PROGRAM 2 | 19 - 20 NOVEMBER 2021
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TH E SAR ASOTA BA LLE T Margaret Barbieri Assistant Director
Iain Webb Director
Joseph Volpe Executive Director
Principals
Danielle Brown, Ricardo Graziano, Victoria Hulland, Ricardo Rhodes, Luke Schaufuss
Character Principal Ricki Bertoni
Soloists
Samantha Benoit, Marco Alessandro Corcella, Marijana Dominis, Yuri Marques, Richard House, Ryoko Sadoshima
Coryphée
Arcadian Broad, Asia Bui, Luis Gonzalez, Janae Korte, Lauren Ostrander, Daniel Pratt, Ivan Spitale
Corps de Ballet
Mihai Costache, Harvey Evans, Eric Figueredo, Samuel Gest, Claire Glavin, Mikayla Hutton, Dominique Jenkins, Ethan Kimbrell, Thomas Leprohon, Yuki Nonaka, Anna Pellegrino, Emelia Perkins, Taylor Sambola, Lenin Valladares, Juliano Weber, Kelly Williams, Paige Young
Apprentices
Kennedy Falyn Cassada, Evan Gorbell, Andrea Marcelletti, Olivia McAlpine, Morgan Rust, Macyn Vogt, Melanie Wells
Studio Company
Kenny Allen, Savannah Campbell, Israel Ellis, Willa Frantz, Colin Moser, Bel Pickering, Cynthia Ryan, Hailey Stinchcomb, Calen Sutherland, Terri Jean Thomson, Emmanuelle Watkins
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Teresa Masterson
DNG Assistant Program Director
Front cover Sir Peter Wright's Summertide | Photography by Frank Atura
T H E S A R A S OTA B A L L E T B OA R D O F T R U ST E E S 20 21 - 20 22 S e a s o n FOUNDER / CHAIR EMERITA J e an We i dne r G o l dste i n
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Phil Lomb ardo Pete r B. M il l e r R o s emar y Ob e r ndor f M erc edita OConnor Audre y R ob b ins J an Sirota H i ll ar y Ste e l e J e an We il l e r
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MARGARET BARBIERI
Assistant Director Welcome to the second program of The Sarasota Ballet’s 2021 – 2022 Season. As Assistant Director it is my privilege to work with our incredible dancers, our talented Artistic team, and the renowned Choreographers and Repetiteurs who stage many of the ballets we perform. The program you are about to see, Day & Night, features two exceptionally different works that highlight the breadth of not only The Sarasota Ballet’s repertoire and versatility of our dancers, but also ballet itself. Sir Peter Wright’s Summertide was originally choreographed on me, David Ashmole, and the dancers of The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet in 1976 and was a truly special moment of my career. This was repeated almost 40 years later when Iain Webb, Sir Peter, and I revived it in 2015. Watching Summertide return in full this season has brought these wonderful memories back to both myself and the dancers. For the members of the company who recently took their first ‘steps’ into Summertide, it has been remarkable to see them take to Sir Peter’s stunning choreography. I hope that when Mendelssohn’s evocative score begins to play and Dick Bird’s superb sets and costumes are unveiled on stage, you too will feel as enveloped by Summertide’s beauty as we have. Twyla Tharp is a truly remarkable choreographer, and without a doubt one of the great icons in American dance today. Combining her exquisite choreography with the music of the legendary Frank Sinatra, Nine Sinatra Songs is the perfect closing ballet to any performance. While it is always a pleasure for us to perform Ms. Tharp’s work, it has been a particularly wonderful time working with Shelley Washington who staged this ballet for us. Shelley is not only an amazing artist, but also she has a wealth of incredible knowledge. As an early member of Twyla Tharp Dance and indeed one of the dancers on whom Ms. Tharp created Nine Sinatra Songs, her deep connection to the ballet and indeed dance in America, has inspired all of us. For me personally, I have loved every minute of working with Shelley. Before the curtain opens on Day & Night, I did want to take this moment to thank you all for your support of The Sarasota Ballet. We still have a way to go before we can truly return to normal, but moments like this, where we can share in the power of live performance makes all the difference. And with no further ado, please enjoy Sir Peter Wright’s Summertide and Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs.
Program 2 – Day & Night Program Sponsors
Sydney Goldstein
Performance Sponsors
David Beliles
In Loving Memory of Ruth Beliles & for Kate
Summertide
Hillary Steele Summertide
Jan & Bill Farber Nine Sinatra Songs
Sherry & Mike Guthrie Nine Sinatra Songs
Joe & Mary Kay Henson Nine Sinatra Songs
Co-Sponsors Summertide
Shari & Steve Ashman Renee Hymson Dorothy O’Brien & Richard Antoine
Nine Sinatra Songs
Peggy & Ken Abt Kay Delaney & Murray Bring Laura Feder JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
In Loving Memory of David Lenihan
Barbara Jacob Bill & Annette Lloyd
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Program 2 | Day & Night
Sir Peter Wright's
Summertide Ballet Synopsis
Sir Peter Wright’s Summertide is an abstract expression of Mendelssohn’s glorious music from the awakening of a new day, through the languid beauty of an afternoon in the sun, to the exhilaration of a summer’s night. “Prior to the ballet’s November 2015 American Company Premiere, we had been talking to Sir Peter for quite some time about reviving his ballet Summertide, which he had choreographed in the late seventies for The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet. We all had thought that there was neither notation nor film of the ballet and, therefore, it would be very difficult to revive. However, Doug Nicholson from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, knowing of our desire to recreate Summertide, researched the archives and, to our delight, he found a film and a partial notation of the ballet. So it was with great joy and honor that Sir Peter allowed Iain and me to bring this wonderful ballet to Sarasota. “I remember the middle movement being a very beautiful adagio which he created on David Ashmole, me, Nicholas Millington, and Derek Purnell. Working with Sir Peter was always an inspiring experience and I have very fond memories of working with him on his Giselle, both when he staged it for us in The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet and also when he staged his production for Frankfurt Ballet. Similarly, I remember it was a very special time working with Sir Peter on Summertide, which was set to Mendelssohn’s mesmerizing Piano Concerto No 2. I was very excited to work with him on the ballet’s revival, and today so excited for our dancers to have the opportunity to perform this work.” “How thrilling it will be to see this lost ballet come back to life once more this Season.” - Margaret Barbieri, Assistant Director of The Sarasota Ballet
Program 2 | Day & Night
Twyla Tharp's
Nine Sinatra Songs Ballet Synopsis
Twyla Tharp describes Nine Sinatra Songs as “a long string of gorgeous, romantic duets.” To any audience who has ever seen it, Nine Sinatra Songs is sheer delight, from start to finish, full of surprises and satisfactions. Beneath the mirror-ball, seven couples, each differently characterized and gorgeously costumed in different colors, interpret a classic Sinatra recording. Ms. Tharp intentionally chose Sinatra’s mature recordings from the time “when my parents were still together, when all parents were together, the last time we assumed as a culture that of course men and women lived together and loved for a lifetime.” So the nostalgic romanticism of the swooning love songs is matched by a cynical awareness that love is not forever, that the moment must be seized, that the crooner’s cliches cannot be trusted. Each of the couples dances a variation on this theme, offering us: infatuation, what Ms. Tharp terms “a bastardized tango,” a latenight smooch, effortlessly smooth harmony, a hectic Latin pastiche, the will-theywon’t-they? of That’s Life, and so on, culminating in a reprise of My Way. Ms. Tharp came straight to Nine Sinatra Songs from intensive research into turnof-the-century ballroom exhibition dancing for the movie Ragtime, and while acknowledging a long-seated desire to evoke the (later) romantic glamour of Astaire and Rogers, she also determined to adjust the traditional partnering by empowering her female dancers into a more proactive or equal role than orthodox ballroom allows. Suffice it to say that Nine Sinatra Songs must rank among the most popular and universally welcomed of Ms. Tharp’s many successful dances.
Program 2 | Day & Night
Twyla Tharp's
Nine Sinatra Songs Shelley Washington Repetiteur
Shelley Washington studied with Twyla Tharp at Wolftrap Academy, American University, prior to being invited to join Twyla Tharp Dance Company in 1975. She had previously danced as a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Ms. Washington furthered her training at the Juilliard School. In 1977 she performed in the film “Hair” and in 1985 in “Singin’ in the Rain” on Broadway and served as Dance Captain for that Production. In 1987 she was honored with a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance. From 1988 to 1992 Ms. Washington joined the American Ballet Theater in Association with Twyla Tharp as a Soloist and Rehearsal Director. In 1993 she was the Rehearsal Director for Twyla Tharp’s “Cutting Up” tour starring Ms. Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp and Dancers City Center Season in New York City and Tharp Dances’ International Tour. Ms. Washington continues to work with Ms. Tharp as a Repetiteur, Setting, Staging and Directing Ballets for various companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater, Australian Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet British Columbia, Ballet Rambert, Ballet San Jose, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Boston Ballet Company, Colorado Ballet, Dutch National, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Sarasota Ballet and Zurich Ballet. In 2021 Shelley became a board member at The Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.
