FSU Center for the Performing Arts | October 25 - 27, 2024
THE SARASOTA BALLET 2024 - 2025 SEASON
Sunday, February 16, 2025 at All-Inclusive New Location, The Ora
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Honoring Patricia Golemme and Timothy Fullum
GALA SPONSORS
Welcome to the start of the 2024 – 2025 Season and what is sure to be another exceptional year of ballet. We launch with one of our iconic triple bills, which have garnered The Sarasota Ballet a reputation for bringing together the very best of dance through the diversity of movement that is so essential to the art form of ballet.
Program One – Relative Works will be no exception, as it weaves a tapestry of traditional choreography and exciting creative vision from some of the today’s leading choreographers. We open with Johan Kobborg’s exciting production of Napoli Act III, making its long awaited return to the stage. Kobborg breathes this work to life with a refreshing take that resonates with beauty and vitality, while preserving the legacy of the Bournonville style for which Johan is so well known for capturing.
Returning for the first time since 2019, we present Ricardo Graziano’s hauntingly beautiful romantic ballet, Amorosa. It's highly sensual atmosphere and dramatic black and red costuming provides a stark contrast to the lighthearted tone with which we open the program.
We close with a world premiere from Virginia B. Toulmin & Muriel O’Neil Artist in Residence, Jessica Lang, whose work has been performed by many of the world’s leading ballet companies. In A Time of Beauty, she creates a vivid portrait of experience through movement framed by the music of George Frideric Handel to captivate the audience and transport them to another dimension.
Thank you for joining me and the entire Sarasota Ballet family as we kick off the Season together. We are so grateful for your enduring support that inspires us to continue to bring world-class artistry to the stage to entertain you, move you, and to hopefully keep you on the edge of your seats for this Season and many more to come.
Program One | October 25 – 27, 2024 PROGRAM
Our Special Angel This program is funded, in part, by Sarasota County Tourist Development Revenues. MEDIA SPONSOR
Elaine Keating
In Loving Memory of Dr. Sidney Katz
Gail and Skip Sack
Darlene J. and Richard P. Carroll
Bruce Ensinger and Clark Denham
Laura Feder
Marilyn and Steve Rothschild
Micki Sellman
In Loving Memory of Jerry Sellman
Hélène and Phil Tucker
Assistant Director
Margaret Barbieri
Director Iain Webb
Principals
Executive Director
Joseph Volpe
Jessica Assef, Marijana Dominis, Macarena Gimenez, Ricardo Graziano, Jennifer Hackbarth, Maximiliano Iglesias, Ricardo Rhodes, Luke Schaufuss
Character Principal
Ricki Bertoni
First Soloists
Sierra Abelardo, Daniel Pratt
Soloists
Evan Gorbell, Yuki Nonaka, Lauren Ostrander, Ivan Spitale, Trevor Stalcup
Coryphée
Kennedy Falyn Cassada, Willa Frantz, Samuel Gest, Mischa Goodman, Dominique Jenkins, Emelia Perkins, Paige Young
Corps de Ballet
Cooper Blankenburg, Mihai Costache, Olivia Dugan, Israel Ellis, Joshua Fickling, Josh Fisk, Mark Hare, Andrea Marcelletti, Jordan Micallef, Alessandra Nova, Bel Pickering, Gabriella Schultze, Samantha Stillwell, Juliano Weber
Michelle Butler
Maya Collins
Amy Wensley
Katie Zak
Amy Miller
Judi King
Barbara Epperson
William Ingramm
Jeanne Leo
Heyckal Taveras
Christian Cudnik
Rod Kelly
Victoria Hulland
Octavio Martin
Ethan Vail
Brienne Cooper
Diana Childs
Zara Baroyan
Christopher Hird
Charmaine Hunter
Bradley Shoemaker-Webster
Kelly Sullivan
Ashley Baszto
Risa Kaplowitz
Apprentices
Anna Victoria Camacho, Savannah Campbell, Ella Lau, Nina Reis, Emmanuelle Watkins, Felipe Zapiola
Company Staff
Senior Director of Philanthropy
Senior Development Officer
Senior Development Associate
Development Associate
Finance / Office Manager
HR & Finance Administrator
Executive Assistant
Tessitura Database Administrator
Marketing Director
Graphic Designer
Digital Media Producer
Box Office & House Manager
Artistic Staff
Artistic Assistant to the Directors
Ballet Master
Production Staff
Production Manager & Lighting Designer
Wardrobe Assistant
Stage Manager
Class Pianist
Jason W. Ettore
Doricha Sales
Sara Kious
Katherine Knowles
Leslie Van Brink
Luba Khasik
John Johnson
Kelsey Simpson
Mikenna Bowers
Bryan Lewis
Jessica Lang
Roman Rykine
Jerry Wolf
Glen Edwards
Doug Nicholson
Carl Haan
Education & Community Engagement Staff
Education Director
Community Engagement Director
Education Administrative Manager
