Party Pictures 5/17/05 - ABT's opening night celebration at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; The Second Annual Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon

ABT's opening night celebration at the Music Center’s
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

ABT dancers at the Music Center of Los Angeles County

Celebrities and socialites danced the night away with stars from American Ballet Theatre (ABT) during the opening night celebration at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The event, hosted by Center Dance Association (CDA) and ABT, celebrated the iconic dance company’s 4-day engagement. The sleek and chic party atmosphere was perfectly complemented with Patina’s “retro” catering, specialty bars and an incredible DJ spinning the hottest music while guests and ABT dancers mixed it up on the dance floor!

Paloma Herrera and Angel Corella

Michele Wiles and Marcelo Gomes

The evening began with Anjelica Huston and Pierce Brosnan onstage to welcome everyone. This set the mood for a knock-your-socks-off performance by ABT stars, including the company’s brilliant Angel Corella, Gillian Murphy, and Marcelo Gomes. After the performance, it was off to the Grand Hall, which had been transformed into a mid-century nightclub/lounge created by designer Marianne Weiman-Nelson.

Renowned florist Eric Buterbaugh added to the sleek, luscious look using mirrors, floating candles and exquisite “sunken orchid” arrangements. Frei Brothers offered the guests a diverse wine tasting, and Grey Goose vodka supplied specialty cocktails such as everybody’s favorite ABTini.

Guests included Anjelica Huston and Robert Graham, Pierce and Keely Brosnan, Sharon Lawrence, Andrea Parker, Cyd Charisse, Leonard Nimoy, Vanessa Marcel, ABT star dancers, CDA Founding Chair Liane and Richard Weintraub, Kimberly and Music Center Chair John Emerson, Charles and Danica Perez, Patricia Kennedy and Lee Iaccoca, Maria and Bill Bell, Joan and John Hotchkis, Constance Towers and John Gavin, Anne and Arnold Kopelson and more.

Proceeds from the event support the ABT Los Angeles engagement and CDA’s Outreach programs. Center Dance Association Outreach Programs: Created to support the Music Center’s world class dance presentations, CDA is also deeply committed to bringing the power of dance to children – especially those who lack access – through free tickets, rehearsal invitations, lectures and season-related activities on the Plaza. CDA’s partnerships with local and national charities such as everybody dance!. City Hearts, Free Arts for Abused Children, and the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, are helping to improve hundreds of children’s lives.

L. to r.: ABT dancers hit the dance floor; Andrea Parker and Michael Birnbaum

Shannan Binder, Sandra Shure, and Liane Weintraub

Angel Corella, Anjelica Huston, and Marcelo Gomes

ABT dancers Grant DeLong, Jennifer Alexander, Anne Milewski, and Andy Barth

Royce and Jennifer Diener

Clark and Joni Smith with Graznya Simon

Cyd Charisse, Toni Martin, and Ginny Mancini

Clockwise, from top left: Room designed by Marianne Weiman-Nelson; Lewis Ranieri, Victor Barbee, and Julie Kent; Pierce and Keely Brosnan with Liane and Richard Weintraub.

Pierce Brosnan, Liane Weintraub, and Angel Corella

Anjelica Huston, Robert Graham, and Liane Weintraub

Gillian Murphy, Ethan Stiefel, and Kimberly Emerson

Esther and Rick Rosenfield

Jill Janger and Miriam Rothbart

Joan and John Hotchkis

Lucia and Matthew Bay

William and Grazyna Simon

Travis Spitzer and Brooke Bohm-Spitzer

Mary Milner and Carolyn Powers

Sara and Paul Heeschan

Patricia Kennedy and Alyce Williamson

John Emerson and Stephen Rountree

Sharon Lawrence and Tom Apostle

DJ Gene

Miriam Rothbart

Karen Gordon

Kevin West and Arianna Lambert

Sarawanee Tanatanit with Milo

James Deutch and Isaac Joseph

Anne and Arnold Kopelson

The Second Annual Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon,
“Moodswings: What You Should Know About Bipolar Disorder”

Monica Noel

Dee de Ganay

Pauline Pitt

Barbara Tober

Christine Schwarzman

The Second Annual Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon, “Moodswings: What You Should Know About Bipolar Disorder,” took place on Monday, May 2nd at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The event was co-chaired by Lorna Hyde Graev, Alexandra Herzan and Lynn Nicholas, Psy.D. and raised over $600,000.

