Rules Of The Game, a collaboration between Grammy favorite Pharrell Williams, top choreographer Jonah Bokaer, and renowned visual artist Daniel Arsham, opened at The Brooklyn Academy Of Music for a New York Premiere and one-night-only event.
The multidisciplinary work with eight dancers represents the largest collaboration between Jonah Bokaer, Daniel Arsham and their first partnership with Pharrell Williams.
After the premiere, Gala Chair Michèle Gerber Klein held a benefit dinner honoring Jonah Bokaer’s long time friend Diana Widmaier Picasso for her continuous support of the arts. Diana was accompanied by friends and family including Alina Baikova, Magdalena Frackowiak, Masha Markova Hanson, brother Richard Widmaier Picasso, his wife Ulli Widmaier Picasso and their two sons.
Glasses of Thiénot Champagne fueled the night’s festivities, also serving as a benefit for Chez Bushwick; Jonah Bokaer’s non-profit organization that focuses on experimental dance and strives to provide affordable dance space for artists in Brooklyn.
Other guests included: Staffan Ahrenberg, Olivier Berggruen, Susan Chalom, Eduardo Costantini Jr, Stephan Crasneanscki, Jeffrey Deitch, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Scott Drevnig, Joanna Fisher, Stephanie French, Toni Garrn, Isabelle Bscher Gmurzynska, Angela Goding, Jae Joseph, Anne Keating, Daniel Kruglikov, Bartolome Fierro March, Paul McCann, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Galina Polinski, Charles Renfro, Charles Riva, Elisabeth de Saint-Amand ,Hellen Allen Smith, Robert Soros, Dayana Tamendarova, and Chez Bushwick’s Chair Emerita, Patsy Tarr.
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Pharrell, Diana Widmaier Picasso