Program Four: Notes Unspoken

Program Four

January 30 – February 2, 2026 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts

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Barbieri Assistant Director

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Notes Unspoken, Program Four of The Sarasota Ballet’s 2025 – 2026 Season. This Program is a beautiful reflection of the heritage, artistry, and creative vitality that define our Company.

At the heart of the Program is Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden, a ballet of extraordinary emotional depth and historical significance as it celebrates its 90th anniversary. This work holds a deeply personal place for me. I was coached directly by Mr. Tudor in the role of Caroline, and to share this ballet with new generations of dancers—and with you—feels like a continuation of an unbroken artistic lineage. Mr. Tudor’s ability to reveal the inner lives of his characters with remarkable subtlety, and seeing our dancers embrace that responsibility is profoundly moving.

We are also thrilled to welcome back Gemma Bond, whose return to Sarasota brings fresh energy and imagination. Watching Gemma create ballets on our dancers is always exciting and inspiring—especially as she brings her newest work, The Waiting Room, to life—and we are very proud to present her work on our stage once again.

It is always a special moment for our Company when Ricardo Graziano’s choreography returns to our stage. His distinctive creative voice shines in Valsinhas and continues to evolve, and we take great pride in sharing his work with our audiences as part of our repertory.

Together, these works form a Program that celebrates both legacy and innovation— honoring where ballet has been, and where it continues to go. Thank you for being part of this journey with us, and I hope you enjoy the performance.

Warmest regards,

January 30 – February 2, 2026

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Assistant Director

Margaret Barbieri

Director Iain Webb

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Misa Kuranaga (Resident Guest Principal), Jessica Assef, Marijana Dominis, Ricardo Graziano, Ricardo Rhodes, Luke Schaufuss

Junior Principal

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Character Principal

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First Soloist

Gus Payne Soloists

Samuel Gest, Trevor Stalcup

Coryphée

Kennedy Falyn Cassada, Ze Ellis, Willa Frantz, Mischa Goodman, Dominique Jenkins, Iku Okura, Bel Pickering, Annie Wilson, Paige Young

Corps de Ballet

Daniel Ayala, Andrew Buckley, Olivia Dugan, Camille Gentes, Jonah Glickman, Mark Hare, Ella Lau, Pasha Levy, Andrea Marcelletti, Jordan Micallef, Ben Moss, Alessandra Nova, Gabriella Schultze, Nathan Smith, Emmanuelle Watkins, Brooke Wilson

Apprentices

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Valsinhas

Choreography by Ricardo

Graziano

Ricardo Graziano’s Valsinhas, Portuguese for “Little Waltzes”, is a series of 25 waltzes from Franz Schubert’s 34 Valses Sentimentales, with less than a minute in length. The work is distinguished by its unusual casting: two separate ensembles, one entirely female and the other entirely male, performing identical choreography. Having originally cast five men, Graziano introduced a second cast during the creative process, this one instead all female, developing a “battle of the sexes” dynamic with its now gender-split cast. Each group brings its own spirited energy, offering a fresh interpretation at every performance. Fast-moving and musically driven, Valsinhas unfolds with live piano onstage, making the music a visible and immediate presence while the dancers respond to it in real time.

Ricardo Graziano Choreographer

Ricardo Graziano started dancing when he was eight years old in his hometown of Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. At the age of 16, he won a scholarship to study at the Academie des Tanzes in Mannheim, Germany, and in 2005 joined Tulsa Ballet. In 2010, Graziano joined The Sarasota Ballet as a Soloist and in the following year was promoted to Principal. At the start of the 2011 - 2012 Season, Graziano was given the opportunity by Director Iain Webb to choreograph his first ballet, Shostakovich Suite, which The Sarasota Ballet premiered in October 2011. Following this ballet, Graziano choreographed four new ballets before being appointed The Sarasota Ballet’s Resident Choreographer by Webb in 2014 after a performance of Graziano’s Symphony of Sorrows. During his 10 years as Resident Choreographer, he choreographed an additional seven one-act ballets, including In a State of Weightlessness, which premiered August 12, 2015, as a part of The Sarasota Ballet’s first week-long residency at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.

