Robert Mack
Corps de Ballet
Joined The Sarasota Ballet in 2026 as Corps de Ballet.
Born: Walnut Creek, CA
Training: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Lauridsen Ballet Centre/South Bay Ballet
Previous companies: Indianapolis Ballet, City Ballet of San Diego
Favorite quote: “The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is yours.” – Ayn Rand
Favorite role: George Balanchine’s Serenade as Waltz Boy, Tarantella, and Divertimento No. 15, Scarf Man in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, Angry Man in Anthony Tudor’s Dark Elegies, and the Prince in Swan Lake Act 2 Pas de Deux
Favorite costume: Anything that doesn’t involve a quick change.
Fun Fact: I have a masters of public affairs from Indiana University Bloomington, as well as a B.S. in History with Phi Beta Kappa and a bachelor’s in science in Ballet Performance with highest distinction from the Jacobs School of Music. Outside the studio, I am an award-winning filmmaker and have published in The Wall Street Journal, Fjord Review, and The New Criterion. Also my great aunt was the original model for Disney’s Tinkerbell.
Lead and featured roles in previous companies include: George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Serenade (Waltz Boy), The Four Temperaments (Phlegmatic), Rubies, Allegro Brilliante, Emeralds, Divertimento No. 15, and Who Cares?, Jerome Robbin’s The Concert (Scarf Man), Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies (Angry Man), Christopher Wheeldon’s The American and Carousel (A Dance), Mark Morris’ Sandpaper Ballet and Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Ecliptic, Marius Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desire), Victoria Lyras’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Alexei Ratmansky’s Sleeping Beauty, August Bournonville’s Pas de Dix, Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels and Septime Webre’s Romeo and Juliet.