Friday Evening
Summertide Choreography by Sir Peter Wright Staged By Margaret Barbieri Music By Felix Mendelssohn Design By Dick Bird Lighting By Aaron Muhl First Performed by The Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet 12 October 1976 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet 20 November 2015
1ST MOVEMENT
Ricardo Rhodes Daniel Pratt Luke Schaufuss Samantha Benoit Arcadian Broad Marijana Dominis Yuri Marques
2ND MOVEMENT
Danielle Brown Ricardo Rhodes Juliano Weber Thomas Leprohon
3RD MOVEMENT
All Cast Plus Janae Korte Claire Glavin
INTERMISSION
PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 38-41
Friday Evening
Nine Sinatra Songs Choreography by Twyla Tharp Music By Frank Sinatra with appreciation to Sinatra Enterprise and the Frank Sinatra Foundation
Staged By Shelley Washington Original Costume Design By Oscar de la Renta Lighting Originally By Jennifer Tipton Original Set Design By Santo Loquasto Lighting Recreated By Aaron Muhl First Performed by Twyla Tharp Dance 15 October 1982 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet 13 April 2012
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU
Asia Bui
Daniel Pratt
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
Ryoko Sadoshima
Richard House
ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD)
Marijana Dominis
Ricardo Graziano
MY WAY
Asia Bui
Daniel Pratt Ryoko Sadoshima Richard House Marijana Dominis Ricardo Graziano SOMETHING STUPID
Samantha Benoit
Ricki Bertoni
ALL THE WAY
Lauren Ostrander
Ivan Spitale
FORGET DOMANI
Anna Pellegrino
Yuri Marques
THAT'S LIFE
Danielle Brown
Ricardo Rhodes
MY WAY
Asia Bui Daniel Pratt Ryoko Sadoshima Richard House Marijana Dominis Ricardo Graziano Samantha Benoit Ricki Bertoni Lauren Ostrander Ivan Spitale Anna Pellegrino Yuri Marques Danielle Brown Ricardo Rhodes "NINE SINATRA SONGS" ™ ©Twyla Tharp Performed by "Sarasota Ballet" Sets and costumes with kind permission from Carlos Acosta and The Birmingham Royal Ballet
PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 38-41
Saturday Matinee
Summertide Choreography by Sir Peter Wright Staged By Margaret Barbieri Music By Felix Mendelssohn Design By Dick Bird Lighting By Aaron Muhl First Performed by The Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet 12 October 1976 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet 20 November 2015
1ST MOVEMENT
Ricardo Graziano Marco Alessandro Corcella Eric Figueredo Asia Bui Yuki Nonaka Dominique Jenkins Evan Gorbell
2ND MOVEMENT
Ryoko Sadoshima Ricardo Graziano Mihai Costache Ivan Spitale
3RD MOVEMENT
All Cast Plus Kelly Williams Taylor Sambola
INTERMISSION
PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 38-41
Saturday Matinee
Nine Sinatra Songs Choreography by Twyla Tharp Music By Frank Sinatra with appreciation to Sinatra Enterprise and the Frank Sinatra Foundation
Staged By Shelley Washington Original Costume Design By Oscar de la Renta Lighting Originally By Jennifer Tipton Original Set Design By Santo Loquasto Lighting Recreated By Aaron Muhl First Performed by Twyla Tharp Dance 15 October 1982 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet 13 April 2012
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU
Asia Bui
Daniel Pratt
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
Janae Korte
Thomas Leprohon
ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD)
Taylor Sambola
Mihai Costache
MY WAY
Asia Bui
Daniel Pratt Janae Korte Thomas Leprohon Taylor Sambola Mihai Costache SOMETHING STUPID
Paige Young
Andrea Marcelletti
ALL THE WAY
Claire Glavin
Harvey Evans
FORGET DOMANI
Emelia Perkins
Arcadian Broad
THAT'S LIFE
Danielle Brown
Ricardo Rhodes
MY WAY
