The Michigan Ballet Academy Proudly Presents POINTE FORWARD: A VIRTUAL BENEFIT AUCTION Tenth Annual Benefit Auction Sponsored by: Supporters of Michigan Ballet Academy Saturday, March 20, 2021 7:00 PM Auction Sponsors Bronze Season Sponsors Principal Season Sponsor Platinum Season Sponsors Thomas and Laurie Gole Board of Directors James Schindler Lewis and Norma VanKuiken Gold Season Sponsor Auction Chair Marcia McEvoy Madden Silver Season Sponsors Auction Committee Members Rick Ackerman Patti Anderson David Armbrecht Brent and Paula Garvin Bruce and Lorna Jarvis Alix Kayayan Angela Koeller Wendy Lappenga Suzanne Minard Shauna Walwood Nancy Ward Performances 2. Video of an in-studio rehearsal There will be performances by all of our current When She Came Back students, as well as former MBA students who are Choreography: Emily Prymula now dancing professionally in companies around Music: Max Richter the world. The following short performances will MBA’s Advanced Class be interspersed throughout the evening: Video of an in-studio rehearsal Corinne Jarvis Aurora and Friends Variation – Sleeping Beauty Former student of MBA, now a dancer with Choreography: Marius Petipa the National Ballet Company of Mexico Music: P. Tchaikovsky Video of an in-studio rehearsal Meghan Brentana Variation from Paquita Video of an in-studio rehearsal Choreography: Marius Petipa Lilac Fairy Variation – Sleeping Beauty Music: Edouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus Choreography: Marius Petipa Corinne Jarvis Music: P. Tchaikovsky Improvisation to Fur Elise MBA’s Intermediate 1 and 2 Classes (filmed during pandemic - Video of an in-studio rehearsal Corinne’s Mexico City apartment) Garland Waltz – Sleeping Beauty Choreography and Video Editing: Corinne Jarvis Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Ludwig Beethoven Music: P. Tchaikovsky Maria Bellamy MBA‘s Fundamentals 1 and 2 Classes Former student of MBA, now a Soloist with Video of an in-studio rehearsal Central West Ballet, CA Gnomes Dance – Cinderella Video of an in-studio rehearsal Music: S. Prokofiev Variation: Le Corsaire Pas De Trois Choreography: Marius Petipa MBA’s Pre-Ballet Class Music: Adolphe Adams Candid in-class video Julianna Ball MBA’s Creative Movement Class Former student of MBA, now a dancer with Candid in-class video Columbia City Ballet, SC Youth American Grand Prix 1. Video of an in-studio pas de deux rehearsal Classical Competition Preparation 2. Video of a performance Liza Videos of in-studio rehearsals Choreography: Miranda Bailey 1. Evangeline Kragt – Variation from Music: George Gershwin La Bayadere, Music – Ludwig Minkus Katie Brown 2. Evangeline Kragt – Kitri’s Variation from Don Former student of MBA, now a dancer with Quixote, Music – Ludwig Minkus Fort Wayne Ballet, IN 3. Kendall Wisniewski – Cupid Variation from Video of a dress rehearsal Don Quixote, Music – Ludwig Minkus Till The Seventh 4. Caroline Klafeta – Princess Florina Variation Choreography: Saki Morimoto from Sleeping Beauty, Music – P. Tchaikovsky Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Youth American Grand Prix Emily Prymula Contemporary Competition Preparation Former student of MBA, now a dance major Videos of in-studio rehearsals at Western Michigan University 1. Olivia Lappenga – This Creed, Choreography 1. Video of an in-studio rehearsal Fever – Amy Wilson, Music – Johannes Bornlof Choreography: Dance Faculty at WMU 2. Caroline Klafeta – Bent, Choreography – Amy Music: Peggy Lee Wilson, Music – Phillip Glass Live Auction Live 5 – Newborn Baby and Mom Basket from Schuler Books & Music Live 1 – One to Two Hour Private Accordion This basket has a little of everything to get you Concert or Accompaniment started in preparing for a new baby. For mom, it Is there a wedding, graduation, birthday party, includes three pairs of compression socks, lip balm, or retirement party in your future? If so, you will thank you notes, a book of Letters to my Baby, want to bid on this item! Michael Schaeffer is a and a C.R. Gibson memories baby book. For baby, professional accordionist with a vast repertoire of it includes five baby board books, toys, and a international music, including a specialty in French Michigan Robin onesie. It also includes baby musette and Italian music. Michael has played with shower party supplies. the Grand Rapids Symphony and is the artist in Schuler Books & Music residence at a number of local restaurants. He can provide background music for any private event of Live 6 – For Golf Lovers! your choosing. Il est magnifique! Do you love to golf? If so, this is the item for you! Dr. David Armbrecht Bring your friends, because this great golf package Michael Schaeffer includes golf for four and a cart at your choice of golf courses – Watermark, Stone Water, Live 2 – Escape Room, Movie Outing, Sunnybrook or Thousand Oaks. and Dinner for Two Redwater Golf Collection This package can be enjoyed by children or adults! If you have never been to the Grand Rapids Escape Live 7 – Two Tickets to the Doobie Brothers