School Administrator
Full-Time Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Dierdre Miles Burger
Jennifer Welch Cudnik
Sabrina Ortiz
Hannah Lanese
Alberto Blanco
Addul Manzano
General Manager
Development Officer
Special Event Coordinator
Grants Manager
Company Manager
Finance Assistant
IT Consultant
Marketing & Design Specialist
Marketing Coordinator
Box Office Associate
Toulmin & O’Neil Artist in Residence
Ballet Master
Head of Wardrobe
Facilities Coordinator
Production Consultant
Class Pianist
Assistant Education Director
Principal of The Sarasota Ballet School
Program Facilitator, DNG
Community Engagement Administrator
Full-Time Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
FRIENDS OF THE SARASOTA BALLET SHOWCASE LUNCHEON GUEST SPEAKER - JESSICA LANG
October 28, 2024 | 11:30 AM | Michael’s on East Ballroom
PROGRAM TWO - GISELLE
November 22 - 23, 2024 | Sarasta Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
WINTER'S GLOW
KEY CHORALE WITH THE SARASOTA BALLET STUDIO COMPANY
December 1, 2024 | Sarasota Opera House
THE NUTCRACKER
December 13 - 14, 2024 | Venice Performing Arts Center
Accompanied by the Venice Orchestra
FRIENDS OF THE SARASOTA BALLET SHOWCASE LUNCHEON SPECIAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
December 16, 2024 | 11:30 AM | Michael’s on East Ballroom
PROGRAM THREE - FANCIFUL JOURNEY
December 20 -21, 2024
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
THE NUTCRACKER
December 22-23, 2024 | Sarasota Opera House
N
apoli is a joyful ballet that epitomizes Bournonville’s style and has become a signature piece of the Royal Danish Ballet. It marked his triumphant return to Copenhagen following a public fallout with the Danish King. A contemporary described its 1842 premiere as “unstoppable clapping and cheers…gaiety throughout the whole theatre, which could awaken the dead.”
Bournonville explained in his memoirs how his ballet had drawn inspiration from his Neapolitan experiences. “From my window, I observed in an hour more tableaux than I could use in ten ballets.” While offering an audience-pleasing, romantic, and ethereal fantasy for his Act II Grotto scene, he intentionally proposed a contrasting Neapolitan fishing community exuberance with folk dances like the tarantella for an Act III that passed in 1842 for earthy realism.
Johan Kobborg’s staging bears the legitimate imprimatur of an international star, steeped in the Bournonville style from his early training and years as a principal with the Royal Danish Ballet. What the modern audience gets in the sunny ebullience of Napoli Act III is an unbroken Danish tradition from 1842, exuberantly Italian in flavor, with Bournonville’s own, and many subsequent, alterations so that a living tradition constantly reinterprets a great heritage masterwork.
Johan Kobborg, born June 5, 1972, in Denmark, is a distinguished dancer and choreographer. He began his ballet training at 16 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and joined the company a year later, becoming a Principal in 1994. Kobborg performed major roles in works by Bournonville , Ashton, and Balanchine, and created lead roles in Peter Schaufuss’ Hamlet and Flemming Flindt’s Legs on Fire
In 1999, he joined The Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer, showcasing his talents in leading roles and guest appearances with major companies, including American Ballet Theatre, The Mariinsky Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, and La Scala Ballet. His partnership with Ballerina Alina Cojocaru began with a celebrated performance of Romeo and Juliet in 2001, leading to a romantic relationship and engagement in 2011.
Kobborg's choreographic journey began at The Royal Ballet, where he created an acclaimed production of La Sylphide in 2005. His adaptation received glowing praise and multiple awards and has since been staged around the world. After leaving The Royal Ballet in 2013, he became Artistic Director of the Romanian National Ballet. Recently, he served as lead choreographer for Ralph Fiennes' 2018 film The White Crow and continues to create works for ballet companies worldwide.
Striking images of passion and tenderness abound in Graziano’s Amorosa , initially created for The Sarasota Ballet’s 2018 - 2019 season. The Portuguese word ‘amorosa’ means ‘loving’, or ‘with a tender touch’, helping us understand the mood that underpins this work: an exploration of the act of devotion to another person, rather than an explicit study of the condition of love.
