24-25 Season - Program Six - Romeo and Juliet 2025 DIGITAL
2024 - 2028
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall | March 28 - 29, 2025
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Iain Webb Director
We’re thrilled to bring to life Sir Frederick Ashton’s Romeo & Juliet on the Sarasota stage. As a long-awaited Company premiere, this ballet remains one of the most notable interpretations of William Shakespeare’s tale of the two star-crossed lovers. Not only is Ashton’s Romeo & Juliet the only Western production of the ballet choreographed before Lavrovsky’s original Kirov version debuted outside of Russia, but it also is an embodiment of the emotion and intensity of Shakespeare’s original romance through movement alone. Sir Fred’s masterful artistry and musicality enhances the drama and emotionally charge scenes, capturing the raw intensity of love, loss, and fate in a way that only ballet can express.
It's an honor to debut Romeo & Juliet during the Ashton Worldwide 5 Year Festival and add to the celebration of Sir Fred’s incredible life’s work, given that his ballets have firmly placed The Sarasota Ballet on the world stage. Romeo & Juliet is an exceptional addition to our repertoire, and it’s made possible through a unique collaboration with Peter Schaufuss, the ballet owner, who gave us permission to perform Sir Fred’s beloved ballet. While serving as Director of both the Royal Danish Ballet and the English National Ballet, Peter played a key role in the revival of Ashton’s Romeo & Juliet, personally devoted to the work due to the foundational roles of Juliet and Mercutio being built upon Peter’s parents, Mona Vangsaae and Frank Schaufuss. In turn, Peter was entrusted with this cherished ballet by Ashton himself. The Schaufuss family legacy continues through Peter’s son, Luke Schaufuss, one of our Principal Dancers, who will uphold this legacy as Romeo.
As we bring Sir Frederick Ashton’s Romeo & Juliet to the stage, we sincerely hope you enjoy these performances of evocative choreography and unforgettable storytelling as much as we have in crafting them for you.
MARK NOBLE IN LOVING MEMORY OF
December 13, 1956 — January 26, 2025
Mark Noble was a devoted member of The Sarasota Ballet family, whose dedication as stage manager was only matched by his love of the arts. His kindness and determination left an indelible impact on all who had the privilege of working with him. He will be deeply missed, but his legacy will continue to shine through the artistry and love he shared with us all.
JEANNE LEO IN LOVING MEMORY OF
August 2, 1971 – January 15, 2025
The Sarasota Ballet honors the memory of Jeanne Leo, Marketing Director, whose passion and commitment was a shining example to everyone. She cared deeply about her work, the organization, and, most of all, her beloved staff, whom she truly adored. Her legacy of warmth, dedication, and excellence will forever remain a part of us.
Program Six | March 28 – 29, 2025
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ROMEO AND JULIET
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ROMEO AND JULIET
For one of the most popular ballets in the world, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet got off to a complicated start. Commissioned by Leningrad’s Kirov Ballet and then by Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, the score was composed surprisingly quickly in the summer of 1935 as the composer was completing his plans to return to the Soviet Union. But problems of various kinds intervened and it wasn’t until January 1940, after some contentious revisions, that the Kirov finally staged the ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky with Galina Ulanova as Juliet and Konstantin Sergeyev as Romeo. It proved a triumph and was soon moved to the Bolshoi. (A shorter version, using only the two suites Prokofiev arranged in 1936 -1937, had earlier been staged in Brno, Czechoslovak, by Vania Psota in 1938.)
Other versions gradually followed, by Dimitri Parlic in Belgrade (1948) and Margarita Froman in Zagreb (1949), while the 1954 film with Ulanova and Yuri Zhdanov did much to spread its fame abroad. The first production outside the Soviet orbit came in May 1955 by Sir Frederick Ashton for the Royal Danish Ballet, which emphasized the score’s lyrical qualities and focused on the lovers in three extended pas de deux while also showing the power and threat of the warring families. After four performances that August in Edinburgh, the ballet proved a great success on the company’s 1956 American tour, where only the suites had been heard, a success repeated on their 1960 and 1965 tours.
Additional stagings soon proliferated, including those by Serge Lifar (1955), John Cranko (1958), Kenneth MacMillan (1965), and John Neumeier (1971). However, after 1966 Ashton’s version dropped from the Danish repertory and was considered lost. Then in 1985 the Danish dancer Peter Schaufuss, the son of Ashton’s first Juliet and Mercutio and the new director of London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet), drew on members of the original cast to return the ballet to the stage, aided by Ashton himself, who took the opportunity to choreograph and insert a new pas de trois for Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio, as well as clean up several sections and rechoreograph others. It is this version that we can see again at long last.
Sir Frederick Ashton's
Sir Frederick Ashton Choreographer
Sir Frederick Ashton was born in Ecuador in 1904 and was determined to become a dancer after seeing Anna Pavlova dance in 1917 in Lima, Peru. Arriving in London, he studied with Léonide Massine and later with Dame Marie Rambert (who encouraged his first ventures in choreography) as well as dancing briefly in Ida Rubinstein’s company (1928-1929).
A Tragedy of Fashion (in which he danced alongside Marie Rambert) was followed by further choreographies (Capriol Suite, Façade) until in 1935, when he accepted Dame Ninette de Valois’ invitation to join her Vic-Wells Ballet as Dancer and Choreographer, his principal loyalty remaining with what would become the Sadler’s Wells and ultimately The Royal Ballet. Besides his pre-war ballets at Sadler’s Wells (which demonstrated an increasing authority, with larger resources), Ashton choreographed for revues and musicals. His career would also embrace opera, film, and international commissions, creating ballets in New York, Monte Carlo, Paris, Copenhagen, and Milan. During the Second World War, he served in the RAF (1941-1945) before creating Symphonic Variations for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet’s 1946 season in its new home at Covent Garden, affirming a new spirit of classicism and modernity in English postwar ballet.
During the next two decades, Ashton’s ballets, often created around the talents of particular dancers, included: Scènes de ballet, Cinderella (1948), in which Ashton and Robert Helpmann famously played the Ugly Sisters, Daphnis and Chloe (1951), Romeo and Juliet (1955), and Ondine (1958). He created La Fille mal gardée (1960) for Nadia Nerina and David Blair, The Two Pigeons (1961) for Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable, Marguerite and Armand (1963) for Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev and The Dream (1964) for Dame Antoinette Sibley and Sir Anthony Dowell.
Appointed Associate Director of The Royal Ballet in 1952, Ashton succeeded Dame Ninette de Valois as Director from 1963 to 1970. Under his direction the company rose to new heights, while his choreographic career continued with Monotones II (1965), Jazz Calendar, Enigma Variations (1968), A Month in the Country (1976), and the popular film success The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971) in which he performed the role of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. He was knighted in 1962.
Named Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Sir Frederick Ashton died in 1988. His ballets, which remain in the international repertoire undiminished, show a remarkable versatility, a lyrical and highly sensitive musicality. He had an equal facility for recreating historical ballets and creating new works. If any single artist can be said to have formulated a native English classical ballet style and developed it over a lifetime, it is Sir Frederick Ashton.
ROMEO AND JULIET CONTINUED
Peter Schaufuss Production Owner
Peter Schaufuss was almost literally born into the theatre, the son of Frank Schaufuss and Mona Vangsaae, leading dancers with the Royal Danish Ballet. As a child, he joined his parents on stage in children’s roles including the Page Peter in Ashton’s Romeo and Juliet . After his official debut with the company in Don Quixote pas de deux at the age of eighteen, he embarked on an international career as a principal star dancer with the world’s leading companies including London Festival Ballet/English National Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera, Mariinsky Ballet, and the Royal Danish Ballet. During that time, he danced all the major roles at the world’s most prestigious ballet stages and had choreographers such as George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Roland Petit, and Sir Frederick Ashton creating on him. Peter has been Director of London Festival/English National Ballet (where he founded the English National Ballet School), Berlin Ballet Deutsche Oper, and The Royal Danish Ballet. In 1997, he successfully started his own company, Peter Schaufuss Ballet & School, in Denmark, choreographing 22 full-length Ballets/Dancicals and touring extensively. Peter has produced, directed, and choreographed over a hundred productions worldwide, winning many awards including the Evening Standard and Olivier Award in London, the Berlin and Edinburgh Festival Critics Award. His fourpart BBC program “ DANCER ” seen worldwide was nominated for an Emmy Award in the United States. In 1988, Peter was Knighted in his native Denmark and also later received The Order de La Couronne in Belgian for his services to the arts. He has transferred his Peter Schaufuss Ballet to Edinburgh, where he owns two theatres, changing the Company name to Edinburgh Festival Ballet & School. His son Luke and daughter Tara continue the proud family tradition as dancers with The Sarasota Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet.