Room, you will have a blast solving clues and 50th Anniversary Tour and Dinner at puzzles to escape a variety of rooms with your Terra Restaurant partner in 60 minutes. After the Escape Room, Don’t miss the North American tour of four-time enjoy dinner for two at The Winchester Restaurant, GRAMMY award winners and Rock & Roll Hall of and then a movie of your choice at AMC Theatre! Fame nominees the Doobie Brothers! This is the Ron Kragt and Alix Kayayan first time they are touring together in nearly 25 years. These legends will perform their full catalog Live 3 – Take Me Out to the Ball Game! of timeless hits, including Listen To The Music, This special day includes two of the best Detroit Takin’ It To The Streets, and Black Water. Tigers baseball tickets to the game of your choice The Anniversary Tour is at the Van Andel Arena (premium seats behind the dugout), cash for food on September 12th at 7:30 PM. and beverages at the ball game, and cash for gas! Enjoy a delicious dinner before the GO TIGERS! show at Terra Restaurant! Robert Carlton Terry and Marcia Madden Live 4 – Chef’s Table for Four with Four Course Live 8 – Three Nights at the Pine Bluff Resort Dinner and Hand-Crafted Cocktails in the Upper Peninsula at Mexo-Downtown This is a real getaway package! Have you thought This is an incredible opportunity to enjoy a four about a gorgeous fall color tour? How about a course dinner for four guests at the chef’s table! winter ski or snowmobile weekend? Spend three Mexo will deliver a menu highlighting Executive nights at Pine Bluff Resort in the heart of the Upper Chef, Oscar Moreno’s Pre-Hispanic Modern Mexi- Peninsula, close to the Mackinac Bridge. Stay at a can cuisine, which brings the cooking methods and stunning three bedroom cabin for up to 6 people tastes of Old World Mexico together with those of overlooking Manistique Lake! today’s familiar Mexican cuisine. Wine pairings or Available September through December hand-crafted cocktails are included. A vast Tequila and March through May. and Mezcal collection is offered. Pine Bluff Resort, Roger Betten Sr. Rick and Amy Ackerman Gift Card Frenzy – 1! Laifoo Ballet/Pointe Shoe Dryers with Timer - $30 Rick and Amy Ackerman Eleve Dance Wear (the coolest leotards ever!) - $75 Eleve Dance Wear Hot Stone Massage at Barton Chiropractic Office (Leonard Street NE) - $75 Wing Doozy - $25 Ron Kragt and Alix Kayayan Marcia Madden Two tickets to 2021 Grand Rapids Symphony Virtual Biggby Coffee - $55 Performance of Your Choice - $40 Biggby Coffee The Art of Dance with the Grand Rapids Ballet Sobie Meats - $40 Lights, Camera, Music! - The Works of Sobie Meats John Williams Beethoven and Haydn: The Student Becomes Six Punch Family Swim Pass to Goldfish The Master Swim School - $90 Grand Rapids Symphony Ron Kragt and Alix Kayayan The Melting Pot Restaurant - $100 Field’s Fabrics - $30 Crystal Flash Field’s Fabrics Celebration Cinema - $25 Flowerland - $30 Crystal Flash Flowerland One Hour Massage at Schneider Family Leigh’s Women’s Fashions - $50 Chiropractic (Forest Hills) - $75 Leigh’s Women Fashions Schneider Family Chiropractic Southside Flower Market - $60 Eighteen Holes of Golf For Two at GVSU Migena Furxhi The Meadows - $65 GVSU The Meadows Golf Course Fricano’s Pizza Restaurant - $50 Live Auction Continued! Ron Kragt and Alix Kayayan Live 9 – Two Premium Third Row Center Orchestra Seats to Broadway Grand Rapids One month unlimited pass - Forest Hills Fit Come From Away and Dinner at Body Boot Camp - $100 Bistro Bella Vita Restaurant Forest Hills Fit Body Boot Camp Broadway Grand Rapids presents the original Spirit Dreams (Eastown) - $25 musical Come From Away, a New York Times Critics’ Spirit Dreams Pick and Best Musical Winner. This show takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7000 D & W - $50 stranded passengers after 9/11 and the small D & W – Gaslight Village town of Newfoundland that welcomed them. Matchbox Restaurant (EGR) - $25 Uneasiness turns into trust, music soars into the Terry and Marcia Madden night, and gratitude grows into enduring friendships. Enjoy two premium third row Haircut from Anita Simic at Luka Salon center orchestra seats at Devos Performance Hall th (29 Street SE) - $70 on Saturday, September 25th at 8:00 PM. Enjoy Anita Simic dinner and drinks at Bistro Bella Vita Restaurant Cakeabakery - $25 downtown before the performance. Ron Kragt and Alix Kayayan Terry and Marcia Madden Suzanne Minard New Holland Brewing Company - $100 Jen Wixom New Holland Brewing Company Live 10 – Skin Renewal Basket of Products Live 13 – Chef’s Table for Six at This wonderful basket of products was hand-select- the Bonefish Grill ed by the skilled staff of Dermatology Associates of Michael Kringstad, the Managing Partner of West Michigan. The items include ultra-lite facial Bonefish Grill, will lead you and five friends cream, anti-oxidant cleanser, SPF 50+ physical sheer through a series of courses that explore the oceans’ water resistant sunscreen, hydra plus serum, and treasures paired with the finest spirits.