Amorosa was choreographed to Vivaldi's cello concertos to complement the light and shade he looked for in movement. Baroque music's contrapuntal nature, where two melodies take equal importance simultaneously, is ideal for a work where partners willingly reach out to one another, reveling in the intimacy of shared contact. Graziano's signature partner work is a feature of Amorosa so that dramatic counterpoints exist between partners: men balance women precariously, and couples use the force from an off-balance maneuver to swing into the next moment with abandon. Amorosa takes flight from the musical contrasts in the assembled score, which allows sensuality and vigor to infuse this piece. This is the second revival of Amorosa after its creation. The principal pas de deux has been performed in California, Mexico, and Japan.
Ricardo Graziano began dancing at eight in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. At 16, he earned a scholarship to the Academie des Tanzes in Mannheim, Germany, and joined Tulsa Ballet in 2005. In 2010, Graziano became a Soloist with The Sarasota Ballet and was promoted to Principal the following year.
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 7 one-act ballets, including I n 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.
Graziano's other notable works for The Sarasota Ballet include Pomp and Circumstance , Valsinhas , Before Night Falls , and Schubert Variations . In 2023, he choreographed Fledglings’ Playground , for the Connexus Dance Collective in Colorado Springs. In Spring 2024, he was invited to create a ballet for Richmond Ballet in Virginia.
For Jessica Lang's second world premiere with The Sarasota Ballet, she sought to create a piece that aligns with the style she established as Artist in Residence. Handel's 1707 oratorio Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno offered the perfect inspiration. Its exploration of the inevitable passing of time and the inexorability of decline excited Lang as she responded to its themes. Four characters represented through a succession of recitatives and arias depict how Pleasure encourages Beauty, only for Disillusion and Time to impart their understanding that temporal pleasures are fleeting.
With her typical sensitivity to artistic gestures, Lang's choreographic voice is shaped by the experiences she shares with her dancers in response to Handel's music. Not simply a retelling of Handel's oratorio, Lang was inspired scenically by a 2019 piece of public art exhibited in London by creative architecture studio KHBT with artist Ottmar Hörl. Entitled Lunch Break , small guardian angels swung outside that masterpiece of baroque architecture, St Paul's Cathedral. Handel's 1711 opera Rinaldo features the words "Leave the thorn, Pluck the rose." This resonates with the theme of time's passage, where deeper understanding and new experiences unfold as days go by.
Jessica Lang Choreographer
Jessica Lang is an acclaimed American director and choreographer, currently serving as The Virginia B. Toulmin & Muriel O’Neil Artist in Residence at The Sarasota Ballet and Resident Choreographer at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Since 1999, she has created over 100 original works for renowned companies worldwide, including American Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, as well as her own company, Jessica Lang Dance.
Lang has made significant contributions to American Ballet Theatre, creating notable works such as Her Notes and ZigZag , the latter featuring Tony Bennett. She has also choreographed seven ballets on ABT Studio Company and was a founding faculty member of the JKO School. In opera, Lang directed and choreographed Stabat Mater at Glimmerglass Opera Festival and has choreographed productions of Aida and Salome
Lang, a graduate of The Juilliard School under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy, is a former member of Twyla Tharp’s company, THARP!. She is the recipient of a 2018 Martha Hill Mid-Career Award, 2017 Arison Award, and 2014 Bessie Award. She has been a fellow of NY City Center and NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts and was named 2019 Caroline Hearst Choreographer-in-Residence at Princeton University.
ITALIAN
DISINGANNO:
Se la bellezza
Perde vaghezza:
Se cade, o more
Non torna più.
Ein sol momento
Ride contento
Il vago floore
Di Goiventu
ENGLISH
DISILLUSION:
If beauty
Loses her charm, if she falls or dies
She never returns.
And for only a moment
Smiles content
The lovely flower of youth.
ITALIAN
BELLEZZA:
Un pensiero nemico di pace
Fece il Tempo volubil' edace,
Econ l'ali la falce gli diè.
Nacque un'altro leggiadro pensiero
Per negare si rigido impero,
Ond' il Tempo, più Tempo non è.
ENGLISH
BELLEZZA:
A thought inimical to peace made Time fickle and greedy, And with its wings gave him a scythe
Another pleasing thought arose, To deny so harsh a dominion, Where Time is no longer Time.
ITALIAN
TEMPO:
Fole, dunque tu sola presumi
Che non voli il Tempo per te?
Vò per Mari, per Monti, per Fiumi; Chiuse Rocche fra bellici orrori,
Lieti Alberghi di rozzi Pastori
Solo ardito trascorro col piè.
