The Sarasota Ballet's 2022 – 2023 Single Ticket Brochure

The Season

Welcome to The Sarasota Ballet’s 2022 – 2023 Season

This Season, please join us for renowned choreography, enthralling live music, and extraordinary programs from October through May.

We encourage you to explore not just our Season, but the other inspiring performances that feature future members of the professional Company. Whether you are a lifelong ballet aficionado or taking your first steps into the theater, we want you to have an exceptional experience.

In the following pages, you’ll discover the remarkable ballets being presented this Season and the variety of ways you may experience them.

Our Box Office staff is available to assist you personally, Monday through Friday, 10am – 4pm.

We look forward to seeing you and welcoming you to an outstanding Season!

PREMIERES

OCTOBER 21 – 23, 2022 | FSU CENTER

Program 1 opens The Sarasota Ballet’s 2022 – 2023 Season with a triple bill of World Premieres at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. Richard House, Gemma Bond, and Ricardo Graziano each present a World Premiere one-act ballet to catalyze the spirit of creativity and artistry to carry through the entirety of the Season. More details on these three exciting new ballets to be revealed soon!

WORLD PREMIERE

Choreography by Richard House

Music to be announced

WORLD PREMIERE

Choreography by Gemma Bond

Music to be announced

WORLD PREMIERE

Choreography by Ricardo Graziano

Music to be announced

FRIDAY 7:30 PM OCT 21

SATURDAY 2:00 PM OCT 22

SATURDAY 7:30 PM OCT 22

SUNDAY 2:00 PM OCT 23

SUNDAY 7:30 PM OCT 23

NOVEMBER 18 – 19, 2022 |

2 SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE

Highlighting the contributions of two great leaders of The Royal Ballet, Program 2 brings together three powerful ballets, including two Company Premieres. MacMillan’s Danses Concertantes serves as a tribute to the choreographer following the 30th anniversary of his passing. Next, Ashton’s potent Dante Sonata created during the early stages of the Second World War as a reflection on the futility of conflict. Closing with a complete thematic inversion, Ashton’s Rhapsody dazzles with exquisite detail and virtuoso technique.

DANSES CONCERTANTES (Company Premiere)

Choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan Music by Igor Stravinsky

DANTE SONATA (Company Premiere) Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton Music by Franz Liszt

RHAPSODY Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff

FRIDAY 7:30 PM NOV 18

SATURDAY 2:00 PM NOV 19

SATURDAY 7:30 PM NOV 19

AT NIGHT

DECEMBER 16 – 17, 2022 | SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE

This trio of ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton and Jerome Robbins paints a picture of worlds meeting and departing. In Ashton’s Les Patineurs, the bright and joyous scene of ice skaters passing each other on a frozen pond contrasts the complexities of relationships in Jerome Robbins’ In the Night. The dancers’ interactions act as points of adoration, intensity, and contention under a blanket of stars. Closing the Program is the return of Robbins’ Fancy Free, where the flirtatious antics of three boisterous sailors on leave posture the jovial feelings of freedom against the severe reality of a world at war.

LES PATINEURS

Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer

IN THE NIGHT (Company Premiere) Choreography by Jerome Robbins Music by Frederic Chopin

FANCY FREE Choreography by Jerome Robbins Music by Leonard Bernstein

FRIDAY 7:30 PM DEC 16

SATURDAY 2:00 PM DEC 17

SATURDAY 7:30 PM DEC 17

FEATURING LIVE MUSIC BY THE SARASOTA ORCHESTRA

JANUARY 27 – 30, 2023 |

FSU CENTER

Program 4 commences with a World Premiere by Company Dancer Arcadian Broad, who has gained recognition for choreographing ballets for Orlando Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and DanceWorks Chicago. Next, acclaimed choreographer Jessica Lang presents her latest ballet, a World Premiere created on The Sarasota Ballet for the Company’s August tour at the Joyce Theater. The Program closes with a beloved Ashton favorite— Façade, a series of dance vignettes summarized as a perfect marriage of high art and sheer enjoyment, with a generous dash of genteel camp.

WORLD PREMIERE

Choreography by Arcadian Broad Music to be announced

SHADES OF SPRING (Sarasota Premiere) Choreography by Jessica Lang Music by Joseph Haydn

FAÇADE

Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton Music by Sir William Walton

FRIDAY 7:30 PM JAN 27

SATURDAY 2:00 PM JAN 28

SATURDAY 7:30 PM JAN 28

SUNDAY 2:00 PM JAN 29

SUNDAY 7:30 PM JAN 29

MONDAY 2:00 PM JAN 30

MONDAY 7:30 PM JAN 30

DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM

24 – 27, 2023

CENTER

Continuing a tradition of hosting a major dance company for the Sarasota community to experience, The Sarasota Ballet’s Program 5 features the world-renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem. Called “one of ballet’s most exciting undertakings” by The New York Times, the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company, founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook, presents a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century. The 18-member, multi-ethnic company performs a forward-thinking repertoire that includes treasured classics, neoclassical works by George Balanchine and Resident Choreographer Robert Garland, as well as innovative contemporary works that use the language of ballet as a celebration of Mitchell’s belief that ballet belongs to everyone.

