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November 21 - 22, 2025

P2 – WRITTEN MOTION

Featuring Valses nobles et sentimentales, an Ashley Page World Premiere, and The Letter V

Nov 21
Friday
7:30 PM
Nov 22
Saturday
2:00 PM
Nov 22
Saturday
7:30 PM

Ushering in Program Two is Sir Frederick Ashton’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, a romantic ballet lost for twenty-five years until its 2012 revival by The Sarasota Ballet. Originally choreographed in 1947 to Maurice Ravel’s 1911 suite of waltzes, Ashton’s work tested dancers’ artistry in the post–World War II era and was last revived by him in 1987. The New York Times’ Alastair Macaulay later praised it as “…a softly dazzling masterstroke of choreography” during the Company’s 2016 Joyce Theater performances.

Written Motion continues with a World Premiere by esteemed choreographer Ashley Page. As a former dancer with The Royal Ballet and the former Artistic Director of the Scottish Ballet, this will be The Sarasota Ballet’s first time working with Page.

Rounding out Program Two is the return of Mark Morris’ The Letter V. “No choreographer alive has a higher reputation for musicality than Mark Morris; and that reputation has been well earned over more than 30 years of marvelously eclectic creativity,” says The New York Times. An innovative example of that very musicality, The Letter V is choreographed to Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 in G Major, of which the ballet’s title finds its origin.

Repertoire will include:

Valses nobles et sentimentales
Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Music by Maurice Ravel

WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography by Ashley Page
Music to be announced

The Letter V
Choreography by Mark Morris
Music by Joseph Haydn

Featuring Live Music by the Sarasota Orchestra

SARASOTA ORCHESTRA

PRICE

$35 – $125

Venue

Sarasota Opera House
61 N Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236

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Why You Will Love Program Two | Written Motion

The Sarasota Ballet Performing Valses nobles et sentimentales at the Linbury Theatre | Photography by Foteini Christofilopoulou
Rambert Dance Company Performing Ashley Page’s Subterrain | Photo by Chris Nash
The Sarasota Ballet Performing Mark Morris’s The Letter V | Photo by Frank Atura
The Sarasota Ballet Performing Valses nobles et sentimentales at the Linbury Theatre | Photography by Foteini Christofilopoulou
Rambert Dance Company Performing Ashley Page’s Subterrain | Photo by Chris Nash
The Sarasota Ballet Performing Mark Morris’s The Letter V | Photo by Frank Atura
The Sarasota Ballet Performing Valses nobles et sentimentales at the Linbury Theatre | Photography by Foteini Christofilopoulou
Rambert Dance Company Performing Ashley Page’s Subterrain | Photo by Chris Nash
The Sarasota Ballet Performing Mark Morris’s The Letter V | Photo by Frank Atura

The Sarasota Ballet Performing Valses nobles et sentimentales at the Linbury Theatre | Photography by Foteini Christofilopoulou

Creative Team

World Premiere

Choreography

Ashley Page

 

Music By

To be Announced

The Letter V

Choreography

Mark Morris

 

Music By

Joseph Haydn