ITALIAN
PIACERE:
Lascia la Spina,
Cogli la Rosa.
Tu vai cercando lI tuo dolor.
Canuta brina
Per mano ascosa
Giungerà quando
Nol crede il cor.
ENGLISH
TIME:
Fool, will you alone presume That Time does not fly for you?
I go over seas, over mountains, over rivers, Strongholds amid the horrors of war, Happy dwellings of rough sheperds, I alone bravely cross on foot.
ENGLISH
PLEASURE:
Leave the thorn, Pluck the rose.
You go seeing Your own sorrow.
White hoarfrost
Stealthily
Will come to you
When the heart least expects.
ITALIAN
BELLEZZA:
Quel del Ciel Ministro Eletto
Von vedrà più nel mio pelto
Voglia infida, e vano ardor:
E se vissi ingrata a Dio, Ei custode del cor mio
Lo vedrà pieno d' Amor.
ENGLISH
BEAUTY:
Guardian Angels please protect me
No more shall see in my breast
Faithless desire and vain fervour; And if I lived ungrateful to God, So, as guardian of my heart, Shall he see it full of love.
FRIDAY EVENING | SATURDAY EVENING
Production by Johan Kobborg
Choreography after August Bournonville
Music by Edvard Helsted & Holger Simon Paulli
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
First Performed by The Royal Danish Ballet March 29, 1842
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet March 4, 2011
PAS DE SIX
1ST MALE SOLO
1ST FEMALE SOLO
2ND MALE SOLO
3RD MALE SOLO
2ND FEMALE SOLO
3RD FEMALE SOLO
4TH FEMALE SOLO
TARANTELLA
Marijana Dominis
Jessica Assef
Mischa Goodman
Yuki Nonaka
Macarena Gimenez
Ricardo Rhodes
Luke Schaufuss
Marijana Dominis
Jennifer Hackbarth
Jessica Assef
Sierra Abelardo
Jennifer Hackbarth
Jessica Assef
Marijana Dominis
Macarena Gimenez
Jennifer Hackbarth
Macarena Gimenez
Evan Gorbell
Yuki Nonaka
Luke Schaufuss
Ricardo Rhodes
Evan Gorbell
Mischa Goodman
FRIDAY EVENING | SATURDAY EVENING
Choreography by Ricardo Graziano
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Costume Design by Jerry Wolf and Ricardo Graziano
Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl
Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail
Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet January 25, 2019
Marijana Dominis
Jennifer Hackbarth
Daniel Pratt
Dominique Jenkins
Ricki Bertoni
Ricardo Rhodes
Jessica Assef
Ivan Spitale
Lauren Ostrander
Trevor Stalcup
FRIDAY EVENING | SATURDAY EVENING
Choreography by Jessica Lang
Music by George Frederick Handel
Costume Design by Jillian Lewis
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet October 25, 2024
Macarena Gimenez
Israel Ellis Maximiliano Iglesias
Sierra Abelardo
Kennedy Falyn Cassada
Evan Gorbell
Jordan Micallef
Emelia Perkins
Daniel Pratt
Sir Peter Wright’s
PROGRAM TWO | NOVEMBER 22 - 23, 2024
Sarasota Opera House
SATURDAY
Production by Johan Kobborg
Choreography after August Bournonville
Music by Edvard Helsted & Holger Simon Paulli
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
First Performed by The Royal Danish Ballet March 29, 1842
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet March 4, 2011
PAS DE SIX
1ST MALE SOLO
1ST FEMALE SOLO
2ND MALE SOLO
3RD MALE SOLO
2ND FEMALE SOLO
3RD FEMALE SOLO
4TH FEMALE SOLO
TARANTELLA
Emelia Perkins
Bel Pickering
Mischa Goodman
Yuki Nonaka
Dominique Jenkins
Jonah Glickman
Maximiliano Iglesias
Emelia Perkins
Kennedy Falyn Cassada
Bel Pickering
Gabriella Schultze
Kennedy Falyn Cassada
Bel Pickering
Emelia Perkins
Dominique Jenkins
Kennedy Falyn Cassada
Dominique Jenkins
Jordan Micallef
Yuki Nonaka
Maximiliano Iglesias
Jonah Glickman
Jordan Micallef
Mischa Goodman
Choreography by Ricardo Graziano
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Costume Design by Jerry Wolf and Ricardo Graziano
Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl
Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail
Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet January 25, 2019
Macarena Gimenez
Sierra Abelardo Luke Schaufuss
Emelia Perkins
Ricki Bertoni
Maximiliano Iglesias
Paige Young Israel Ellis
Lauren Ostrander
Trevor Stalcup
Choreography by Jessica Lang
Music by George Frederick Handel
Costume Design by Jillian Lewis
