The Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM) celebrated its 24th
Next Wave Festival at the Next Wave Gala on December
12. The evening featured a performance of Pina
Bausch's stunning Nefés,
which channels impressions of Istanbul - a city where
ancient is juxtaposed with modern and West converges
with East - into a vibrant, ephemeral whole.
This Turkish theme was reflected in the evening's
pre- and post-performance dinners at the dramatic BAM
Lepercq Space. The Gala raised $700,000 for BAM. The
Gala chair was Narciso Rodriguez.
Joe Melillo, executive producer of BAM with Pina Bausch.
Karen Hopkins, president of BAM with Narciso Rodriguez.
Holly
Hunter.
Jessica
Lang.
Charles Mee and David Dorfman.
Narciso Rodriguez and Claire Danes.
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Pina Bausch.
Alan
and Judith Fishman.
Jeanne-Claude
and Christo.
Carol
Yorke and Gerard Conn.
Janera
Soerel with Robert Pesaro, president
and CEO of Narciso Rodriguez, LLC.
Scott McDonald and Michael Hayward.
The décor reflected the evening's Turkish
theme.
Photo
1: Stephanie Berger
Photos 2-7, 10, 14 : Elena Olivo
Photos 8, 9, 11,12, 13: Alan Klein
