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Mar 13
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Spring Gala 2019

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Spring Gala 2019

Friday, April 12, 2019 7:00-10:00pm

Verb Ballets Center for Dance

Join event chair Deb Neale as we support Verb Ballets and dedicate our new home and studio on Friday, April 12, 2019.  The Spring Gala will be a dedication and celebration looking forward to our next steps in creating a vibrant center for dance. With the creation of the new home and studio we expanded educational programming and now offer classes for all ages through our Dance for Everyone program. We invite you to join us for a celebration to dedicate the new home and Fund-A-Need to support the company’s future.  Your support of Verb Ballets annual Spring Gala will provide vital support necessary to maintain the high level of artistic perfomances, company’s operations, educational programming our community has enjoyed for over 30 years.

Sponsorship and tickets are available now! For more information on Gala Sponsorship click here. General event inquiries can be directed to Denise Seyranian at 216-397-3757 or dseyranian@verbballets.org.

RSVP for the Spring Gala 2019

Tickets to the Spring Gala are on sale now!  For full details on sponsorship click here.

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Events of the Evening

7:00PM
Amazing grazing of sumptuous preparations by Trifles Catering

8:00PM
Performance by Verb Ballets of Ravel’s Bolero

8:15PM
Fund -A-Need Live Auction by Bob Hale

9:00PM
Mingle with Verb Ballets dancers
Specialty coffee and dessert bar

Gala Committee

Deborah L. Neale, Gala Chair
Laura Cleveland
Leslie Davidson
David M. Dusek
Mary Anne Garvey
Leslie Kaufman
Frederick Lautzenheiser
Debra Light

Verb Ballets Center for Dance

Studio located inside The Dealership
3558 Lee Rd. Shaker Heights, OH 44120

Valet Parking

Nov 03
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Save the date: Spring Gala 2019

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Save the date for the White Party on Friday, April 12, 2019 at the Verb Ballets Center for Dance to benefit Verb Ballets!

Details coming soon!

New Verb Ballets Center for Dance

3558 Lee Rd. Shaker Hts, Ohio 44120

 

Studio Entrance

Entrance to the studio is located in the garages behind The Dealership. Pull in north driveway on right hand side of the building. Ample free parking is available.

Feb 21
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Havana Nights

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Havana Nights Gala
Friday, April 20, 2018
7:00-11:00PM
The Ballroom at Park Lane

10510 Park Lane Cleveland, OH 44106

 

Nadia & Thomas Wearsch

Gala Chairs

Leslie Davidson               Leslie Kaufman

Gala Co-Chairs

Celebrate the company’s return from Cuba!
The Spring Gala features the Sammy DeLeon Orchestra,
dancing and elegant dinner in historic setting.
Plus, excerpts from Yarini: The Prince of Old Havana —
a ballet never seen outside of Cuba!

Tickets

$150 per guest or $900 Table for six
$1,200 VIP Banquette for six

Cuban Inspired Attire Encouraged

Presenting Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Sliver Sponsors

Marianne Lax & Charles Sheehe

Frederick Lautzenheiser 

Special Thanks

Buy Gala Tickets

Kindly RSVP by April 2, 2018

Tickets sold through Ticket Tailor. To pay by phone call 216-397-3757.

Sammy DeLeon Orchestra

The evening will feature the music of the Sammy DeLeon Orchestra. Sammy DeLeon is a well-recognized fixture in the Ohio Latin jazz scene whom has gained popularity for his danceable groove-oriented music in the styles of Latin jazz, salsa, and merengue. DeLeon’s performance credits include performances with El Gran Combo, Tito Rojas, and Tony Vega. DeLeon has performed in New York, Chicago, Miami, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as locally, and has opened for Tito Puente, whose praise he earned. He also fronts his own orchestra which features four vocalists, a trumpeter, saxophonist, pianist, bassist, and three percussion players.  

Driftwood Catering

Dancing the night away after a delicious dinner prepared by Driftwood Catering. Driftwood Catering redefines catering by preparing local and seasonal foods food fresh. Driftwood Catering is led by consulting chef and president Chris Hodgson. Hodgson is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu and was featured on Food Network’s: Food Network Star and 2014 FOOD AND WINE’s People’s Best New Chef for the Great Lakes Region.

The Ballroom at Park Lane

10510 Park Lane Cleveland, OH 44106

Originally built in 1923 as a luxury hotel and speakeasy for the influential and elite, The Ballroom at Park Lane has changed with the times to accentuate America’s most pivotal eras. As a concert venue in the ’60s, it hosted folk legends Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie. Today, it serves as the backdrop for Cleveland’s most talked about events. The Ballroom blends the old world and the new to create something truly timeless.

Feb 01
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Save the Date for Havana Nights!

By News, Gala

Save the date for the Spring Gala celebration in honor of the company’s return from Cuba!

Havana Nights
Friday, April 20, 2018 7:00PM
The Ballroom at Park Lane

 

Nadia & Thomas Wearsch

Gala Chairs

Leslie Davidson               Leslie Kaufman

Gala Co-Chairs

Celebrate the company’s return from Cuba!
The Spring Gala features the Sammy DeLeon Orchestra,
dancing and elegant dinner in historic setting.
Plus, excerpts from Yarini: The Prince of Old Havana —
a ballet never seen outside of Cuba!

