Some Enchanted Evening
The Mondavi Center celebrates its 10th anniversary with a magical night featuring the U.S. premiere of the French ballet Blanche Neige (Snow White).

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Guests gather in the “Magic Mirror” room
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Ballet dancers Sergio Diaz & Virginie Caussin, aka Snow White and her prince charming
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Barbara K. Jackson, honorary member of the Mondavi Center Advisory Board (left), with sister Sue Drake
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Blanche Neige choreographer Angelin Preljocaj (center)
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Blanche Neige dancers in an enchanted forest
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Clare Hasler-Lewis, executive director of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science
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Elizabeth Galindo, artistic director of the Mondavi Gala
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Austria Kathryn Hall (left), and Arden Fair mall co-owner Marcy Friedman
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Garry Maisel, president and CEO of Western Health Advantage (left)
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Margrit Mondavi (second from left), matriarch of the Mondavi wine family
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Mondavi Gala-goers inside the “Magic Mirror” room at the Mondavi Center
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Nuriya Nagimova as Snow White’s mother, who dies during childbirth
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Patrizia Telleschi as the evil queen, Snow White’s wicked stepmother
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Randall Reynoso, president of Wells Fargo’s San Francisco Business Banking
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Rick Niello, president of The Niello Company (right), and Michael Brown, owner of Phoenix/Pacific Cos
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UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi
This article appears in the June-July 2012 issue of Sactown Magazine.