Asia Bui Daniel Pratt Janae Korte Thomas Leprohon Taylor Sambola Mihai Costache Paige Young Andrea Marcelletti Claire Glavin Harvey Evans Emelia Perkins Arcadian Broad Danielle Brown Ricardo Rhodes "NINE SINATRA SONGS" ™ ©Twyla Tharp Performed by "Sarasota Ballet" Sets and costumes with kind permission from Carlos Acosta and The Birmingham Royal Ballet
PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 38-41
Saturday Evening
Summertide Choreography by Sir Peter Wright Staged By Margaret Barbieri Music By Felix Mendelssohn Design By Dick Bird Lighting By Aaron Muhl First Performed by The Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet 12 October 1976 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet 20 November 2015
1ST MOVEMENT
Ricardo Rhodes Daniel Pratt Luke Schaufuss Samantha Benoit Arcadian Broad Marijana Dominis Yuri Marques
2ND MOVEMENT
Danielle Brown Ricardo Rhodes Juliano Weber Thomas Leprohon
3RD MOVEMENT
All Cast Plus Janae Korte Claire Glavin
INTERMISSION
PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 38-41
Saturday Evening
Nine Sinatra Songs Choreography by Twyla Tharp Music By Frank Sinatra with appreciation to Sinatra Enterprise and the Frank Sinatra Foundation
Staged By Shelley Washington Original Costume Design By Oscar de la Renta Lighting Originally By Jennifer Tipton Original Set Design By Santo Loquasto Lighting Recreated By Aaron Muhl First Performed by Twyla Tharp Dance 15 October 1982 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet 13 April 2012
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU
Asia Bui
Daniel Pratt
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
Ryoko Sadoshima
Richard House
ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD)
Marijana Dominis
Ricardo Graziano
MY WAY
Asia Bui
Daniel Pratt Ryoko Sadoshima Richard House Marijana Dominis Ricardo Graziano SOMETHING STUPID
Samantha Benoit
Ricki Bertoni
ALL THE WAY
Lauren Ostrander
Ivan Spitale
FORGET DOMANI
Anna Pellegrino
Yuri Marques
THAT'S LIFE
Danielle Brown
Ricardo Rhodes
MY WAY
Asia Bui Daniel Pratt Ryoko Sadoshima Richard House Marijana Dominis Ricardo Graziano Samantha Benoit Ricki Bertoni Lauren Ostrander Ivan Spitale Anna Pellegrino Yuri Marques Danielle Brown Ricardo Rhodes "NINE SINATRA SONGS" ™ ©Twyla Tharp Performed by "Sarasota Ballet" Sets and costumes with kind permission from Carlos Acosta and The Birmingham Royal Ballet
PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 38-41
UP C OMIN G E VE N TS Key Chorale - Sheer Grace 28 November @ 4pm - 6pm Sarasota Opera House Grace and beauty combine in an alluring program featuring Key Chorale and The Sarasota Ballet’s Studio Company and Margaret Barbieri Conservatory Trainees. The performance will include brand new choreography by The Sarasota Ballet Company dancers Arcadian Broad and Richard House.
The Sarasota Ballet School - Nutcracker Festival 11 December @ 9am - 4:30pm Rosemary Square Courtyard Join us for our second Nutcracker Festival. This special event is hosted by The Sarasota Ballet School, and we are proud to partner with our local Rosemary Square businesses. What better way to celebrate the holiday season with the whole family? Be inspired by our young dancers in performance, have lunch at Overton, and then finish the day shopping at the outdoor market.
Program 3 - Giselle 17 - 18 December Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall In celebration of the choreographer’s 95th birthday anniversary, Program 3 brings Sir Peter Wright’s potent and enrapturing production of the classic Giselle to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, after the ballet’s sold-out 2019 performances. Performed across the globe by many of the great ballet companies, Wright’s production is considered by many to be one of the most faithful and artistically rich, perfectly bringing to life this tale of young love, unrequited romance, and loss.
