PS21 2024 Gala
"Noli Timere" – Be Not Afraid
Thank you for attending the PS21 2024 Gala!
Thanks to your support, we had our most successful Gala ever, raising over $200,000 in support of PS21’s mission: bringing adventurous performing arts to our community at affordable ticket prices.
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The Gala spanned the PS21 campus, featuring a cocktail fountain in the orchards, a farm-to-table dinner under the big tent, a silent auction, and a performance of Noli Timere by acclaimed choreographer Rebecca Lazier in our pavilion theater.
Noli Timere is a soaring aerial performance-installation—eight dancers moving within, on, under, and around Janet Echelman’s voluminous floating iridescent net sculpture, up to 25 feet in the air. Rebecca Lazier’s choreography, with an original score by cellist and composer Jorane, daringly synthesizes experimental dance, avant-garde circus, installation art, music, engineering, public sculpture, and social practice.
The bountiful, magical evening featured local chefs, artisans, and makers:
Appetizers from Chatham’s farm-to-table restaurant Bimi’s Canteen
A negroni fountain from artist, alchemist, entrepreneur Arley Marks
Dinner from Hudson’s James Beard Award-nominated Swoon KitchenBar
An artistic handmade cake from Mamie Brougitte Cakes
Flowers by creator of enchanted worlds Fleurs Bella
Table rosettes by designer of magical clothing Samantha Pleet
Kelly Mackerer (Co-Chair)
Jennifer Newman (Co-Chair)
Deborah Conrad
Nesli Danisman
Raphaele de Boisblanc
Marcia Fardella
Louis R. Hedgecock
Elaine Khosrova
Alice Kocis
Susan Kramer
Marian Krauskopf
Zack Levine
Lisa Light
Harriet Magaldi
Maggie Merelle
Samatha Pleet
Sarah Rhodes
Elena V. Siyanko
Angora Group
Ariella Chezar
Bartlett House
Bimi’s Cheese Shop
Calico Wallpaper
Chatham Printing
Chatham Wine & Liquors
Columbia Golf & Country Club
Columbia Memorial Health
Columbia Tent
Destination Bride, LLC
(drink.) Chatham
Erin Claire Jones
Feather Hill Flower Farm
fleursBELLA
Harvest Spirits
Herrington’s
Hudson Valley Distillers
Hudson Valley Indoor Golf
Jack Shainman Gallery
Klocke Estate
Mamie Brougitte Cakes
Massey Masonry
MetzWood Insurance
Monsieur Touton Selection
Mountains Media
My Neighbors Tallow
Nade Studio
Old Chatham Country Store & Cafe
PookyStudio
Pro Printers
The Ruins at Sassafras
Rugen Hospitality & Wellness
Swoon KitchenBar
Stone Everett
Studio Becky Carter
Sweet Flower Farm
TKG Real Estate
Rebecca Lazier
Janet Echelman
Polly Apfelbaum
James Casebere
Miranda Cuckson
Stone Everett
Triona Fritsch
R. Jamin
Meg Lipke
Connor Hanick
Julia Kent
Emma McCormick Goodheart
Wang Lu
Maggie Pate
Nandi Rose
Willamain Somma
Roberto Suarez
Julia Von Eichel
Bonnie Whiting
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