His other choreographic works for The Sarasota Ballet include: Pomp and Circumstances, Valsinhas, Before Night Falls, En las Calles de Murcia, Sonata in Four Movements, The Jolly Overture, Somewhere, Amorosa, Sonatina, The Pilgrimage, Schubert Variations, and A Study for One

In 2023, Graziano choreographed his first work outside of The Sarasota Ballet. Fledglings’ Playground was created for the Connexus Dance Collective in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the Spring of 2024, he was invited to create One Step Closer, his first ballet for Richmond Ballet, Virginia.

Lilac Garden

Choreography by Antony Tudor

Created in 1936, Antony Tudor’s Lilac Garden was a departure from the idealized settings common in ballet at the time, focusing instead on real human experience. The backdrop of an evening garden party in Edwardian England centers on a love triangle between the hostess, Caroline, her lover, and “The Man She Must Marry.” Rigid societal norms dictate behavior, forcing private feelings to remain carefully hidden. Caroline’s brief encounters with her true love are further complicated by the presence of “An Episode in His Past,” a glamorous former mistress of her fiancé. With Ernest Chausson’s seamlessly paired score, Tudor’s restrained yet expressive choreography shapes every subtle gesture and nuanced movement with deliberate intent, painting a portrait of the tension between duty and desire.

Antony Tudor Choreographer

It took Marie Rambert’s instinct for talent to recognize the potential in 19-year-old William Cook (born 1908 in London), then an invoice clerk at Smithfield Market. Stagestruck and determined, he came to her Ballet Club for lessons after work, becoming her stage manager, pianist, and assistant. Adopting the name Antony Tudor, he soon emerged as Frederick Ashton’s chief British choreographic rival of the 1930s. Tudor’s debut, Cross-Garter’d (1931), drew praise from Léonide Massine and was followed by Lysistrata, Adam and Eve (1932), The Planets (1934), and the acclaimed Lilac Garden (1936) and Dark Elegies (1937). Witty works such as Judgment of Paris and Gala Performance (1938) displayed his range. That same year, frustrated with Rambert’s demands, he co-founded London Ballet with Andrée Howard, Agnes de Mille, and Hugh Laing, his lifelong partner.

In 1939 Tudor accepted Lucia Chase’s invitation to Ballet Theatre in New York, beginning a long association with the company (later American Ballet Theatre). As Resident Choreographer, he restaged earlier works and created the seminal Pillar of Fire (1942). Retiring from performance in 1950, he directed the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School and taught at Juilliard and UCLA, while choreographing for New York City Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada. He briefly led the Royal Swedish Ballet (1963–64) before returning to ABT in 1974 as Associate Artistic Director, where he created late works including The Leaves Are Fading (1975).

A committed Zen Buddhist, Tudor died in New York in 1987, remembered for choreography of psychological and emotional depth.

Amanda McKerrow Répétiteur

Amanda McKerrow was the first American to win gold at the 1981 Moscow International Ballet Competition. An American Ballet Theatre principal, she danced leading classical roles, worked with major choreographers, and toured worldwide. Today she is Antony Tudor Ballet Trust trustee, ABT Director of Repertoire, and a sought-after master teacher.

John Gardner Répétiteur

Mr. Gardner distinguished himself with American Ballet Theatre and White Oak Dance Project. Joining ABT in 1978, he became a soloist in 1984 and performed principal roles with leading choreographers. He now serves the Antony Tudor Ballet Trust, is ABT Director of Repertoire, and is a respected teacher, coach, and choreographer.

ANTONY TUDOR’S LILAC GARDEN (JARDIN AUX LILAS) IS PERFORMED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ANTONY TUDOR BALLET TRUST, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING ANTONY TUDOR’S ARTISTIC GENIUS AND TO SHARING HIS MASTER WORKS THROUGH RESTAGINGS AND EDUCATION SO THEY MAY BREATHE WITH NEW LIFE THROUGH FUTURE GENERATIONS OF DANCERS.

World Premiere

The Waiting Room

Choreography by Gemma Bond

In a shift away from her typically abstract ballet style, Gemma Bond’s The Waiting Room immerses itself in the unassuming atmosphere of a waiting room—though exactly what kind of waiting room remains undefined. Bond explores the idea of a space free from the distractions, and therefore the limitations, of cell phones and modern technology.