The C r y s t a l G a l a C E L E B RAT I N G I A I N W E B B ’ S 15 T H S E ASO N AS D I R E C TO R
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Stephen Huse Barbara Jacoby Elizabeth Johnston Joseph and Teresa Kadow Merrill Kaegi Richard Kemmler Phillip King Vivian Kouvant Tassana and Michael Landy Joan Switt Langbord Dorothy Lawrence Melvy Erman Lewis Guy and Maria Mandler Louis and Carolou Marquet Dr. Noralyn Marshall Jean M. Martin Mary Alice McGovern Tim Metz and Geraldine Fabrikant Carolyn Michel Eric and Mafalda Neikrug Sue and Doug Neumann Howard and Barbara Noble, Jr. Charmian and Earl Noel Paula Norwood Lenee and Conrad Owens Jeffrey Peterson Linda Prowten and George Mitchell Pamela Revels Sara and Benjamin Robinson Susan L. Robinson Bob and Diane Roskamp Wylie Royce Sam Samelson William and Marge Sandy Murray and Abby Sherry Barbara B. and Jeffrey C. Shivers Arthur Siciliano and B Aline Blanchard Nancy Smith Jake and Paula Sorg Malcolm Stevenson Elizabeth Stewart Greg Stikeleather Peggy Sweeney Jacqueline and John Thompson Anna Maria Troiano Barbara Vanderkolk Gardner Bernard and Lauren Walsh Thomas Weisman Tom Williams
ENTHUSIASTS $500 - $999 Anonymous DJ Arnold and Richard Prescott Sumner and Irene Bagby Ruth Barker Gaele Barthold and Larry Weiss Maria Bartlett Lenore Shapiro and Glen Behrendt Marc Behrendt In Loving Memory of Everett and Shirley Behrendt Richard Belle Ina and Carl Born Claudia Cardillo Alexander and Irene Cass Lynn Chancer Louis and Marianne Cohen Stanley and Norma Cohen Neal Colton Glenn and Evelyn Cooper Margie and Kelvin Cooper Patricia Corson and Martin Goldstein William Cotter Dan Denton Irene Dignan Douglas Endicott Sandra Eshima Alfred Garrett Gerald Genova Maria Georgiev Hermione Gilpin In Honor of Marcia Jean Taub and Peter Swain David Glorius Bonnie and David Goldmann James Grace Anthony Grasso Barbara K. Grauer Helen Habbert Joelle R. Hamovit Beverly Harms Dr. Audrey Heimler Bob Hemingway Allen and Stephanie Hochfelder Stephanie Horeis Peter Hurley Alison Jones In Loving Memory of Thomas H W Jones Anne E. Jones Robert Jones Deborah Kalb Frank Kistler
Robert Kloss Joan Volpe and Ronald Kluck Donna Koffman Judith and Ike Koziol RIchard Leebove Bruce Lehman Sandra Levy Mr. and Mrs. Terrance L. Lindemann John Lindsey Gerda Maceikonis Albert and Marita Marsh Henry and Ellen Mason Gary Massel Kay Mathers David McLernon Dianne McLoughlin Nancy Milbauer Michael and Michelle Morris James Newman Susan Newsome In Loving Memory of Jon Newsome Christine Perkins Pamela Reiter Stanley and Jo Rutstein Lawrence V. Sage Mary Scharf Barbara Schlain John and Mayra Schmidt Elizabeth Shalett Jane Sheridan Frances and Steve Siegler Ira and Carole Singer Thomas and Carol Smith Audrey and Walter Stewart Martin and Hadassah Strobel Lance Stubbs Joan Tatum Penny and Paul Thomas Robert Tutnauer Emily Walsh Leslie Weinstein Robert J. Wilk Ann Williams In Honor of Kelly Williams Jane Woods Stanley Zielinski Gifts are current as of November 10, 2021. Gifts and pledges (of $500 or more) received after this date will be recognized in future Performance Programs.
Institutional Support Foundation & Public Support $100,000+ Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation U.S. Small Business Administration The Muriel O’Neil Fund for the Performing Arts at The Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Corporate Partners Corporate Sponsors $10,000 + Assured Guaranty BMO Wealth Management GG Bailey Morton’s Gourmet Market & Catering
$50,000+ Alfred & Ann Goldstein Foundation – Jean Allenby Goldstein Touring Fund Community Foundation of Sarasota County Gulf Coast Community Foundation Tourist Development Tax paid for in part by Sarasota County
Corporate Principal Circle $7,500-$9,999 Freed of London Mariner Wealth Advisors Serbin Print Marketing & Publishing Williams Parker Attorneys at Law
$20,000+ Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Culture Builds Florida – Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs Lela D. Jackson Foundation for the Arts Shubert Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation $10,000+ Bank of America Client Foundation Charles Henry Leach II Fund The Exchange Schultz - Hill Foundation $5,000+ All Faith’s Food Bank Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation $1,000+ Dancing Angels Foundation Fay A. Schweim Memorial Children's Dance Fund Gilbert Waters Charitable Fund II Jelks Family Foundation Neuro Challenge Foundation, Inc Tidewell Foundation
Corporate Devotee Circle $5,000-$7,499 1st Source Bank Fifth Third Bank Michael’s on East Corporate Platinum Circle $3,500-$4,999 Cumberland Advisors Peter G. Laughlin Group Selva Grill Corporate Golden Circle $2,500-$3,499 Eurotech Cabinetry, Inc. Concierge Medical Services Sarasota Bay Club White Oaks Wealth Advisors Corporate Silver Circle $1,000-$2,499 Beneva Weddings & Events Dex Imaging FushiPoké Goldman, Babboni, Fernandez, Murphy & Walsh New York Dancewear Company The Dance Wear Shop Corporate Enthusiasts Circle $500-$999 Mauldin & Jenkins Parker Group - UBS Financial Services Willis Smith Construction