Marilyn
Vella-Gatt Répétiteur
Marilyn began her professional career teaching at Arts Educational School prior to entering London Festival Ballet. During her time there she had leave of absence to spend a total of 14 months with the National Ballet of Canada. In 1991 she was invited by Peter Schaufuss to join his ballet staff at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin. After three years she took a position at the Royal Danish Ballet for four years before returning to the UK to pursue a freelance career. Her field has taken her to set ballets in Australia, Austria, Germany, Japan, Italy, USA, Chile, Rio de Janeiro and Estonia. Having worked with many of the most major choreographers her repertoire includes the works of John Cranko, Ronald Hynd, Antony Tudor, Sir Frederick Ashton, Peter Schaufuss, Glen Tetley and Michael Corder.
Sir Frederick Ashton's
Patrick Armand Répétiteur
Patrick Armand was born in Marseille, France, and trained with Rudy Bryans, his mother Colette Armand, and at the Ecole de Danse de Marseille. After winning the Prix de Lausanne in 1980, he continued his studies at the School of American Ballet and the Centre de Danse International in Cannes. He joined the Ballet Theatre Français in 1981, becoming a principal dancer in 1983. That year, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Béjart’s Song of a Wayfarer with Rudolf Nureyev.
He later danced with the London Festival Ballet before joining Boston Ballet in 1990, where he received the E. Virginia Williams Inspirational Award. His repertoire includes leading roles in works by Ashton, Balanchine, Cranko, MacMillan, Petit, Tetley, and van Manen. In 1988, he performed Siegfried in the world premiere of Natalia Makarova’s Swan Lake and was named Dancer of the Year by Dance and Dancers magazine. He has also performed as a guest artist and served as a guest teacher with major companies worldwide.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING
Sir Frederick Ashton's ROMEO AND JULIET
Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Production Courtesy of Peter Schaufuss
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Design by Peter Rice
Staged by Marilyn Vella-Gatt
Coaching by Patrick Armand
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
First Performed by the Royal Danish Ballet May 19, 1955
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet March 28, 2025
Juliet
Romeo Macarena Gimenez
Luke Schaufuss
Mercutio
Benvolio
Livia
Lord Capulet
Lady Capulet
Tybalt
Paris
Juliet's Nurse
Friar Laurence
Escalus The Prince of Verona
Peter
Maximiliano Iglesias
Samuel Gest
Sierra Abelardo
Ricardo Graziano
Rita Duclos
Ricki Bertoni
Daniel Pratt
Dierdre Miles Burger
Juliano Weber
Christopher Hird
Adelyn Melhorn*
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING
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Mischa Goodman
Ivan Spitale
Joshua Fickling
Jordan Micallef
Jonah Glickman
Andrea Marcelletti
Juliet's Friends
Marijana Dominis
Savannah Campbell
Emelia Perkins
Gabriella Schultze
Dominique Jenkins
Kennedy Falyn Cassada
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Evan Gorbell
Yuki Nonaka
Jordan Micallef
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Artists of The Sarasota Ballet**
*Student of The Sarasota Ballet School
** Including Dancers of The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company and Trainees of The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
Ages 8-11
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Sir Frederick Ashton's ROMEO AND JULIET
Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Production Courtesy of Peter Schaufuss
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Design by Peter Rice
Staged by Marilyn Vella-Gatt
Coaching by Patrick Armand
Lighting Design by Ethan Vail
First Performed by the Royal Danish Ballet May 19, 1955
First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet March 28, 2025
Juliet
Romeo Bel Pickering
Ricardo Rhodes
Mercutio
Benvolio
Livia
Lord Capulet
Lady Capulet
Tybalt
Paris
Juliet's Nurse
Friar Laurence
Escalus
The Prince of Verona
Peter
Yuki Nonaka
Evan Gorbell
Dominique Jenkins
Ricki Bertoni
Rita Duclos
Ricardo Graziano
Mischa Goodman
Dierdre Miles Burger
Trevor Stalcup
Christopher Hird
Mia Miersch *
Paris Men
Trevin Ralphs
Ivan Spitale
Joshua Fickling
Jonah Glickman
Jordan Micallef
Andrea Marcelletti
Juliet's Friends
Marijana Dominis
Savannah Campbell
Emelia Perkins
Gabriella Schultze
Noa Dean
Kennedy Falyn Cassada
Mandolin Players
Samuel Gest
Jonah Glickman
Andrea Marcelletti
Townspeople, Flag Dance and Ballroom Couples
Artists of The Sarasota Ballet**
*Student of The Sarasota Ballet School
