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04/26/2012 - Grand St. Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side
04/02/2012 - 2012 Skating with the Stars Gala
04/02/2012 - Strokes of Genius to benefit Autism Spectrum Disorders
03/29/2012 - The American Classical Orchestra 2012 Spring Gala Concert & Benefit
03/24/2012 - United States launch of the Seol Won Foundation
03/21/2012 - Kick-off event for The Perlman Music Program’s May 3rd Spring Benefit
03/16/2012 - Asia WeekNY kick-off reception at the Morgan Museum & Library
03/10/2012 - Toby and Itzhak Perlman and The Perlman Music Program hosted by Jim and Kristy Clark in Palm Beach
03/08/2012 - National Committee on American Foreign Policy Hosts the 2012 Gala Awards Dinner
03/06/2012 - 2nd Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast
03/05/2012 - School of American Ballet's Winter Ball 2012
03/03/2012 - AMIT NewGen Wine Tasting
03/01/2012 - American Cancer Society Honors Grace Hightower De Niro, Diane Reidy-Lagunes MD, Emily Sonnenblick MD
03/01/2012 - New York School of Interior Design Kick-off Reception
02/25/2012 - GiGi’s PLAYHOUSE NYC, Down Syndrome Awareness Centers, opened its doors for the first time
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02/07/2012 - 2012 Annual High School Counselor’s Breakfast
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02/03/2012 - American Cancer Society’s 54th Annual Black and White Gala
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01/26/2012 - 2012 Plates for Pediatrics Benefit
01/24/2012 - New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Gala
01/20/2012 - 2012 Wishmaker's Ball
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01/19/2012 - UJA-Federation of New York Generosity Signature Event
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Kickoff Reception for 30th Fred & Adele Astaire Awards 2012
11/12/2011 - By Photos by John Wegorzewski

Kickoff Reception for 30th Fred & Adele Astaire Awards 2012
Photos by John Wegorzewski

It has been almost three decades since the Astaire Awards came into being to recognize the enormous talents behind those high kicks and grand jetes.

To get the big Anniversary rolling, Fred & Adele Astaire Awards producer Patricia Watt, The Douglas Watt Family Fund for the Performing Arts, & art consultant Julie Keyes hosted a kickoff cocktail reception at the theater district’s Remi Restaurant for the committees and sponsors of the 30th Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Gala next spring.

Astaire Awards Associate Producer Carolyn Kendall Buchter and Alix Michel, who are the Co-Chairs of the 30th Anniversary Awards Gala were also on hand to welcome guests that included such theater world glitterati as 5 time Astaire Award winner Susan Stroman, producers Emanuel Azenberg, Wendy Federman and Dan Whitten, SDC Executive Director Laura Penn, Lee Roy Reams, Bruce Michael, NYC Dance Alliance Executive Director Joe Lanteri, J. Elaine Marcos (Priscilla: Queen of the Desert), Kearann Giovanni (Hugh Jackman Back to Broadway), Meggie Cansler (Wicked), Rob Ashford (How to Succeed…), actresses Sondra Lee, Sarah Bierstock, Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster & Jacquelin Murphy. Also lending their support for the 30th annual Awards were Sara Johnson, Wendy Diamond, Kirk Pacheco, Tia Walker, Suzy & Lincoln Boehm, Lynn Surry, filmmaker Albert Maysles, Andrew Wargo, Caroline Lieberman, Pamela Morgan, Regina Kravitz, Barry Minsky, Joel Breiter

Held in the restaurant’s soaring Rialto Room, a highlight of the evening was the exhibition of vintage Broadway musical posters created by acclaimed illustrator Hilary Knight of “Eloise” fame. Addressing the attentive crowd, Ms. Watt spoke movingly about the very successful Dance Therapy Program in NYC Public Schools, the beneficiary of the annual awards. Laura Penn, Susan Stroman and Emanuel Azenberg all made impassioned pleas for the support of dancers and cited the Astaire Awards for their longtime recognition of the important role of dancers and choreographers on stage and in film over the last three decades.

Now in its 30th year, The Fred & Adele Astaire Awards continue to be the only awards to recognize excellence in dance and choreography on stage and in film. The awards were founded in 1982 by the esteemed critic Douglas Watt and Mr. Astaire himself.


The 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards nominees will be announced in late winter with the awards gala slated for Spring 2012. For more information, please visit www.TheAstaireAwards.org


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