What happens when people are forced simply to exist together in a space? Where does the mind wander? The dancers personify these unfiltered thoughts, allowing them to run wild and transform into tangible moments of contemplation. Dressed in thrifted and tailored pieces, the performers embody a shared experience that expands Bond’s choreographic voice, shaping the work into a meditation on time, loss, and the quiet power of simply existing together.

Gemma Bond Choreographer

Gemma Bond got her first taste of choreography at 13 when she competed in The Royal Ballet School’s Sir Kenneth MacMillan Choreographic Competition. From 2010 to the present, she has created works for American Ballet Theater and Studio Company, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, The Washington Ballet, New York Theater Ballet, Intermezzo Ballet Company, the Hartt School, Ballet Sun Valley, Kaatsbaan Summer Festival, and City Center’s Fall for Dance. Her choreography has been performed at the prestigious Erik Bruhn Competition, The Royal Opera House, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, New York City Center, and the Metropolitan Opera House.

In 2014 she was awarded the fellowship grant from the New York Choreographic Institute (an affiliate of New York City Ballet) and she has also received grants from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Ms. Bond is a 2017 – 2018 New York City Center Choreography Fellow, the recipient of a 2017 Princess Grace award, 2018 winner of the Clive Barnes Foundation Award for her choreography, and a 2020 Bessie for outstanding breakout choreographer.

Friday and Saturday Evening

Valsinhas

Choreography by Ricardo Graziano

Music by Franz Schubert

Costume design by Bill Fenner

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed May 3, 2013

Paige Young Willa Frantz

Emmanuelle Watkins

Friday and Saturday Evening

Lilac Garden

Choreography by Antony Tudor

Music by Ernest Chausson

Designed by Raymond Sovey, after Hugh Stevenson

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Staged by Amanda McKerrow & John Gardner

Premiered by Ballet Rambert | January 26, 1936

First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | October 24, 2008

Caroline

Her Lover

The Man She Must Marry

An Episode in His Past

Paige Young

Simon Plante

Marijana Dominis

Samuel Gest

Ricardo Graziano

Brooke Wilson

Friends & Relations

Ella Tuite

Mark Hare

Gabriella Schultze

Mischa Goodman

Isabella Nova

Daniel Ayala

Friday and Saturday Evening

The Waiting Room

Choreography by Gemma Bond

Music by John Gibbons, Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell, and Georg Philipp Telemann

Costume Design by Lauren Starobin

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed January 30, 2026

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Andrea Marcelletti

Annie Wilson

Jonah Glickman

Sierra Abelardo Ze Ellis

Pasha Levy

Gus Payne

Alessandra Nova

Trevor Stalcup

Dominique Jenkins

Ricki Bertoni

Ella Lau

Jordan Micallef

1. Burlesque de Quixotte: III. Son Attaque des Moulins à Vent – Georg Philipp Telemann

2. Ground in C Minor, Z. D221 – John Gibbons

3. Oh the Sweet Delights of Love – Henry Purcell

4. Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9 – Georg Philipp Telemann

5. An Eye for Optical Theory (2004) – Michael Nyman

6. Lost Is My Quiet for Ever – Henry Purcell

7. King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III Prelude – Henry Purcell

8. When I Am Laid in Earth – Henry Purcell

9. Concerto in D Major: II. Allegro – Georg Philipp Telemann

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INTRINSIC | PROGRAM ONE

October 24 - 26, 2025 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts

Michel Fokine's Les Sylphides

Jessica Lang's The Lorenz Butterfly World Premiere

Will Tuckett's Changing Light

WRITTEN MOTION | PROGRAM TWO

November 21 - 22, 2025 | Sarasota Opera House

Sir Frederick Ashton's Valses nobles et sentimentales

Mark Morris' The Letter V

Ashley Page's Scorched Sky World Premiere

MASTERS OF MOVEMENT | PROGRAM THREE

December 19 - 20, 2025 | Sarasota Opera House

George Balanchine's Divertimento No. 15

George Balanchine's Mozartiana Company Premiere

Sir Frederick Ashton's Jazz Calendar

NOTES UNSPOKEN | PROGRAM FOUR

January 30 - February 2, 2026 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts

Ricardo Graziano's Valsinhas

Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden

Gemma Bond's The Waiting Room World Premiere

MARTHA

GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY | PROGRAM FIVE

February 27 - March 2, 2026 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts

Presented by The Sarasota Ballet

LIFE & LIBERTY | PROGRAM SIX

March 27 - 28, 2026 | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes

Sir David Bintley's ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café

FOUNDATIONS OF ROYALTY | PROGRAM SEVEN

May 1 - 2, 2026 | Sarasota Opera House

Sir Frederick Ashton's Birthday Offering

Dame Ninette de Valois' Checkmate

Sir Peter Wright's Summertide

Saturday and Sunday Matinee

Valsinhas

Choreography by Ricardo Graziano

Music by Franz Schubert

Costume design by Bill Fenner

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed May 3, 2013

Ben Moss Jonah Glickman Ze Ellis

Saturday

and Sunday Matinee

Lilac Garden

Choreography by Antony Tudor

Music by Ernest Chausson

Designed by Raymond Sovey, after Hugh Stevenson

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Staged by Amanda McKerrow & John Gardner

Premiered by Ballet Rambert | January 26, 1936

First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | October 24, 2008

Caroline

Her Lover

The Man She Must Marry

An Episode in His Past

Iku Okura

Nathan Smith

Trevor Stalcup

Willa Frantz

Friends & Relations

Ella Lau

Trevin Ralphs

Olivia Dugan Ben Moss

Haley Dale Alessandra Nova McKibben Needham Gavin Talbot

Saturday

and Sunday Matinee

The Waiting Room

Choreography by Gemma Bond

Music by John Gibbons, Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell, and Georg Philipp Telemann

Costume Design by Lauren Starobin

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed January 30, 2026

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Andrea Marcelletti

Annie Wilson

Jonah Glickman

Sierra Abelardo

Ze Ellis

Pasha Levy

Gus Payne

Alessandra Nova

Trevor Stalcup

Dominique Jenkins

Ricki Bertoni

Ella Lau

Jordan Micallef

1. Burlesque de Quixotte: III. Son Attaque des Moulins à Vent – Georg Philipp Telemann

2. Ground in C Minor, Z. D221 – John Gibbons

3. Oh the Sweet Delights of Love – Henry Purcell

4. Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9 – Georg Philipp Telemann

5. An Eye for Optical Theory (2004) – Michael Nyman

6. Lost Is My Quiet for Ever – Henry Purcell

7. King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III Prelude – Henry Purcell

8. When I Am Laid in Earth – Henry Purcell

9. Concerto in D Major: II. Allegro – Georg Philipp Telemann

Sunday Evening

Valsinhas

Choreography by Ricardo Graziano

Music by Franz Schubert

Costume design by Bill Fenner

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed May 3, 2013

Willa Frantz

Lilac Garden

Choreography by Antony Tudor

Music by Ernest Chausson

Designed by Raymond Sovey, after Hugh Stevenson

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Staged by Amanda McKerrow & John Gardner

Premiered by Ballet Rambert | January 26, 1936

First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | October 24, 2008

Caroline

Her Lover

The Man She Must Marry

An Episode in His Past

Paige Young

Simon Plante

Marijana Dominis

Samuel Gest

Ricardo Graziano

Brooke Wilson

Friends & Relations

Ella Tuite

Mark Hare

Gabriella Schultze

Mischa Goodman

Isabella Nova

Daniel Ayala

Sunday Evening

The Waiting Room

Choreography by Gemma Bond

Music by John Gibbons, Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell, and Georg Philipp Telemann

Costume Design by Lauren Starobin

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed January 30, 2026

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Andrea Marcelletti

Emmanuelle Watkins

Jonah Glickman

Camille Gentes

Ze Ellis

Pasha Levy

Dominique Jenkins

Ricki Bertoni

Alessandra Nova

Gus Payne Simon Plante

Ella Lau

Jordan Micallef

1. Burlesque de Quixotte: III. Son Attaque des Moulins à Vent – Georg Philipp Telemann

2. Ground in C Minor, Z. D221 – John Gibbons

3. Oh the Sweet Delights of Love – Henry Purcell

4. Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9 – Georg Philipp Telemann