** Including Dancers of The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company and Trainees of The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
VIOLIN
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Jonathan McPhee Guest Conductor
Jonathan McPhee is equally at home as a conductor for the symphony, ballet, and opera. He is Conductor Emeritus of Boston Ballet having served as Music Director for the Boston Ballet Orchestra for 28 years. Mr. McPhee maintains an active guest conducting schedule in addition to his position as Music Director for Lexington Symphony. In recent seasons McPhee has conducted many orchestras at home and abroad including the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (SA), the Toledo Symphony (Ohio), London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarasota Symphony (FL), Germany’s Hamburg Philharmonic, the Ukraine National Opera Orchestra, Houston Ballet Orchestra, and conducted performances at the Dubai Opera House and Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan. Some of the world's most distinguished dance companies for which Mr. McPhee has served as conductor include The Royal Ballet (England), Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, The Australian Ballet, the New York City Ballet, Den Norske Ballett in Norway, and The Royal Danish Ballet in Denmark. In addition to a broad repertoire in the field of dance, Mr. McPhee has conducted grand opera, pops concerts, musical theatre and operetta. Mr. McPhee's works as an arranger and composer are in the repertoires of orchestras and ballet companies around the world. His edition of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and the complete Firebird ballet are the only reduced orchestrations of these works authorized by the Stravinsky Trust. Mr. McPhee’s compositions and arrangements are published by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. & Schott Music Publishers in Germany. His arrangement of Wagner’s complete RING Cycle, entitled “The Essential RING”, was premiered by Lexington Symphony and has received international acclaim as a wonderful and respectfully approachable version of this masterpiece and is available from Boosey & Hawkes. Inc. Mr. McPhee's best-selling recording of The Nutcracker with the Boston Ballet Orchestra has achieved “classical gold” status. Other recordings include highlights from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet with that orchestra, and Michael Gandolfi’s Caution to the Wind on the CRI label. Mr. McPhee conducted the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Aarhus Orchestra for the films of Martha Graham’s works telecast by DANCE IN AMERICA that included Samuel Barber’s Cave of the Heart, Menotti’s Errand into the Maze, and Edgard Varese’ Integrales, Offrandes, and Octandre. Mr. McPhee also produced the restoration and conducted the soundtrack for the film of Martha Graham dancing Frontier for DANCE IN AMERICA with London’s National Philharmonic. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. McPhee received his L.R.A.M. from the Royal Academy of Music and University of London, and a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, Mr. McPhee was the recipient of a Naumburg Scholarship in English Horn and Conducting. He studied with Leonard Brain, David Diamond, Thomas Stacy, Rudolf Kempe, Sixten Ehrling, and master classes with Sir Georg Solti.
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• School Performances and Programs
• Community Experiences
• Joyful Movement Through Parkinson’s
• Silver Swans®
Your gracious, tax-deductible gift helps to inspire , preserve , and impact : To learn more about how your gift can make a difference, please contact our Development Department at 941.225.6512 | development@sarasotaballet.org
DANCE EDUCATION
• The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
• The Sarasota Ballet School
• Summer Intensive
• Summer Camps
• Adult Workshops
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
Public Support
$75,000 - $99,999
Tourist Development Council of Sarasota
County
Foundation Support
$100,000+
Phillip & Janice Levin Foundation William A. Farber, Trustee
$50,000 - $74,999
Alfred & Ann Goldstein Foundation Jean Allenby Goldstein Touring Fund
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Muriel O'Neil Fund for the Performing Arts at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Virgina B. Toulmin Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Rick Mather David Scrase Foundation
$15,000 - $24,999
The Exchange
Lela D. Jackson Foundation for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation, Inc.
