2017 Masquerade Ball GALA

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2017 Masquerade Ball GALA

7TH ANNUAL MASQUERADE BALL GALA

DECEMBER 17, 2017


BENEFITING DANCESPORT EDUCATION
AN ARIZONA NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION
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Champions and Legends at Ohio Star Ball 2017 - Artem and Inna ...


"Timeless" Show of Champions and Legends at 2017 Ohio Star Ball - Artem Plakhotnyi and Inna Berlizyeva! Their breathtaking performance!!! Ephemeral and Angelic! So Pure!
Your AMAZING hosts at the 7th Annual Masquerade Ball GALA! 
Tickets going fast! Get yours at www.mbgala.dance 🎉🎉🎉

The Best in Culture Highlights as chosen by the critics of The New York Times: Alastair Macaulay "... I lost my heart to Artem Plakhotnyi and Inna Berlizyeva; and it stayed lost. ..But oh! Nothing was more daringly simple or more sheerly beautiful... They began just by walking, side by side, she in a marvelous white gown, he in a simple black suit and tie with white shirt; even though the camera, facing them head on, did not show the full rhythmic subtlety of this walk, its austere elegance was unmistakable. And they ended, again, standing side by side. What happened in between was often angelic, the quintessence of romantic grace." The Best in Culture Highlights for 2015 as chosen by the critics of The New York Times! Holds so true today!

Posted by DanceSport Education on Saturday, 18 November 2017

The GALA HOSTS Artem & Inna Plakhotnyi

The Professionals at the GALA


DanceSport Education and Imperial Ballroom Dance Company proudly present Artem Plakhotnyi and Inna Berlizyeva at the 7th Annual Masquerade Ball Gala Professional Show! For tickets visit www.mbgala.dance. Or call (480) 201-5726 :) #masqueradeballgala

Posted by DanceSport Education on Tuesday, 28 November 2017

DanceSport Education and Imperial Ballroom Dance Company proudly present Egor Abashkin at the 7th Annual Masquerade Ball Gala Professional Show! 
Egor Abashkin - three-time US champion in Amateur Ballroom, Professional Rising Star winner in the US and England (Blackpool), and finalist in major US (Ohio Star Ball) and international DanceSport championships (UK Open).
For tickets visit www.mbgala.dance. Or call (480) 201-5726 :)
#masqueradeballgala
More about Egor Abshkin @ https://www.dancesported.org/our-instructors-dancesport-education.

Posted by DanceSport Education on Wednesday, 29 November 2017

DanceSport Education and Imperial Ballroom Dance Company present Oleksiy Pigotskyy and Natalie Crandall in the 7th Masquerade Ball Gala Professional Show!
Oleksiy Pigotskyy and Natalie Crandall are a new and exciting professional partnership from Arizona and compete in American Smooth Style. Come and watch them live! Enjoy their unique style and power, which makes everybody in ballroom watch them closely and talk about them. For just a few months of partnership, they are already winning competitions and continue to move up!
For tickets visit www.mbgala.dance. Or call (480) 201-5726 :)
#masqueradeballgala

Posted by DanceSport Education on Thursday, 30 November 2017

DanceSport Education and Imperial Ballroom Dance Company present Oleksii Lytvyn the 7th Annual Masquerade Ball Gala Professional Show!
Oleksii Lytvyn is a world class professional instructor at Imperial Ballroom Dance Company - Ukrainian champion and Blackpool Finalist in Amateur Latin International style. Oleksii and his professional partner and lovely wife Carly Booth Lytvyn compete professionally in International Latin style in the US. 
For tickets visit www.mbgala.dance. Or call (480) 201-5726 :)
More about Oleksii Lytvyn at www.imperialballroomdance.com/instructorsteachers
#masqueradeballgala

Posted by DanceSport Education on Thursday, 30 November 2017

DanceSport Education and Imperial Ballroom Dance Company proudly present Donovan Dominguez and Rose Dimov at the 7th Annual Masquerade Ball Gala Professional Show!
Donovan and Rose are currently ranked in the top 12 in the U.S. in American Rhythm, second in the nation for Arthur Murray World American Rhythm Professional Championships, and winners of the Professional Rising Star American Rhythm at Ohio Star Ball, the biggest ballroom competition in the US.
For tickets visit www.mbgala.dance. Or call (480) 201-5726 :)
More about Donovan and Rose at www.dancesported.org/our-instructors-dancesport-education
#masqueradeballgala

Posted by DanceSport Education on Friday, 1 December 2017

Imperial Ballroom Dance Company and DanceSport Education present Roland Kyle and Samantha Ramirez debuting their new professional partnership at the 7th Annual Masquerade Ball Gala.
For tickets visit www.mbgala.dance. Or call (480) 201-5726 :)
#masqueradeballgala

Posted by DanceSport Education on Thursday, 7 December 2017

The #ImperialChildren at the GALA


Imperial Ballroom Dance Company and DanceSport Education proudly present the #ImperialChildren at the 7th Annual Masquerade Ball Gala Show! Amazing and talented artists and DanceSport athletes! For tickets visit www.mbgala.dance. Or call (480) 201-5726 :) . . #dance #masqueradeballgala #Arizona #fundraising #supportlocal

Posted by DanceSport Education on Tuesday, 5 December 2017

7th Annual Masquerade Ball GALA - 2017


The 7th Annual Masquerade Ball GALA hosted by Imperial Ballroom Dance Center was the inaugural fundraising Gala for DanceSport Education, a non-profit organization with the mission to positively impact the lives of children and youth in Arizona through ballroom dance and dancesport. It was held on December 17, 2017 at the Scottsdale Resort at MacCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona.

“This event exceeded our expectations. We are so thankful for our many sponsors, who generously donated and the nearly 300 people who attended and supported the event and DanceSport Education’s mission.” said event co-host Inna Berlizyeva.

“DanceSport Education brings ballroom dance to the students at their schools, in their classrooms and we are so pleased to use the funds raised to make the program available and accessible to Arizona’s students” said Elka Hristova, co-founder. 

Artem Plakhotnyi, top world class dancesport competitor and event host, emceed the event and was our distinguished on-stage voice for the evening.

"I am honored to be the Official Face of DanceSport Education and proud to be the Ambassador of DanceSport to ALL Arizona children!" said Julia Zilman, a girl with an inspiring message, A+ student and a top Arizona DanceSport athlete, who addressed the guests and shared the story about her amazing journey in DanceSport. 
Keynote speaker, former Mayor of the City of Tempe Hugh Hallman – an avid dancer himself, a business law attorney, an economist, professor, lecturer and community volunteer addressed the Gala guests in a passionate speech about how dance has influenced his life. “Dance has been a crucial part of my success in politics. It gave me confidence and poise. I used that as a foundation on which to have the courage to enter "public" life and make public appearances”. The “Admiral’s Victory Waltz” marked the ending of his speech.
For the first time our students from Mission Montessori Schools and Create Academy danced on the stage of the Masquerade Ball GALA. They received tremendous support from their Imperial Ballroom peers, coaches and the entire audience. 
The Gala guests enjoyed an amazing show, featuring Imperial Ballroom’s world-class professionals and top-rated students.

Plans are already underway for next year’s Masquerade Ball Gala, which will be held on December 16, 2018. Those plans include even broader participation of DanceSport Education students and schools. Stay tuned for more details about next year!
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