5. An Eye for Optical Theory (2004) – Michael Nyman

6. Lost Is My Quiet for Ever – Henry Purcell

7. King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III Prelude – Henry Purcell

8. When I Am Laid in Earth – Henry Purcell

9. Concerto in D Major: II. Allegro – Georg Philipp Telemann

Monday Evening

Valsinhas

Choreography by Ricardo Graziano

Music by Franz Schubert

Costume design by Bill Fenner

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed May 3, 2013

Andrea Marcelletti Mischa Goodman

Mark Hare Jonah Glickman Andrew Buckley

Monday Evening

Lilac Garden

Choreography by Antony Tudor

Music by Ernest Chausson

Designed by Raymond Sovey, after Hugh Stevenson

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Staged by Amanda McKerrow & John Gardner

Premiered by Ballet Rambert | January 26, 1936

First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | October 24, 2008

Caroline

Her Lover

The Man She Must Marry

An Episode in His Past

Iku Okura

Nathan Smith

Trevor Stalcup

Willa Frantz

Friends & Relations

Ella Lau

Trevin Ralphs

Olivia Dugan Ben Moss

Haley Dale Alessandra Nova McKibben Needham Gavin Talbot

Monday Evening

The Waiting Room

Choreography by Gemma Bond

Music by John Gibbons, Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell, and Georg Philipp Telemann

Costume Design by Lauren Starobin

Lighting Design by Ethan Vail

Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet

First Performed January 30, 2026

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Andrea Marcelletti

Emmanuelle Watkins

Jonah Glickman

Camille Gentes

Ze Ellis

Pasha Levy

Dominique Jenkins

Ricki Bertoni

Alessandra Nova

Gus Payne Simon Plante

Ella Lau

Jordan Micallef

1. Burlesque de Quixotte: III. Son Attaque des Moulins à Vent – Georg Philipp Telemann

2. Ground in C Minor, Z. D221 – John Gibbons

3. Oh the Sweet Delights of Love – Henry Purcell

4. Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9 – Georg Philipp Telemann

5. An Eye for Optical Theory (2004) – Michael Nyman

6. Lost Is My Quiet for Ever – Henry Purcell

7. King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III Prelude – Henry Purcell

8. When I Am Laid in Earth – Henry Purcell

9. Concerto in D Major: II. Allegro – Georg Philipp Telemann

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Please contact Doricha Sales at friends@sarasotaballet.org or 941.225.6504.

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$75,000 - $99,999

Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation

$50,000 - $74,999

Jean Allenby Goldstein Touring Fund

Muriel O'Neil Fund for the Performing Arts at CFSC

Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation

Shubert Foundation, Inc.

Community Foundation Sarasota County

Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Jean Weiller Foundation Charitable Fund

$25,000 - $49,999

Bank of America Client Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

The Exchange

$15,000 - $24,999

Lela D. Jackson Foundation for the Arts

$10,000 - $14,999

Bishop-Parker Foundation

Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation

Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999

Charles Henry Leach II Fund at Duquesne University

Jerome Robbins Foundation

Suncoast Credit Union Foundation

Women's Outreach Ministry Church of the Redeemer

$2,500 - $4,999

Gilbert Waters Charitable Fund II

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

$1,000 - $2,499

Cousins Laning Foundation

Fay A. Schweim Memorial Children's Dance Fund

Gulf Coast Italian Culture Society, Inc.

The Johnson Singer Arts and Education Fund

Corporate Support

$15,000 - $24,999

Gold Coast Eagle Distributing

$10,000 - $14,999

Northern Trust

Michael's On East

Palm Printing

$5,000 - $9,999

1st Source Bank

Beneva

Cumberland Advisors

Circus Arts Conservatory

Fifth Third Bank

Freed of London

Laughlin Tanner Group

McCarver & Moser Jewelers

The Ritz-Carlton

Sarasota Bay Club

$2,500 - $4,999

Concierge Medical Services

Eurotech Cabinetry, Inc.

