience screaming for MORE!
