It was an exciting evening for Ballet lovers on Thursday, as Tribeca Festival hosted the world premiere of “Flower,” a captivating short film produced by renowned ballerina Misty Copeland’s production company, Life In Motion Productions.
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Misty Copeland kicked off the launch of her Under Armour collection earlier this week at Cadillac House.
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Guests including Misty Copeland in Prabal Gurung, Bridget Moynahan in Maiyet, Molly Ringwald in Marina B jewelry, Jennifer Tilly, Cynthia Erivo, Star Jones as well as Nigel and Cristen Barker joined the American Ballet Theatre last night to celebrate its spring gala, which raised more than $1.7 million for the organization.
Additional notable attendees at the 700 person event included Amy Fine Collins, Amy Astley, Anh Duong, Arianna Rockefeller, Bettina Zilkha, Diane von Furstenberg, Eric Rutherford, Fe Fendi, Gillian Miniter, Hamish Bowles, Jamee Gregory, Joanne de Guardiola, Joey Maalouf, Natalie Kaplan, Prabal Gurung, Serena Boardman, Sutton Stracke, as well as Lainy Hedaya of Haute In Habit and Pari Ehsan of Pari Dust.
Guests were treated to a special performance at the Metropolitan Opera House featuring Ms. Copeland in Firebird, the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s newest piece, and the return of ballet legend, Alessandra Ferri to the Metropolitan Opera House stage. Following the ballet, guests walked along the plaza to the David H. Koch Theater where they enjoyed a multi-course dinner and dancing to music by DJ Coleman.
Phillip Lim presented his Fall/Winter 2016 women’s ready to wear collection from his 3.1 Phillip Lim line Monday, Feb 15th at Skylight Clarkson North.
The title reads A Ballerina’s Tale, but the story is much more than just Misty Copeland’s journey to become the first black, female principle dancer at American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
The Knockturnal was on the scene for a special screening of Misty Copeland documentary ‘A Ballerina’s Tale’ at the 92Y. Gayle King moderated an insightful conversation after the screening with Misty and director Nelson George.