The Sarasota Ballet's 2021 - 2022 Season
We are ecstatic to announce our 2021 - 2022 Season and the return to full in-person theater programming. This Season also marks Director Iain Webb’s 15th year heading the Company, and will feature seven programs that showcase not only the range of the Company’s choreographic repertoire, but also its artistry and athleticism. Highlights include two World Premieres – the first, by Resident Choreographer Ricardo Graziano, opening the Season in October; the second, by renowned British choreographer Sir David Bintley, with a full-length adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, scheduled in March. The Season also sees the pairing of the Company Premiere of Mark Morris’ The Letter V in April, The Sarasota Ballet’s first foray into Morris’ distinctive choreography, with the March presentation of the Mark Morris Dance Group. Other highlights include the return of Sir Peter Wright’s remarkable Giselle and Summertide to celebrate the choreographer’s 95th birthday, and audience favorites such as Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring, Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, and Sir Frederick Ashton’s Valses nobles et sentimentales.
Full Season Subscribers can renew their Subscription today, and new Full Season Subscriptions and Four Ballet Packages to The Sarasota Ballet’s 2021 - 2022 Season are now also available. For information, please visit our Subscriptions page or call the Box Office at 941.359.0099, Monday through Friday, 10am to 4pm.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Program 1 – New World | 22 – 24 October 2021
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Appalachian Spring
Choreography by Martha Graham
Music by Aaron Copland
Sonatina
Choreography by Ricardo Graziano
Music by Antonín Dvořák
Program 2 – Day & Night | 19 – 20 November 2021
Sarasota Opera House
Summertide
Choreography by Sir Peter Wright
Music by Felix Mendelssohn
Nine Sinatra Songs
Choreography by Twyla Tharp
Music by Frank Sinatra
Program 3 – Giselle | 17 – 18 December 2021
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Giselle
Production by Sir Peter Wright
Original Choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli
Music by Adolphe Adam
Program 4 – Love & Betrayal | 28 – 31 January 2022
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
The Rake’s Progress
Choreography by Dame Ninette de Valois
Music by Gavin Gordon
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Music by Maurice Ravel
Program 5 – Mark Morris Dance Group | 4 – 7 March 2022
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
The Sarasota Ballet Presents:
Mark Morris Dance Group
Program 6 – A Comedy of Errors | 25 – 26 March 2022
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
A Comedy of Errors (World Premiere)
Choreography by Sir David Bintley
Music by Matthew Hindson (commissioned score)
Designs by Dick Bird
Program 7 – Serendipitous Movement | 29 – 30 April 2022
Sarasota Opera House
Serenade
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Letter V (Company Premiere)
Choreography by Mark Morris
Music by Joseph Haydn
Elite Syncopations
Choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Music by Scott Joplin et al.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES
The Sarasota Ballet’s current COVID-19 safety guidelines can be found at https://www.sarasotaballet.org/covid-19-health-and-safety-guidelines
