Corporate Events & Fundraisers

Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Luncheons & Lectures

Get your company on the dance floor for team building, celebrations and entertaining education

Incorporate dance into your company's next celebration with top brass and co-workers in the spotlight

Successful corporate events include

• Intuit Northern California Region
  In preparation for Intuit's Winter Celebration (2010) at San Francisco City Hall, Intuit's staff were invited to become the dancer they've always wanted to be and experience the dynamics and fundamentals of social partner dance at workshops sponsored at two Silicon Valley campuses.
  
  The goal:  to captivate staff and their partners to "showcase and unleash their inner dancer" and perform for their peers.  Salsa, Ballroom, 50's Swing and Disco style.  Sizzling performances were accompanied by band leader Dick Bright's SRO.  Winners in each category were determined by a panel of judges and audience applause and were awarded a voucher to donate to their favorite charity for their entertaining efforts. This unique opportunity was a rousing team building experience.  On-campus rehearsals were conducted a week prior to the celebration. Cynthia emceed the ‘Showcase’ to an enthusiastic standing ovation.

• Pixar Animation Studios
  APPLE CEO and Pixar Animation Studios co-founder, Steve Jobs, hired Glinka to teach Pixar employees to Viennese Waltz as an incentive to participate at the company's themed wrap party for its official release of  "Toy Story." Glinka arranged for 3 convenient Bay Area locations for employees and their partners to attend sessions where they mastered the Viennese Waltz prior to the wrap party celebration which took place at the Garden Court of the Sheraton Palace Hotel, SF.

• 2010 New Year's Eve Gala Putting on the Glitz at the Ritz
  Produced by J'La Chic Entertainment Productions, Ritz Carlton Hotel, San Francisco

• 2009 New Year's Winter Wonderland
  Produced by J'La Chic Entertainment Productions, Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley

• 2008 KRON TV New Year's Eve Live
  Glinka choreographed and produced spotlighted dance segments for the 2008 KRON TV New Year's Eve Live from the Palace Hotel. This live television broadcast featured sportscaster Vern Glenn dancing with professional Silke Heleine and Bay Area entertainment reporter Jan Wahl dancing with pro Johnny Lee. Glinka performed a spotlight dance with partner Zalman Sher and joined news anchors Gary Radnich and Catherine Heenan as commentator on this hour long broadcast viewed by millions in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. See the Video

Corporate Events/Fundraisers

• Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) Treasure Island, Hearst Castle, St. Francis Hotel
• Palace Hotel Earthquake 100th Anniversary Gala San Francisco
• Legion of Honor Museum Art Deco Exhibit San Francisco
• Grace Cathedral Annual Fundraiser Fairmont Hotel San Francisco
• Friday Nights at the deYoung Museum San Francisco
• Pixar Animation Studios Emeryville, California
• Intuit Holiday Celebration San Francisco City Hall
• The Annual Fur Ball Columbia, Tennessee
• Beverly Hills Hotel Gala Beverly Hills
• GTE MobilNet Convention Kauai
• Sun MicroSystems Silicon Valley
• World Trade Club San Francisco
• Art Deco Society of California San Francisco
• The Navy League Fleet Week San Francisco
• Marin General Hospital Foundation Marin County
• International Networking Association San Francisco
• Pan Pacific Hotel Annual Wedding Showcase San Francisco
• Top of the Mark Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental Hotel San Francisco

Special Appearances

• Bay Area Wedding Network Gala (BAWN)
• Dancing with the Wedding Planners Julia Morgan Ballroom San Francisco
• Marin League of the San Francisco Symphony San Rafael
• Thunderbird Lodge - Castle in the Sky  Lake Tahoe NV
• Throckmorton Theater Starduster Sundays Mill Valley
       Emcce and intermission entertainment
• Larkspur Centennial Rose Bowl Larkspur 
• deYoung Museum San Francisco
• Black & White Ball San Francisco
• Red & White Ball Sonoma
• West Coast Ragtime Festival Sacramento
• Mt. Diablo Symphony Orchestra Walnut Creek
• Metropolitan Club's 90th Gala San Francisco
• Mardi Gras at Fallkirk Cultural Center San Rafael
• Sonoma County Showcase and Wine Auction Sonoma

Lectures and Luncheons

• RejuveDance® nationwide health & wellness campaign
• Choreographer to the Stars Metropolitan Club San Francisco
• Joslyn Center Dancing & Wellness Palm Springs
• History of Social Dance and Demonstrations various locations
• Dance On Your Wheels Diablo Lodge Danville

Cynthia continues to perform, coach, educate and choreograph nationwide