The Malaysian fashion designer Zang Toi based in America has now signed as The Encore sponsor of The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball which will take place in New York, scheduled on March 9th, 2009. Along with the expectation of this event, he also has provided an exclusive preview of the beautiful gown which he has designed for Event Chair and philanthropist Pamela Joyner.
The Winter Ball is The School of American Ballet has the uppermost profile in the annual benefit, and they will serve as the School’s celebration of their 75th Anniversary this year. The exciting black-tie dinner dance at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater dance will be filled by 400 of New York City’s socialites and philanthropists, which will include the event chairmen Chelsea Clinton, Stacey Bendet Eisner, Pamela Joyner, Coco Kopelman and New York City Ballet dancers Sara Mearns and Amar Ramasar.
Along with them will be Susan Dunlevy, Dr. Deepa Pakianathan, Janice & Jonathan Zakin, Fran Streets, Sandy Barrett, Alison Carlson, and Dayle Haddon, and many others as the attendees from San Francisco.
Van Cleef & Arpels has created a special Award of Excellence named after Claude Arpels to honor the 75th Anniversary of the school, and whose friendship with SAB co-founder George Balanchine was the inspiration for the ballet “Jewels” in 1967. The first award, which will become annual, will be presented to George Balanchine posthumously and will be accepted by SAB Artistic Director Peter Martins.
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