JULY 24 - 25, 2026
FSU CENTER
Director
Iain Webb
Executive Director
Joseph Volpe
Assistant Director
Margaret Barbieri
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Education Director
Christopher Hird
Assistant Education Director
Dierdre Miles Burger
Sarasota Ballet School Principal
Alberto Blanco
Education Administrative Manager
Bradley Shoemaker-Webster
Education Operations Manager
Joe Aubry
FACULTY 2026
Sierra Abelardo
Kaylin Carrera
Maria Ferraro
Risa Kaplowitz
Sea Lee
Addul Manzano
Andrea Marcelletti
Kim Marsh
Alexei Moskalenko
Gaida Paulovska
Diane Partington
Drew Travis Robinson
Flor Urbina
Production Manager and Resident Lighting Designer
Ethan Vail
Assistant Lighting Designer
Michelle Marcus
Stage Manager
Alberto Blanco
RESIDENTIAL STAFF
Assistant Resident Supervisors
Gregory Dempsey
Sophie Leedy
Resident Counselors
Rileigh Benn, Daniel Gray, Virginia Grace Mataya, Florencia Sabra, Lilly Walker
JULY 24-25 FSU CENTER
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
The University of South Florida
Andrew Johnson
Teeranai Ovathanasin
Kaitlyn Huddleston
Zuleka Jones-White
Chartwell Catering
Dr. Hilary Howard, D.O
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FRIDAY, JULY 24
SATURDAY, JULY 25
À LA BARCAROLLE | LEVEL
1
Choreography: Alberto Blanco
Music: Jacques Offenbach
Anna Brewer, Mylah Carlson, Maya Casey, Gwendolyn Cole, Lauren Dryden, Kat Dureska, Veronica Grantham, Ava Griggs, Wren Lavery, Sophie Lirio, Mary Kiley Lovorn, Natalie Masso, Caroline McGee, Ella Muldrow, Rose Sandford, Josalynn Woods
WALTZ OF THE PRINCESSES FROM SWAN LAKE ACT 3 | LEVEL 2
Choreography: Kim Marsh
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Audrey Bannister, Charlotte Carroll, Maqueda Colter, Marcella Dallas, Ella Daly, Leah Eifler, Alysa Gaona, Keely Hake, Catelynn Istle, Matilda McVay, Deniz Meric, Ruby Nichols, Annika Paulson, Miranda Pevear, MacKenna Quackenbush, Camille Reed, Eugenia Sabra
CINQUE | ALL MEN
Choreography: Alberto Blanco
Music: Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi
Maximus Gocke, Jimmie Grant, Axel McAhren, Andres Morales, Connor Smith
WALTZ OF THE HOURS FROM COPPÉLIA ACT 3 | LEVEL 3
Choreography: Addul Manzano
Music: Léo Delibes
Aleigh Coffman, Qwynn Dureska, Sofia Eckart, Sophia Krismanits, Mary Claire Leonovich, Kalina Mazurek, Aubrey Morris, Madison Neidig, Keira O’Keefe, Piper Conahan, Vienna Robison, Sydney Thomas, Araya Truitt
ÉLAN | LEVEL 4
Choreography: Risa Kaplowitz Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Elizabeth Aniano, Charlotte Benson, Kenzie Boghdadi, Elise Casinghino, Michaela Collins, Sarah Crownover, Josephine Deike, Claire Fisher, Kyla France, Sarah Hildebrandt, Isabella Kephart, McKenna Larson, Mya Mazzarese, Annabelle Pedde, Zyah Rushneck, Maddie Sellier, Zella Shampine, Anna Ruth Walker, Mia Whitcomb, Jimmie Grant
GARDEN SCENE FROM LA BAYADÈRE | LEVEL 5 AND ALL MEN
Choreography: after Marius Petipa
Staged by: Christopher Hird
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Kaleigh Blackmore, Eliza Bodin, Maeve Carr-Lemke, Sophia Close, Esmee Dieckman, Marina Dunbar, Emma Gapuzan, Marley Gidusko, Adalynn Killian, Mihiro Kobayashi, Evonne Liu, Virginia Grace Mataya, Audrey Mayernik, Taylor Pike, Florencia Sabra, Gabriella Tiesling, Kaylyn Tom, Lucinda Valdez, Cora Vogler, Amari Wanaselja, Zoey Skyla Wijaya, Maximus Gocke, Jimmie Grant, Axel McAhren, Andres Morales, Connor Smith
FRIDAY, JULY 24
SATURDAY, JULY 25
MARÍA | LEVEL 1
Choreography: Flor Urbina
Music: Ricky Martin
Sophia Anderson, Roxy Cloyd, Madeline Fleming, Victoria Paige Gerenia, Sophie Lirio, Adelyn Melhorn, Mia Miersch, Teagan Panzer, MaKenna Quackenbush, Rose Sandford, Brooklyn Sauer, Harper Taylor, and Anna Watkins
EXCERPT FROM BREATHING ALONE | LEVEL 3
Choreography: Sea Lee
Music: Tigger Benford
Aleigh Coffman, Qwynn Dureska, Sophia Eckart, Sofia Krismanits, Mary Claire Leonovich, Kalina Mazurek, Aubrey Morris, Madison Neidig, Keira O’Keefe, Piper Conahan, Vienna Robison, Sydney Thomas, Araya Truitt, Maximus Gocke, Andres Morales
QUÍMBARA | LEVEL 2
Choreography: Flor Urbina
Music: DLG
Audrey Bannister, Charlotte Carroll, Maqueda Colter, Marcella Dallas, Ella Daly, Leah Eifler, Alysa Gaona, Keely Hake, Catelynn Istle, Matilda McVay, Deniz Meric, Ruby Nichols, Annika Paulson, Miranda Pevear, MacKenna Quackenbush, Camille Reed, Eugenia Sabra
WHERE TIME REMAINS | LEVEL 4
Choreography: Sea Lee
Music: Philip Glass
Elizabeth Aniano, Charlotte Benson, Kenzie Boghdadi, Elise Casinghino, Michaela Collins, Sarah Crownover, Josephine Deike, Claire Fisher, Kyla France, Sarah Hildebrandt, Isabella Kephart, McKenna Larson, Mya Mazzarese, Annabelle Pedde, Zyah Rushneck, Maddie Sellier, Zella Shampine, Anna Ruth Walker, Mia Whitcomb,
EIDOLON | LEVEL 5
Choreography: Kaylin Carrera and Andrea Marcelletti
Music: Hannah Parrott
Kaleigh Blackmore, Eliza Bodin, Maeve Carr-Lemke, Sophia Close, Esmee Dieckman, Marina Dunbar, Emma Gapuzan, Marley Gidusko, Adalynn Killian, Mihiro Kobayashi, Evonne Liu, Virginia Grace Mataya, Audrey Mayernik, Taylor Pike, Florencia Sabra, Gabriella Tiesling, Kaylyn Tom, Lucinda Valdez, Cora Vogler, Amari Wanaselja, Zoey Skyla Wijaya, Jimmie Grant, Axel McAhren, Connor Smith
POLONAISE | All Levels
Choreography: Artistic Staff
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2026
VENICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
December 11 – 12
Live Music by
The Venice Symphony
December 20 – 22
Live Music by the Sarasota Music Conservatory