FRIDAY 7:30 PM FEB 24

SATURDAY 2:00 PM FEB 25

SATURDAY 7:30 PM FEB 25

SUNDAY 2:00 PM FEB 26

SUNDAY 7:30 PM FEB 26

MONDAY 7:30 PM FEB 27

24 – 25, 2023 |

SYLPHIDE

VAN WEZEL

Program 6 is Johan Kobborg’s production of August Bournonville’s iconic full-length romantic ballet, La Sylphide. A crown jewel of Danish ballet, La Sylphide recounts a narrative of a Scottish man, betrothed to a local woman, becoming entranced by the vision of a sylph, and the ensuing chaos as he is torn between two romances. Kobborg’s production preserves the source material’s dramatic potency while reinvigorating the choreography and designs and maintaining a thoroughly Danish flair. This production has become one of the preeminent versions of Bournonville’s ballet and has been performed by companies across the world including The Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet.

LA SYLPHIDE (Company Premiere) Choreography by Johan Kobborg after August Bournonville Music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold

FRIDAY 7:30 PM MAR 24

SATURDAY 2:00 PM MAR 25

SATURDAY 7:30 PM MAR 25

SARASOTA

TRIBUTE TO BALANCHINE

APRIL 28 – 29, 2023 |

SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE

In honor of the iconic choreographer George Balanchine and marking the 40th anniversary of his passing, Program 7 features a triple bill of his ballets. The program opens with Divertimento No. 15, choreographed to Mozart’s eponymous music and described as, “resplendent in line, dazzling in speed, calm in phrasing, tingling in musical precision.” Next, Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments abstractly expresses the “four humours” theory in a striking five-movement display of pure dance. Program 7 closes with the joyous return of Balanchine’s Western Symphony, a charming tribute to “Spaghetti Westerns” and the cowboy escapades popularized through media in the 1950s.

DIVERTIMENTO NO. 15

Choreography by George Balanchine Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS Choreography by George Balanchine Music by Paul Hindemith

WESTERN SYMPHONY

Choreography by George Balanchine Music arrangement by Hershy Kay

FRIDAY 7:30 PM APR 28

SATURDAY 2:00 PM APR 29

SATURDAY 7:30 PM APR 29

FEATURING LIVE MUSIC BY THE SARASOTA ORCHESTRA

SUBSCRIPTIONS

FULL SEASON SUBSCRIPTION |

STARTING FROM $266

This subscription includes all 7 programs of the 2022 – 2023 Season. This is the best way to thoroughly enjoy the critically acclaimed Sarasota Ballet.

• Up to 15% discount on all tickets within the subscription

• Guaranteed seats for the following Season when you renew

• 5% discount on additional tickets throughout the Season

• Complimentary exchanges from within the same Program

• Complimentary ticket mailing

FLEX FOUR BALLET SUBSCRIPTION |

STARTING FROM $120

Whether you are a seasonal visitor or can only make a handful of performances, the Flex Four Ballet Subscription is just for you. Choose four Programs you would like to attend as well as the dates and times that fit your schedule.

• 5% discount on all tickets within your subscription

• 5% discount on additional tickets within your subscription

• Complimentary exchanges from within the same Program

• Complimentary ticket mailing

LIVE MUSIC SERIES SUBSCRIPTION |

STARTING FROM $120

Join The Sarasota Ballet downtown this Season with our special Live Music Series. Featuring Programs 2, 3, 6, and 7, each performance is accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra and our special guest conductors.

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5% discount on all tickets within your subscription

• 5% discount on additional tickets within your subscription

• Complimentary exchanges from within the same Program

• Complimentary ticket mailing

$115 $105 $95 $75 $60 $40

* Not available at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts

The Sarasota Ballet performs at three venues:

• FSU Center for the Performing Arts

• Sarasota Opera House

• Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Our Price Structures are the same across all three theaters**

**Performances at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall incur an additional $7 facilities charge. Performances at the Sarasota Opera House incur an additional $3 facilities charge.

1) Visit SarasotaBallet.org

2) Call The Sarasota Ballet Box Office at 941.359.0099

3) Visit The Sarasota Ballet Box Office

Open Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM FSU Center for the Performing Arts 5555 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243

The Sarasota Ballet welcomes audiences of all abilities to attend our performances and events. To facilitate this, we strive to meet the accommodation needs of our patrons at all of our performance venues. For more information, visit our website or call our Box Office.

FSU Center for The Performing Arts - Mertz Theater

5555 N Tamiami Trail

Sarasota, FL 34243

The Sarasota Opera House

61 N Pineapple Ave Sarasota, FL 34236

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Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

777 N Tamiami Trail

Sarasota, FL 34236

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Balcony Balcony

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Mezzanine

Orchestra

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PERFORMANCES

Witness Clara and the Nutcracker battle with the Mouse King before journeying off to the land of the sweets with the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince in this treasured family classic. Complete with lavish sets and costumes, this exciting new production brings the traditional full tale to the stage. For the first time in its history, The Sarasota Ballet School brings together students from across the organization to join with The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company for this perfect winter holiday event.

FRIDAY 7:00 PM DEC 9

SATURDAY 3:00 PM DEC 10

MUSIC BY THE VENICE SYMPHONY

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or call 941.218.0627

5:30 PM DEC 18

PERFORMANCES

Images of Dance is a thrilling program featuring inspiring new choreography and extracts from beloved classical works. Showcasing the future of ballet, dancers of The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company join students of The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory for this special one-off program. Adding to the excitement, Images of Dance also partners with local arts organizations including the Artists Series Concerts, Sarasota Music Conservatory, and Sarasota Youth Opera.