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Dance Now! Gala 2016 held at Miami Beach Botanical Garden.
Dance Now! 2016 Honorees Mark Steinberg and Dennis Edwards with Judge Jason E Bloch.
Dance Now! Miami Artistic Directors Hannah Baumgarten and Diego Salterini with Host Committee Chair George Neary.
Miami Childrens Museum CEO Deborah Spiegelman with Bass Museum of Art Executive Director and Chief Curator Silvia Karman Cubina and with ArtCenter / South Florida's Executive Director Maria del Valle.
Dance Now! 2016 Honorees Danny and Merle Weiss with Judge Jason E Bloch.
Renato Armijo, Harvey J. Burstein, Vivian San Juan and Cameron Basden.
Saul and Jane Gross.
Susan Brustman with Dance Now! 2016 Honoree Gary Farmer and George Neary.
Michael Andrews and David Leddick.
Charlotte Libov with Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco.
Ardent Aura Trio members, Dries Darrow, Victor Machin and Randy Pierre.
Cristina Telepman, Gabriela Telepman, Merle Weiss, Matt Telepman, Danny Weiss and Zoey.
Malik Benjamin and Wali Salahuddin.
George Neary and Deborah Spiegelman.
Dance NOW! Miami Board President Elizabeth Camargo with Hannah Baumgarten.
Fran Gordon with Miami Beach Botanical Garden Executive Director Sandy Shapiro.
Travon Tony Pierre, Susan Breslin, Will Albright with Larry and Laura Colin, and Rosemary Mintz, with Dance Now! 2016 Honorees Patrick Pecoraro and Ray Breslin.
Seth and Liebe Gadinsky.
AJ Foster and Teddy Talbot.
Carlos Salazar and August Chacin.
Gabriela Telepman and Merle Weiss.
Frank Kulik, Sara Libbin with Jerry and Raquel Libbin, and Lois Benson.
Robb LaKritz and Agustina Cases Sere-Leguizamon.
Saul and Jane Gross with George Neary.
Juan Lopez, Larry Chidsey, Emily Luzzker, Fabio Tripputi and Bill Atherton.
Fran Gordon, Harvey J. Burstein, Cameron Basden, Maria Lopez and Vivian San Juan.
Dance Now! Miami dancer Anthony Velazquez with Ray Breslin.
Chernaya Bridal Fashion Director Renato Armijo with Julia Lemigova, next to his bridal design for Julia's and Martina Navratilova's wedding.
It's Selfie time for Renato Armijo and his bridal designs.
CenterPlate was one of the caterers at Dance Now! Gala 2016.
Dance Now! Gala 2016 Silent Auction.
And now, everyone gets ready to enjoy Dance Now! Gala 2016 entertainment.
Dance Now! Miami ensemble perform excerpt from Winter's Breath.
Dance Now! Miami dancer Jenny Hegarty performs There I am, Here.
Carolena performs I Dreamed a Dream as well as one of her own compositions.
Ardent Aura Trio, Randy Pierre on Drums, Dries Darrow on Bass and bandleader Victor Machin on Piano.
Dance Now! Miami dancers Amy Deer and Anthony Velazquez perform excerpt from Short Stories.
Dance Now! Miami dancers Claudia Arredondo, Valerie Escobar and Ashton Panter perform The River.
Dance Now! Miami Artistic Directors Diego Salterini and Hannah Baumgarten begin awards ceremony.
Dance Now! Honoree couples are called on stage.
George Neary speaks about Dance Now! Honoree Gary Farmer . . .
. . . and calls Dance Now! 2015 Award recipient Nancy Liebman to provide more historical facts about Gary Farmer.
Ray Breslin and Patrick Pecoraro holding Dance Now! Miami Leadership in the Arts Award.
Danny and Merle Weiss pose with Dance Now! Miami Leadership in the Arts Award.
Holding their Dance Now! Miami Leadership in the Arts Award, Dennis Edwards and Mark Steinberg.
Dance Now! Miami 2016 Gala.
Dance Now! Miami 2016 Honorees are called to the dance floor.
. . . and are joined by members of Dance Now! Miami.
They may appear to be dancing, but Hannah Baumgarten and George Neary are already planning Dance Now! Miami 2017 Gala.
Photography: Henry Perez