– Invitations to follow –

Jan 05
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To Cuba Now Tour

By Cuba, Gala, News

Join Verb Ballets on a Cultural Tour to Cuba

March 15-18, 2018 To Cuba Now will led a cultural program to Cuba to understand and appreciate the history, culture and heritage of Cuba while Verb Ballets is on tour. Cuba is a melting pot of history, culture, creativity, and enduring potential; a potential that is today simply waiting to be maximized.

Once in a lifetime opportunity to experience Cuba

Verb Ballets embarks on an international tour to Cuba in March 2018 to join Laura Alonso’s ProDanza. Join Verb Ballets for the cultural immersion trip of a lifetime March 15-19, 2018. Led by To Cuba Now, the people-to-people exchange program will provide an experience far beyond the typical cars and cigars tours in Cuba.  The customized five days/four nights immersion travel program provides a unique opportunity to support Verb Ballets and to personally experience the people, arts and culture of Cuba. For more details visit To Cuba Now or call at 440-835-4040.

Day 1 : Thursday, March 15, 2018

Welcome to Cuba! Arrive in Havana and check in at Hotel Nacional (or equivalent). The group will then tour Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Cuban Art Factory: Fábrica de Arte. This center has brought together famous and unknown artists’ exhibits in multi-media; paint, photography music and playwrights under one industrial roof. Opened in 2014 in a former electricity factory turned cooking oil factory turned multi-media arts project, visit this cutting-edge art project. Enjoy a delicous dinner at La Guarida prívate restaurant.

Day 2: Friday, March 16, 2018

Morning begins with breakfast at hotel. The afternoon the group will tour COLIBRI Record Company & Abdala Music Studio. We will discuss the central role of music in Cuban national life, Cuban musical genres, the work of emerging musicians, and more. Enjouu Maqueta de La Habana Vieja, a 1:500 scale model of Old Havana. Guided walking tour of Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Enjoy lunch at Paladar Cuba 54, a private restaurant before heaidng out to tour the Vedado neighborhood. Dinner at El Zaguán private restaurant before attending a performance of the Verb Ballets alongside Grupo PRODANZA, at Havana’s Iconic Grand Theatre.

Day 3: Saturday, March 17, 2018

Breakfast at hotel before exploring the Revolutionary Museum. Originally designed and built for the Cuban government as the Presidential Palace. The 1957 attack on the Presidential Palace is one in a series that resulted in the “triumph of the revolution.” Today the Presidential Palace is a museum dedicated to the Cuban Revolution. The National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana – The Museum consists of two impressive buildings. The first houses a collection of Cuban art, the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The artwork is a visual history of Cuban culture and politics spanning from the seventeenth century until today. The second building, Palacio del Centro Asturiano, houses international collections. Feast on a delicious lunch hosted by José Fuster, one of Cuba’s most important ceramists and painters at his whimsical studio in Jaimanitas, just outside of Havana. Afternoon explore Muraleando, an art center in Havana founded by Manuel Diaz Baldrich. The goal of this center is to transform the lives of underprivileged children through music, dance and visual arts. Then feast on dinner at Cha-Cha- Cha a private restaurant.

Day 4: Sunday, March 18, 2018

Start with breakfast at hotel before heading out to visit Ernest Hemingway House – Finca La Vigia and Cojimar: Visit the home and estate of Ernest Hemingway, Finca La Vigia located in the town of San Francisco de Paula. It was here that Hemingway wrote some of his most famous works between 1940 and 1960. Visit the town of Cojimar, where Ernest Hemingway docked his boat, El Pilar. Explore the small ocean side community. Experience Cooking and Mojito Class at El Ajiaco, a private restaurant for lunch. Spend the afternoon at Arts and Culture – Almacenes de San Jose Market on the Port of Havana. Visit this famous open-air craft market. You will have the opportunity to browse the works and meet with local artists and vendors to bring home a touch of Cuba. Enjoy a farewell dinner at Mediterraneo Havana. Visit la Zorra y el Cuervo (The Fox and the Crow) where top jazz players perform on a nightly basis. For sure it’s the place to hear Cuba’s best jazz musicians.

Day 5 Monday, March 19, 2018

Breakfast and check out at the hotel. Depart to Airport and return to Cleveland.

Day 5 All Inclusive Cultural Tour to Cuba

Departing from and return to Cleveland. Price of the Program: $4,100.00 USD per person for single occupancy hotel room  or $3,740.00 USD per person for double occupancy hotel room.  Includes airfare, travel visa, hotel, ground transportation, meals, programming venues, translation/interpretive services, tour guides, and preplanned activity costs.

To Cuba Now was founded by a team of professionals dedicated to demonstrating the potential of modern day Cuba and to encourage the exchange of ideas, knowledge and information between individuals, organizations and institutions in the U.S. and Cuba.

Our team’s decades of experience in foreign trade, legal counseling, corporate management and work with entrepreneurs, along with the long awaited change in U.S.-Cuba relations, implemented in January 2015, inspired us to act.

We have attracted and mobilized a robust network of support from businesses, professional associations, non-profit organizations throughout the U.S. and our affiliates in Cuba to work on our goal of providing a world-class experience and engagement in accordance with the legal regulations of both countries.

You can reach To Cuba Now for more information about this cultural tour at 440-835-4040 or email at info@tocubanow.com.