Morton’s Gourmet Market & Catering

Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay

Rugs as Art

Sarasota Polo Club

Selva Grill

Senior Friendship Centers

Wear Moi

Williams Parker Attorneys at Law

$1,000 - $2,499

BookStore1Sarasota

Justice Pays

UBS Costal Partners

Play a Principal Role Make a Difference

The Sarasota Ballet’s performances, education programs, and community engagement are made possible each year through the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individuals like you. Ticket sales alone cover only a portion of the cost of producing the extraordinary ballets you see on stage. It is through philanthropic support that we are able to preserve ballet’s greatest legacies, commission innovative new works, and bring accessible arts education to people of all ages in our community.

The Sarasota Ballet Company

• Repertoire Spanning from Beloved Classics to World Premieres

• Live Music Accompaniment and Guest Conductors

• National and International Company Tours

• Guest Choreographers and Répétiteurs

• Presenting Dance Companies

Dance Education

• The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory

• The Sarasota Ballet School

• Summer Intensive

• Summer Camps

• Adult Workshops

Community Engagement

• Dance – The Next Generation

• School Performances and Programs

• Community Experiences

• Joyful Movement Through Parkinson’s

• Silver Swans®

Every gift to The Sarasota Ballet helps inspire, preserve, and impact.

SCAN HERE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR GIVING CIRCLES

Programs Summer

The Sarasota Ballet offers summer programs for all ages for ballet enthusiasts looking to grow, refine technique, and enjoy the art of dance.

Summer Intensive

June 22 - July 25, 2026

The Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive is designed for dancers ages 12-21 to holistically develop every student’s technique alongside artistry.

Junior Intensive

June 8 - 19, 2026

The Junior Intensive is designed for dancers ages 8-12 eager to grow both technically and artistically, offering a dynamic and engaging summer experience.

Summer Camps

June 1- July 3, 2026

Our Summer Camps for ages 3–7 spark creativity and imagination through fun, themed weeks filled with dancing, crafts, storytelling, and movement exploration!

Adult Intensive

June 1 - 5, 2026

Our Adult Intensive is designed especially for adult ballet enthusiasts! Whether you’re looking to refine your technique, challenge yourself, or simply immerse in the joy of ballet, this program offers a welcoming and supportive environment for all participants.

THE SARASOTA BALLET BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2025 - 2026 Season

Board Chair

Board Vice Chair

Treasurer

Secretary

Shari Ashman

Ginger Cannon Bailey

William E. Chapman II

Warren R. Colbert, Sr.

William A. Farber

Patricia A. Golemme

Robin Grossman

Julie A. Harris

Richard S. Johnson

Founder / Chair Emerita

Chair Emerita

Honorary Trustees

Sandra DeFeo

Charles Wilson

Pat Kenny

Maureen Steiner

Frank Martucci

Linda Mitchell

Rosemary Oberndorf

Mercedita OConnor

Audrey Robbins

Jan Sirota

Hillary Steele

Julie Swanger

Jean Weidner Goldstein

Sydney Goldstein

Mark Famiglio

Dr. Bart Price

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Jan Farber

Maryann Armour

Laura A. Feder

Frances D. Fergusson

Dr. Amy L. Harding

Charlie Huisking

Robin Klein-Strauss

Peter E. Kretzmer

Karen Lichtig

Tina Lieberman

Richard March

Joan Mathews

Howard Noble

Gini Peltz

Kimberley Anne Pelyk

Jeffrey Peterson

Richard Segall

Lois Stulberg

THE SARASOTA BALLET

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF IAIN WEBB

JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL

JULY 2025

Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, Massachusetts

ASHTON CELEBRATED

JUNE 2024

The Royal Opera House, London, UK

THE JOYCE THEATER

AUGUST 2022

Joyce Theater, New York, US

THE JOYCE THEATER

AUGUST 2018

Joyce Theater, New York, US

GUGGENHEIM WORKS & PROCESS

NOVEMBER 2017

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City

NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL

MAY 2017

Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City, Utah, US

ARCADIA CENTENNIAL

AUGUST 2016

Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine, US

THE JOYCE THEATER

AUGUST 2016

Joyce Theater, New York, US

FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 2015

New York City Center, New York City

JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL

AUGUST 2015

Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, Massachusetts

FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 2014

New York City Center, New York City

BALLET ACROSS AMERICA III

JUNE 2013

John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC

THE SUZANNE FARREL BALLET

OCTOBER 2011

John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC