Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim

by BWW News Desk Nov. 4, 2016

The Works & Process Rotunda Projects Initiative Gala at the Guggenheim Museum raised more than $450,000 in commissioning funds for the Works & Process Rotunda Projects program. The announced initiative will expand the Guggenheim's Works & Process program's commissioned performances into the museum's iconic rotunda. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

A new residency program, Works & Process Rotunda Projects will invite performing artists to create works for this unique space. Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi, the gala kicked off with a performance by Michelle Dorrance and Daniil Simkin in the Peter B. Lewis Theater, followed by dinner in the Rotunda. The event included a special demonstration in the rotunda of interactive projections planned for the upcoming Simkin project.

The first set of projects will feature MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance scheduled on February 16, 2017 and American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Daniil Simkin scheduled onSeptember 5, 2017.

The 200 guests and supporters included Chairman Isaac Mizrahi; Co- Chairs: Caroline & Paul Cronson; Caroline Sharp andfamily; Mary Sharp Cronson; Stuart H. Coleman & Meryl Rosofsky; Adam & Olivia Flatto; Cynthia Hazen Polsky & Leon Polsky; Michèle & Steve Pesner; Annalyn Swan & Mark Stevens; Lucy & Philip Dobrin; Gala Committee: Richard Armstrong, Claude Arpels & Winsome Brown, Anne H. Bass, Tony Bechara, Janna Bullock, Valentino Carlotti, Karen & GorDon Dugan, Maire & Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth, Anne-Marie & Peter Embiricos, Fe & Alessandro Fendi,Brian & JoAnna Fisher, Adaline Frelinghuysen, Nancy Garvey, Agnes Gund, Bill & Phyllis Mack, Joyce F. Menschel, Virginia & Timothy Millhiser, Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock, Heather Randall, Stephen Kroll Reidy, Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, Denise & Andrew Saul, Sarah & Howard Solomon, Annaliese Soros, Elizabeth Stribling & Guy Robinson, Elodie & Richard Taittinger, Kara Unterberg, Angela Westwater & David Meitus, Shelby White, and Peter Wolff;

Artists who attended included Gonzalo Garcia, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Tom Gold, John Heginbotham, Lindsey Jones, Larry Keigwin, Julian Lethbridge, Ryan McNamara, Jodi Melnick, Gillian Murphy, Ethan Stiefel, Caleb Teicher, Rachel Valdés Camejo and John Zorn.

Works & Process at the Guggenheim champions new works and offers audiences unprecedented access to leading creators and performers. In its 32-year history of more than 400 productions, Works & Process has enabled New Yorkers to see, hear, and meet the most acclaimed artists in the world, in an intimate setting unlike any other.

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Guest of John Zorn, Caroline Cronson, John Zorn

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Mary Sharp Cronson, John Zorn

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Kathleen Murtha, Mary Sharp Cronson, Annalyn Swan

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Charles and Deborah Adelman

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Hal Witt, Michele and Steven Pesner

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Erin Bainao, Gonzalo Garcia

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Kara Unterberg, Gabriella Niederhoffer

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Ethan Stiefel and Gillian Murphy

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Daniel Henderson, Lucy and Phillip Dobrin

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Macy Sullivan, Caleb Teicher, Ramona Kelley

Photo Flash: Works & Process Rotunda Projects Gala Chaired by Isaac Mizrahi Raises Over $450K at The Guggenheim
Agnes, Gund, Nat Trotman, Jodi Melnick