A Princely Affair

The stage is set and planning is underway for the Boca Ballet Theatre Guild’s 28th annual A Princely Affair performance and luncheon. We are thrilled to announce the presenting sponsor this year is Baptist Health South Florida! We are also thrilled to announce Arlene Herson as our 2019 Honorary Chair! An avid supporter of Boca Ballet Theatre and numerous other organizations, Arlene has had an extraordinary career interviewing celebrities on television on the awarding winning The Arlene Herson Show, and on radio on the Florida Forum. Boca Ballet Theatre thanks Arlene for her continued support and generous spirit! Along with Ms. Herson representing A Princely Affair 2019 are Event Chairs Teresita Gill and Giselle Winter and Co-Chair Nicole Winter.

Teresita Gil has been involved with Boca Ballet Theatre since 2005 when her daughter became a student of dance. She has been a volunteer at performances for the past nine years. Teresita loves the purpose and philosophy of Boca Ballet Theatre and is thrilled to be an Event Chair for A Princely Affair for the second year in a row.

Giselle Winter’s passion is turning people’s design dreams into reality. Giselle has supported Boca Ballet Theatre with her original designs for many years and is so pleased to Co-Chair A Princely Affair this year, along with her daughter Nicole. She is the founder of The Design Squad, a Boca Raton based residential design firm. Her work has been featured on HGTV and throughout South Florida.

Nicole Winter started training in ballet at age 4, and continued her dance education at Boca Ballet Theatre and Dreyfoos. At the age of 14, she discovered her true talent and calling: circus arts. At 16 years old, Nicole was accepted into the prestigious L’Ecole Nationale de Cirque in Montreal. Having performed on 6 continents and more than 24 countries, Nicole is now performing with Cirque Du Soleil as a contortionist and aerialist.

This year the guest artists are returning Boca Ballet Theatre favorites Cassandra Trenary, Soloist at American Ballet Theatre and Sterling Baca, Principal Dancer at Pennsylvania Ballet.  

Cassandra Trenary, a native of Georgia, began her dance training at Lawrenceville School of Ballet. She also trained at American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive programs as a National Training Scholar and went on to join the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in 2009. In April 2011, Trenary was offered an apprenticeship with ABT and a corps de ballet contract. She was promoted to Soloist in August 2015. Since beginning her professional career, Trenary has had the pleasure of working with a wide variety of choreographers in classical and contemporary work and has guested in galas internationally. Trenary was named a 2011 National YoungArts Foundation Winner and became a 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts nominee. She is also the recipient of a 2015 Princess Grace Dance Honorarium, and in 2017, Trenary received the Annenberg Fellowship for Dance.

Sterling Baca started dancing at age 11 and after attending numerous summer programs at American Ballet Theatre he received a full scholarship to the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT. He danced with American Ballet Theatre from 2010 to 2016 and was steadily promoted. In 2016 he appeared on the cover of Dance magazine for their “25 to Watch” issue.  Sterling joined Pennsylvania Ballet as a Principal Dancer for the 2016/2017 season and has successfully tackled several principal roles both in repertory and full-length ballets.

Date and Time: Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 12:00PM

Event Title: Boca Ballet Theatre’s 28th Annual “A Princely Affair” Luncheon and Performance

Event Beneficiary:  Non-profit Organization, Boca Ballet Theatre (561) 995-0709

Event Address:  Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432

Ticket Price:  $95 per adult and $65 for children 13 and under  Website:  www.bocaballet.org