Kenn Dudek

They had a tremendous turnout which reflected in many ways the importance and the necessity of Fountain House’s work and progress and its effect on the lives of many people we know. Among those attending were Allen and Frances Beatty Adler, Anna Bulgari, Dana Buchman, Katherine Bryan, Marisa Noel Brown, Debbie Bancroft, Jackie Weld Drake, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Marina Galesi, Hilary Geary, Betsy Gotbaum, Carole Guest, Wendy Breck, Emilia Saint-Amand, Robin Duke, Amanda Haynes-Dale, Susan Fales-Hill, Rachel Hovnanian, Barbara Isles, Alexandra Isles, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Mariana Kaufman, Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckels, Linda Lambert, Jeanne Lawrence, Gail Hilson, Ambassador John Loeb and Sharon Handler, Podie Lynch, Anabella Mariaca, Kitty McKnight, Jamie Niven, Elizabeth Peabody, Pauline Pitt, Nicole Limbocker, Ivana Lowell, Marcia Schaeffer, Christine Schwarzman, Daisy Soros, Barbara Tober, Jim Torrey, Sydney Shuman, Denise Wohl, Lis Waterman, Adrienne Vittadini, Lisa Woodward, and Richard and Franny Heller Zorn.

Three eminent panelists spoke on the topic of Bipolar Disorder: Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Director, Child Adolescent Psychiatry, SUNY at Stony Brook, School of Medicine; Frederick Goodwin, M.D. Research Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center;
Andrew Solomon, Author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression; Winner, 2001 National Book Award; Finalist, the Pulitzer Prize. Emcee was Consuelo Mack, the Managing Editor & Anchor of The Wall Street Journal Report; Senior Correspondent of CNBC.

The 2005 Fountain House Humanitarian Award was awarded to Danielle Steel, best selling author and founder of the Nick Traina Foundation. The Foundation was founded by Steel in 1998 as a legacy to her son who lost his life to manic-depression. The goal of the Nick Traina Foundation is to provide funds in areas related to maniac-depressive illness and its diagnosis, and fund organizations that help families to continue to battle the illness. The award was accepted by Steel’s son Maxx Traina, who read a personal letter from his mother.

Nicole Limbocker and Clare Potter

The members and staff of Fountain House showed a moving short film produced by the members and staff about the work of Fountain House. The video featured Shelley Gary, a member of Fountain House who is involved with the transitional employment program at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Shelley was a guest at the Cravath table at the Luncheon.

Fountain House, founded in 1948 by former patients of Rockland State Hospital, is one of the world's former providers of psycho-social rehabilitation services for men and women recovering from major mental illness. Its success lies in its positive and holistic approach to recovery. It focuses on members' strengths and abilities, rather that weaknesses or disability. They believe that every person with mental illness has the potential to succeed. They provide support in finding a home, returning to school, re-entering the workplace, and re-establishing connections to family, friends and community to 1,300 people annually.

Through community outreach, advocacy, and unique programs such as Fountain Gallery, an artists' cooperative, and High Point Farm, a working farm and nature preserve, they work within the community to break down the damaging stigma associated with mental illness and create new opportunities for our members.

The Fountain House model has been replicated at more than 400 sites in 30 countries and 32 states, serving over 55,000 people with mental illness around the globe. Fountain House has received a Gold Achievement from the American Psychiatric Association in recognition of its work.

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