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet October 25, 2024
Jennifer Hackbarth
Jessica Assef
Israel Ellis
Ricardo Rhodes
Dominique Jenkins
Jonah Glickman
Bel Pickering
Andrea Marcelletti
Ivan Spitale
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Production by Johan Kobborg
Choreography after August Bournonville
Music by Edvard Helsted & Holger Simon Paulli
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
First Performed by The Royal Danish Ballet March 29, 1842
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet March 4, 2011
PAS DE SIX
1ST MALE SOLO
1ST FEMALE SOLO
2ND MALE SOLO
3RD MALE SOLO
2ND FEMALE SOLO
3RD FEMALE SOLO
4TH FEMALE SOLO
Marijana Dominis
Jessica Assef
Mischa Goodman
Yuki Nonaka
Macarena Gimenez
Jonah Glickman
Joshua Fickling
Marijana Dominis
Jennifer Hackbarth
Jessica Assef
Sierra Abelardo
Jennifer Hackbarth
Jessica Assef
Marijana Dominis
Macarena Gimenez
Jennifer Hackbarth
Macarena Gimenez
Evan Gorbell
Yuki Nonaka
Joshua Fickling
Jonah Glickman
Evan Gorbell
Mischa Goodman
Choreography by Ricardo Graziano
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Costume Design by Jerry Wolf and Ricardo Graziano
Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl
Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail
Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet January 25, 2019
Marijana Dominis
Jennifer Hackbarth
Daniel Pratt
Dominique Jenkins
Ricki Bertoni
Ricardo Rhodes
Jessica Assef
Ivan Spitale
Lauren Ostrander
Trevor Stalcup
Choreography by Jessica Lang
Music by George Frederick Handel
Costume Design by Jillian Lewis
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet October 25, 2024
Macarena Gimenez
Israel Ellis Maximiliano Iglesias
Sierra Abelardo
Kennedy Falyn Cassada
Evan Gorbell
Jordan Micallef
Emelia Perkins
Daniel Pratt
Venice Performing Arts Center
December 13 - 14, 2024
Accompanied by the Venice Symphony
Sarasota Opera House
December 22 - 23, 2024
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Your gracious, tax-deductible gift helps to inspire , preserve , and impact :
• 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
• D ance – The Next Generation
• School Performances and Programs
• Community Experiences
• Joyful Movement Through Parkinson’s
• Silver Swans®
• The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
• The Sarasota Ballet School
• Summer Intensive
• Summer Camps
• Adult Workshops
To learn more about how your gift can make a difference, Please contact our Development Department at 941.225.6512 or development@sarasotaballet.org
2024 - 2025 Season
Board Chair
Board Vice Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Ginger Bailey
Bill Chapman
Warren Colbert
Bill Farber
Pat Golemme
Robin Grossman
Julie Harris
JoAnn Heisen
Frank Martucci
Founder / Chair Emerita
Chair Emerita
Honorary Trustees
Sandra DeFeo
Peter B. Miller
Pat Kenny
David Welle
Linda Mitchell
Rosemary Oberndorf
Mercedita OConnor
Audrey Robbins
Jan Sirota
Hillary Steele
Maureen Steiner
Charlie Wilson
Jean Weidner Goldstein
Sydney Goldstein
Mark Famiglio
Dr. Bart Price
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Jan Farber
Maryann Armour
Laura Feder
Frances Fergusson
Marnie Grossman
Dr. Amy L. Harding
Charlie Huisking
Robin Klein-Strauss
Peter Kretzmer
Karen Lichtig
Tina Lieberman
Richard March
Joan Mathews
Donna Maytham
Gini Peltz
Kimberley Pelyk
Jeff Peterson
Marilynn Petrillo
Richard Segall
Lois Stulberg
Marcia Jean Taub
Clara Reynardus de Villanueva
Congratulations to the dancers and the staff of The Sarasota Ballet for the outstanding performances of “Relative Works.”
Observer Media Group is a proud sponsor of The Sarasota Ballet.
RELATIVE WORKS PROGRAM ONE
October 25 - 27, 2024
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Jessica Lang's World Premiere
Ricardo Graziano's Amorosa
Johan Kobborg's Napoli Act III
GISELLE PROGRAM TWO
November 22 - 23, 2024
Sarasota Opera House
April 25 - 26, 2025
Sarasota Opera House
George Balanchine's Serenade
Jerome Robbins' In The Night
Sir Frederick Ashton's A Wedding Bouquet MOVEMENTS
