7:30pm - 4:00am
Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York — United States
Join us as we raise a glass in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Mark Morris' The Hard Nut
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016
Created and premiered in Brussels in 1991 while MMDG was in residence at Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, this holiday classic is hailed as "a raucous delight". We invite you to celebrate this milestone with us on December 14 with a performance of The Hard Nut at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, followed by a post-show party with Mark Morris and the cast at the Mark Morris Dance Center.
7:30pm
PERFORMANCE
Featuring the Mark Morris Dance Group and MMDG Music Ensemble with The Hard Nut Singers
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
9:30pm
AFTER-PARTY WITH THE CAST
James and Martha Duffy Performance Space
Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Festive Attire
HOST SPONSOR
American Express
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Suzy Kellems Dominik
Alan and Judith Fishman
Margaret Conklin and David Sabel
Jane and R.L. Stine
CONTRIBUTORS CIRCLE
Frederick and Morley Bland
Sandy Hill
Helen and John Meyer
Ellen and Arnold Offner
Sarabeth Berman and Evan Osnos
Diane Solway and David Resnicow
Jennifer Goodale and Mark Russell
YOUNG PATRONS
Shanleigh Ciena
Hanna Hazel
Nicholas Horner Ma
Sophia Schneider
Katherine Stirling
Lindsay Van Cantfort
Event Sponsor
MMDG GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES SUPPORT FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE MMDG AND:
American Express, Anonymous, Morley and Frederick Bland, Booth Ferris Foundation, Allan and Rhea Bufferd, Suzy Kellems Dominik, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, Shelby and Frederick Gans, Isaac Mizrahi & Arnold Germer, the Howard Gilman Foundation, Sandy Hill, Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, Elizabeth Liebman, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Suzanne Berman and Timothy J. McClimon, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Meyer Sound/Helen and John Meyer, New England Foundation for the Arts, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ellen and Arnold Offner, Sarabeth Berman and Evan Osnos, PARC Foundation, Poss Family Foundation, Diane Solway and David Resnicow, Margaret Conklin and David Sabel, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Iris Cohen and Mark Selinger, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Jane Stine and R.L. Stine, and The White Cedar Fund.
Additional support provided by
Arnow Family Fund, The Amphion Foundation, Inc., Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP, Billy Rose Foundation, Inc., Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, Credit-Suisse, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc., The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, JP Morgan Chase, Kinder Morgan Foundation, Leatherwood Foundation, a special grant from The Henry Luce Foundation, Materials for the Arts, McDermott, Will & Emery, Morgan Stanley, New York Life Insurance Company, Resnicow + Associates, Jerome Robbins Foundation, San Antonio Area Foundation, Schneer Foundation, SingerXenos Wealth Management, Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Tiffany & Co., and Trust for Mutual Understanding. The Mark Morris Dance Group is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, the New York City Department for the Aging, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts.