<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">Dear friends<br /></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">Thank you all for your interest and commitment for Blanca Li, and a special cheer to those who were attending Monday night's Fundraising Cocktail for the US premiere of <a href="http://www.blancali.com/en/event/99/Robot" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">Robot by Blanca Li</span></a> showing at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House on June 9 - 14. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">We especially thank Ion Yadigaroglu and Inma Barrero for generously hosting the reception in their beautiful home, and Pamela Berkovic, Anne-Gaelle Van de Weghe, Nastassja Balick Coppers and Anthony Coppers for their great efforts in bringing everyone together monday night. We hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did. It really boosted our morale towards reaching the goal of having New Yorkers discover and enjoy this unique stage performance and explore new paths for man and machine, technology, dance and music.<br /> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">Especially for those who could not attend, you'll find here a short video clip to download, stream or forward, as souvenir of this evening. <br /> I wanted to say by the way that our Pierre had gone on a protest that night because he found out he was not getting paid the Local 4 union rates for robots. I felt I owed you an explanation and an apology for the difficult last minute negotiation to get him back to perform.<br /> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">As we mentioned, we hope to count on your support and endorsement of this internationally acclaimed show, enabling it to reach a wider US audience. To make Robot at BAM possible, tickets sales and donations will cover a portion of production costs for the seven show series. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">We offer the following ways that you can contribute:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">1) Purchase online a Premium package to Opening Night on June 9 at 8pm. Premium packages, valued at 0, include best orchestra or mezzanine seating on Opening Night followed by an after-party with Blanca Li and the Company. To purchase these tickets, please click here ;</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">2) Make a tax-deductible donation through the French American Culture Exchange (FACE) <span lang="fr-FR"><span style="font-style: normal;">for donations of ,000 and above, </span></span>or through the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), both official 501(c)(3) organizations. Contributions for the purposes of the Blanca Li Dance Company are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. To make a donation, please send a check payable to BAM or to FACE with &ldquo;Blanca Li&rdquo; in the memo at the following address:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">Blanca Li 444 east 82nd Street apt 27A New York NY 10028</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">Please note that BAM will accept donation of all amounts while FACE only accepts donations of ,000 or more</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">We greatly appreciate your support in bringing our show to New York, which would not be possible without your participation. We look forward to seeing you all at BAM in June, and count on you to get the word out. <br /> For more information, photos, videos of Robot&nbsp; please visit BAM.org/robot-blancali <br /> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">Warmest regards,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;">Blanca</span></p>
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