$10,000 - $14,999
Bank of America Client Foundation
Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation
Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation
Suncoast Credit Union
$5,000 - $9,999
Charles Henry Leach II Fund at Duquesne University
Jerome Robbins Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999
Gilbert Waters Charitable Fund II
Publix Super Market Charities, Inc.
Women's Outreach Ministry Church of the Redeemer
$1,000 - $2,499
Fay A. Schweim Memorial Children's Dance Fund
Gulf Coast Italian Culture Society, Inc.
Corporate Support
$15,000 - $24,999
Gold Coast Eagle Distributing
$10,000 - $14,999
Northern Trust
$5,000 - $9,999
1st Source Bank
Beneva Flowers
Cumberland Advisors
Fifth Third Bank
Freed of London
Innovative Dining
Peter G. Laughlin Group
Michael's on East
Sarasota Bay Club
Serbin Print Marketing & Publishing
Willams Parker Attorneys at Law
$2,500 - $4,999
BookStore1 Sarasota
Concierge Medical Services
Eurotech Cabinetry
Morton's Gourmet Market & Catering
Plymouth Harbor
Rugs as Art
Sarasota Polo Club
Selva Grill
Senior Friendship Centers
Wear Moi
$1,000 - $2,499
Goldman Babboni Fernandez Murphy & Walsh
Sarasota Italian Cultural Events
The Parker Group | UBS Financial Services
THE SARASOTA BALLET BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2024 - 2025 Season
Board Chair
Board Vice Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Ginger Bailey
Bill Chapman
Warren Colbert
Bill Farber
Pat Golemme
Robin Grossman
Julie Harris
JoAnn Heisen
Frank Martucci
Founder / Chair Emerita
Chair Emerita
Honorary Trustees
Sandra DeFeo
Peter B. Miller
Pat Kenny
David Welle
Linda Mitchell
Rosemary Oberndorf
Mercedita OConnor
Audrey Robbins
Jan Sirota
Hillary Steele
Maureen Steiner
Charlie Wilson
Jean Weidner Goldstein
Sydney Goldstein
Mark Famiglio
Dr. Bart Price
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Jan Farber
Maryann Armour
Laura Feder
Frances Fergusson
Marnie Grossman
Dr. Amy L. Harding
Charlie Huisking
Robin Klein-Strauss
Peter Kretzmer
Karen Lichtig
Tina Lieberman
Richard March
Joan Mathews
Donna Maytham
Gini Peltz
Kimberley Pelyk
Jeff Peterson
Marilynn Petrillo
Richard Segall
Lois Stulberg
Clara Reynardus de Villanueva
JULY 16 - 20 TED SHAWN
If you would be interested in becoming a tour sponsor for The Sarasota Ballet tour to the 93rd Jacob’s Annual Dance Festival, please contact Michelle Butler at mbulter@sarasotaballet.org or 941-225-6512.
We are proud to be including a piece by Sir Frederick Ashton and a world premiere work by Jessica Lang, The Virgina B. Toulmin and Muriel O’Neil Artist in Residence at The Sarasota Ballet.
Special thanks to our Sponsors
PHILLIP & JANICE
LEVIN FOUNDATION
William A. Farber, Trustee
ELITE
Jean Allenby Goldstein Touring Fund
GOLD
Shari and Steve Ashman
Bob and Ginger Cannon Bailey
Robert Crandall and Barbara Bankoff
Sandra and Neil DeFeo
SILVER
Charlie Huisking
Bill and Bonnie Chapman
Marilyn Harwell Trust
PATRON
D’Anne Hurd
UPCOMING EVENTS
PROGRAM SEVEN - MOVEMENTS OF GENIUS
April 25 - 26, 2025 | Sarasota Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
IMAGES OF DANCE
April 29, 2025 | Sarasota Opera House
The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company and Students of The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory with Sarasota Youth Opera and Sarasota Music Conservatory
THE WIZARD OF OZ
May 17, 2025 | Riverview High School
The Sarasota Ballet School End-of-Year Showcase
SUMMER CAMPS 2025
June to July 2025
Tiny dancers from ages 3 to 7 will cultivate imagination and inspire a love of the arts each week with an action-packed fun theme.
JUNIOR SUMMER INTENSIVE 2025
June 9 - 20, 2025
For students ages 8-11yrs, this is an exclusive opportunity for students to grow their technique and artistry in a short period of time.
