24 – 25 Season Overview
The Sarasota Ballet’s 2024 – 2025 Season will bring audiences some truly extraordinary ballets, including new works to the repertoire. The Season promises to inspire with an impressive lineup of seven unique programs that feature the internationally recognized artistic excellence and noteworthy programming for which the Company is known. In addition to the regular Season, The Sarasota Ballet offers exciting Dance Extras including the Martha Graham Dance Company in October, The Nutcracker in December, and Images of Dance in April 2025.
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Program One
Relative Works | October 25 – 27, 2024
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
World Premiere | Choreography by Jessica Lang | Music by George Frideric Handel
Amorosa | Choreography by Ricardo Graziano | Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Napoli Act III | Choreography by Johan Kobborg | Music by Edvard Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli
Program Two
Giselle | November 22 – 23, 2024
Sarasota Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
Giselle | Production by Sir Peter Wright | Original Choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli | Music by Adolphe Adam
Dance Extra
The Nutcracker | December 13 – 14, 2024
Venice Performing Arts Center
Live Music Accompaniment by The Venice Symphony
The Nutcracker features The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company, plus students from The Sarasota Ballet School and The Sarasota Ballet’s Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
Program Three
Fanciful Journey | December 20 – 21, 2024
Sarasota Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
Rubies | Choreography by George Balanchine | Music by Igor Stravinsky
Wunderland (Company Premiere) | Choreography by Edwaard Liang | Music by Philip Glass
The Spider’s Feast (World Premiere) | Choreography by Sir David Bintley | Music by Albert Roussel
Dance Extra
The Nutcracker | December 22 – 23, 2024
Sarasota Opera House
The Nutcracker features The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company, plus students from The Sarasota Ballet School and The Sarasota Ballet’s Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
Program Four
Quintessential | January 31 – February 3, 2025
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Rococo Variations | Choreography by Renato Paroni | Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Brandenburgs | Choreography by Paul Taylor | Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
World Premiere | Choreography by Gemma Bond | Music by Sergei Rachmaninov
Program Five
Mark Morris Dance Group | February 28 – March 3, 2025
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Program Six
Romeo and Juliet | March 28 – 29, 2025
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
Romeo and Juliet (Company Premiere) | Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton | Production Courtesy by Peter Schaufuss | Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Program Seven
Movements of Genius | April 25 – 26, 2025
Sarasota Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
Serenade | Choreography by George Balanchine | Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
In the Night | Choreography by Jerome Robbins | Music by Frédéric Chopin
A Wedding Bouquet | Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton | Music by Lord Berners
Dance Extra
Images of Dance | April 29, 2025
Sarasota Opera House
The Images of Dance showcase features dancers from The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company and the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory