Program 4 Graziano Celebrated Performance Program Book

Program 4 | FSU Center

Graziano Celebr at ed JAN 26 7:30 PM JAN 27 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM JAN 28 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM JAN 29 7:30 PM

T H E S A R A S O TA B A L L E T 2 0 2 3 - 2 0 2 4 S E A S O N

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Joseph Volpe

These performances mark a special occasion, as we celebrate the talent and dedication of our Resident Choreographer, Ricardo Graziano, who has graced us with his choreography for the past 10 years.

Program 4 - Graziano Celebrated, is a testament to the extraordinary work that Ricardo has brought to our company. It is not only a celebration, but also the perfect conclusion to his role and commitment as Resident Choreographer. The three ballets featured are a reflection of his versatility and artistry. Opening the Program is Sonatina, a classical work that was originally commissioned for our return to live, in-person performances after the challenges posed by the pandemic, it symbolizes resilience, hope, and the enduring power of the arts. Following that, we delve into In a State of Weightlessness, Ricardo’s most critically acclaimed work. This piece, born specifically for The Sarasota Ballet’s week-long residency at the 2015 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, showcases the contemporary depth and brilliance of his choreographic vision. Lastly, we are thrilled to present the world premiere of Schubert Variations. A brand-new creation that adds another chapter to Graziano's remarkable body of work.

As we embark on the first performances of 2024, I want to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you for your unwavering support of The Sarasota Ballet. Your presence here is a testament to the thriving arts community that we are fortunate to be a part of. In closing, let us revel in the beauty of dance, celebrate the artistry of Ricardo Graziano, and look forward to another year filled with captivating performances.

Thank you, and enjoy the performance!

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Graziano Celebr at ed JAN 26 7:30 PM

JAN 28 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM

JAN 27 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM

JAN 29 7:30 PM

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Frank and Katherine Martucci

Rosemary Reinhardt and David Welle

In a State of Weightlessness

Pat and Ann Kenny

Schubert Variations

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In a State of Weightlessness

Schubert Variations

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TH E SA RASOTA BA L LET Assistant Director Margaret Barbieri

Director Iain Webb

Executive Director Joseph Volpe

Principals Jessica Assef, Marijana Dominis, Macarena Gimenez, Ricardo Graziano, Jennifer Hackbarth, Maximiliano Iglesias, Ricardo Rhodes, Luke Schaufuss Character Principal

Ricki Bertoni

First Soloists Anna Pellegrino, Daniel Pratt Soloists Evan Gorbell, Yuki Nonaka, Lauren Ostrander, Ivan Spitale Coryphée Sierra Abelardo, Willa Frantz, Sammuel Gest, Dominique Jenkins, Emelia Perkins, Paige Young Corps de Ballet Isabella Benton, Cooper Blankenburg, Kennedy Falyn Cassada, Mihai Costache, Olivia Dugan, Israel Ellis, Joshua Fickling, Josh Fisk, Javier Gutierrez Cuervo, Mark Hare, Lucia Hartvig, Andrea Marcelletti, Jordan Micallef, Alessandra Nova, Bel Pickering, Gabriella Schultze, Samantha Stillwell, Juliano Weber Apprentices Joseph Boswell, Anna Victoria Camacho, Savannah Campbell, Nina Reis, Hailey Stinchcomb, Jessica Templeton, Emmanuelle Watkins Studio Company Tricia Carmody, Haley Dale, Wyatt Dodd, Stephanie Drenckhahn, Joe Huberty, Ella Lau, Riley Putnal, Noah Rodenberger, Cameron Smith, Pearl Smith, Tia Wenkman Company Staff Kristie Cox

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Maya Collins Sara Kious Amy Wensley

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Artistic Staff Ricardo Graziano Jessica Lang Pavel Fomin

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

PHIL LOMBARDO Phil was a valued board member, a generous supporter, and a dear friend to The Sarasota Ballet. He leaves a lasting impact on the company and its future, and we will be forever grateful for his treasured support. He will be dearly missed by all of us, and we send our love and condolences to family and friends.

- Joseph Volpe

Ricardo Graziano CHOREOGRAPHER

Ricardo Graziano started dancing when he was eight years old in his hometown of Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. At the age of 16, he won a scholarship to study at the Academie des Tanzes in Mannheim, Germany, and in 2005 joined Tulsa Ballet.

In 2010, Graziano joined The Sarasota Ballet as a Soloist, the following year was promoted to Principal. It was at the start of the 2011 - 2012 Season that Graziano was given the opportunity by Iain Webb to choreograph his first ballet, Shostakovich Suite, which premiered in October 2011. Following this ballet, Graziano choreographed four new ballets before being appointed Resident Choreographer by Iain Webb in 2014 after a performance of Symphony of Sorrows. Since then, he has choreographed several more works for the Company, including In a State of Weightlessness, which premiered August 12, 2015, as a part of The Sarasota Ballet’s first week-long residency at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.

His other choreographic works for The Sarasota Ballet include: Pomp and Circumstance for The Sarasota Ballet’s March 2013 Gala; Valsinhas in May 2013; Before Night Falls in February 2014; En las Calles de Murcia in March 2015; Sonata in Four Movements in August 2016 at the 1932 Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor, Maine; The Jolly Overture and Somewhere for The Sarasota Ballet’s April 2018 Gala; Amorosa in January 2019, Sonatina in October 2021, and The Pilgrimage in October 2022.

In total, Graziano will have choreographed 11 one-act ballets and three divertissements by the end of the 2023 - 2024 Season.

GR AZIANO RE TROSPEC TIVE 2019 AFTERPAR T Y

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Nurturing and guiding his choreographic career over the last ten years has been a privilege and a joy. This ending of his tenure as Resident Choreographer is an important next step for him so that he has the freedom to bring his choreographic artistry to other companies. However, this is not the end of his work with The Sarasota Ballet. Ricardo, of course, remains a Principal Dancer with us and, while not Resident Choreographer, we will continue to perform and commission works in future Seasons.

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Iain Webb

Director, The Sarasota Ballet

SHOSTAKOVICH SUITE (2011)

BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2014)

EN L AS CALLES DE MURCIA (2015)

SONATA IN FOUR MOVEMENT S (2016)

AMOROSA (2019)

THE PILGRIMAGE (2022)

Sonatina “A

fter so many years creating ballets for the company, most of them contemporary works,” explained Graziano, “it felt suitable to create something distinctly Ashtonian in tone and style. The more of Sir Frederick Ashton’s repertoire I danced, the more frequently I would incorporate some of his signature elements into my own contemporary ballets, like his emphasis on the use of the upper body. With Sonatina though, this influence is more noticeable - I wanted to create a plotless ballet that both demonstrates the heart of The Sarasota Ballet and would just be fun for our company to dance, and our audiences to watch.”

Graziano’s ninth complete work for the company opened the 2021-2022 season as a love letter of sorts, heralding the return of audiences to the theater after the long hiatus caused by the pandemic lockdown. Sonatina displays hallmarks of company style with its palette of bright footwork contrasting to pliant upper body movements present in the choreography for the entire cast. An extended pas de deux blushing with charm yields to a soulful and nostalgic larghetto movement for the male principal, the ballet building to a joyful conclusion in the final allegro movement of Dvořák’s Violin Sonatina, with dancers covering the stage like blossoms caught on the wind. Graziano’s choreography is a loving homage to the choreographer whose work is so identified with The Sarasota Ballet, Sir Frederick Ashton.

In a State of Weightlesssness G

raziano’s most critically acclaimed work, In a State of Weightlessness, was commissioned for The Sarasota Ballet’s first residency at the famed Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, in Becket, Massachusetts. Premiering on the 12th of August 2015 on a program featuring Sir Frederick Ashton’s Monotones I & II and Christopher Wheeldon’s The American, it was his first work to achieve national recognition and, two years later, would be requested by Ballet West to be performed by The Sarasota Ballet as part of the inaugural National Choreographic Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Different than his previous choreographic creations, where the music served as his initial inspiration, Graziano had already fleshed out the ballet before he had arrived at the perfect accompanying score. Having listened to numerous composers and their works, he eventually settled on the second movement of Philip Glass’ Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. The score would fit perfectly to Graziano’s choreographic exploration of concepts of lightness, movement, and suspension.

Created on five couples, Graziano’s men almost fade into Aaron Muhl’s enigmatic and shadowy lighting, allowing the women to appear virtually weightless during the intense pas de deux that form the choreographic structure of the piece. Reviewing the world premiere of In a State of Weightlessness, Boston Globe dance critic Janine Parker wrote, “Weightlessness is indeed weighted, with intensity and beauty.”

Schubert Variations S

chubert Variations (World Premiere) by Ricardo Graziano resolves ideas on which the resident choreographer has meditated since the pandemic.

Sketching out initial movements and motifs on an intimate group of dancers as the world faced uncertainty, Graziano aimed to produce a ballet that would contrast his previous works. The ballet remained percolating in the choreographer's imagination and awaiting the right moment to be resumed.

With this ballet, the audience is watching a moment of release, and Schubert's Symphony No. 2 in B flat sets the pace. Tuneful melodies that reveal the influence of Beethoven on classical and romantic music give the dancers thrilling license to extend the language of classical ballet. This exploration matches Graziano's intention to stretch his limits: "Although there is a style I lean towards, every time I make a new ballet, I want to do something different. How do I push these dancers that I'm so familiar with?" Influenced by his experience dancing works by Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato, a lineage of European-based dance makers hangs in Graziano's creative mind: the powerful statements of William Forsythe, the rhapsodic dances of Jiří Kylián.

This world premiere is a passing along of these visions responding to the constriction of the pandemic. With color and vibrancy, Graziano wants the audience to see the dancers' bodies and skills. For the dancers, this ballet is stretching the skin, a sunburst moment.

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SONATINA Choreography by Ricardo Graziano Music by Antonin Dvořák Costume Design by Jerry Wolf Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet October 22, 2021

Jennifer Hackbarth

Sierra Abelardo

Ricardo Rhodes

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Olivia Dugan Cooper Blankenburg

Andrea Marcelletti Mark Hare

Alessandra Nova

Javier Gutierrez

Israel Ellis

Gabriella Schultze Bel Pickering Samantha Stillwell

Jordan Micaleff

Juliano Weber

Josh Fisk

Joshua Fickling

"Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100 B.183” by Antonin Dvorak, Performed by “Ivan Zenaty & Antonin Kubalek” and “Courtesy of Sono Luminus

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IN A STATE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS Choreography by Ricardo Graziano Music by Philip Glass Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl Lighting Design Recreated by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet August 12, 2015 at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

Jennifer Hackbarth Ricardo Rhodes Jessica Assef Juliano Weber Kennedy Falyn Cassada Maximiliano Iglesias Lauren Ostrander Joshua Fickling Emelia Perkins Ivan Spitale

Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra - Movement 2by Philip Glass © Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. Used by Permission

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SCHUBERT VARIATIONS Choreography by Ricardo Graziano Music by Franz Schubert Costume Design by Ricardo Graziano Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet January 26, 2024

Anna Pellegrino

Yuki Nonaka

Emelia Perkins Paige Young

Dominique Jenkins

Evan Gorbell

Ricki Bertoni

Lauren Ostrander Daniel Pratt

Willa Frantz

Mihai Costache

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SONATINA Choreography by Ricardo Graziano Music by Antonin Dvořák Costume Design by Jerry Wolf Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet October 22, 2021

Jessica Assef

Nina Reis Paige Young

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"Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100 B.183” by Antonin Dvorak, Performed by “Ivan Zenaty & Antonin Kubalek” and “Courtesy of Sono Luminus

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IN A STATE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS Choreography by Ricardo Graziano Music by Philip Glass Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl Lighting Design Recreated by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet August 12, 2015 at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

Marijana Dominis Daniel Pratt Sierra Abelardo Mihai Costache Dominique Jenkins Ricki Bertoni Willa Frantz Juliano Weber Anna Pellegrino Mark Hare

Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra - Movement 2by Philip Glass © Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. Used by Permission

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SCHUBERT VARIATIONS Choreography by Ricardo Graziano Music by Franz Schubert Costume Design by Ricardo Graziano Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet January 26, 2024

Jennifer Hackbarth

Ivan Spitale

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Don Millen Dean and Patty Miller Sandra Miranda Betsy Mitchell Leone Modestino Linda Kiechlin Mohanty Pamela and John Mousseau Suzan Nahas Eric and Mafalda Neikrug Wiley and Fran Osborn Douglas Owen and Suzanne Grant Lee and Jan Peakes Thomas and Christine Perkins Lynne Pettigrew and Jay Plager Julie Planck and Charles Albers Judith A. Posner Elizabeth Reese Barbara and Peter Rittner Karen Roosen Dr. Jack and Nancy Rozance John Rufer In Memory of Joan Lappin Sidney and Marcia Rutberg Lawrence V. Sage Tobi Schneider Rhona and Steven Schnoll James and Kathleen Scholler Marilyn and Ron Shapo Jane Sheridan Victoria Sterling Joan Tatum Dr. Martin Tucker Philip and Helene Tucker Mario Vasquez Jason Volpe Martha and Bill Wallace Jayne Weiss Renee and Tom West Dorothy P. Williams Lynn and Alan Winslow Jane Woods Anonymous

Gifts are current as of January 19, 2024

London Sponsors The Sarasota Ballet would like to thank and recognize the following Foundations for their vital support of The Sarasota Ballet’s Touring Fund and the London 2024 International Tour.

JEAN ALLENBY GOLDSTEIN TOURING FUND

PHILIP AND JANICE LEVIN FOUNDATION William A. Farber, Trustee

Platinum Sponsors

Sandra and Neil DeFeo The Neil & Sandra Defeo Family Foundation Jan and Bill Farber Karol Foss Harry Leopold and Audrey Robbins Phil and Kim Lombardo Frank and Katherine Martucci Rick Mather David Scrase Foundation, Richard Jarman, Chairman

Gold Sponsors

Bob and Ginger Cannon Bailey Friends of The Sarasota Ballet Robin and Roy Grossman Julie A. Harris JoAnn Heffernan Heisen Pat and Ann Kenny Rosemary and Lou Oberndorf Melliss Kenworthy Swenson

Silver Sponsors

Maryann Armour Shari and Steve Ashman Bill and Bonnie Chapman Jean Weidner Goldstein Patricia Golemme and Timothy Fullum Dedrea A. Greer Dr. Amy L. Harding Bill and Linda Mitchell Mercedita OConnor Charlie and Susan Wilson

Sponsors

Charlie Huisking Peter E. Kretzmer and Melody Genson Peter B. Miller and Dr. Martha Harrison Stu and Gini Peltz Jan Sirota and Alison Gardner

Gifts are current as of January 19, 2024

Sustainers

Jonathan Strickland Coleman and Rick Kerby Fred and Lynda Doery Richard S. Johnson Joan Mathews Tom and Maureen Steiner

Supporters

Fran Fergusson and John Bradbury Ellen Goldman

Institutional Support Public Support

$100,000+ Florida Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture Sarasota County- Tourism Development Tax, Paid for in part by Sarasota County

Foundation Support

$100,000+ Phillip & Janice Levin Foundation, William A. Farber, Trustee Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation The Muriel O’Neill Fund For The Performing Arts – At the Community Foundation of Sarasota County $50,00 - $99,999 Alfred & Ann Goldstein Foundation Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Community Foundation of Sarasota County Gulf Coast Community Foundation The Shubert Foundation $20,000 - $49,999 Bank of America Client Foundation Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation The Exchange Lela D. Jackson Foundation for the Arts $10,000 - $19,999 Charles Henry Leach II Fund At Dusquesne University Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Jerome Robbins Foundation Suncoast Credit Union $1,000 - $4,999 Caplin Foundation Fay A. Schweim Memorial Children’s Dance Fund Gilbert Waters Charitable Fund Joan Armour Mendell Foundation Women’s Outreach Ministry, Church of the Redeemer Publix Foundation

Corporate Support

$10,000 - $19,999 Assured Guaranty Gold Coast Eagle Distributing White Oaks Wealth Advisors Williams Parker Attorneys at Law $5,000 - $9,999 1st Source Bank Fifth Third Bank Innovative Dining Michael’s on East Peninsula Sarasota Serbin print marketing & publishing SoDanca $1,000 - $4,999 Beneva Weddings Concierge Medical Services Cumberland Advisors Eurotech Cabinetry Freed of London Gulf Coast Italian Culture Society Goldman, Babboni, Fernandez & Walsh Mariner Wealth Advisors Morton’s Gourmet Market & Catering Peninsula Sarasota Sarasota Art Museum Sarasota Bay Club Sarasota Italian Cultural Events Selva Grill

Additional Support Provided by 99 Bottles Taproom & Bottle Shop All Faiths Food Bank The Benevity Community Impact Fund Coca-Cola Foundation Cyber Grants Designing Women Boutique and Estate Services Florida State University Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital The Leda Freedman Foundation The Parker Group, UBS Fiancial Services Neuro-Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s PLANit Sarasota The Society Inc. of Suncoast US Tent Visit Sarasota County

Gifts are current as of January 19, 2024

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Program 5 | FSU Center The Sarasota Ballet presents

MAR 8 7:30 PM

MAR 9 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM MAR 10 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM MAR 11 7:30 PM

Program Media Sponsor

Club Havana by Pedro Ruiz | Photo by Erin Baiano

Presents

Ashton Celebrated

JUNE 4 - 9, 2024 | ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON UK

PROGRAM 1 - JUNE 4, 5, 8

Valses nobles et sentimentales Dante Sonata Sinfonietta

GALA PERFORMANCE - JUNE 8

Valses nobles et sentimentales Varii Capricci Façade

PROGRAM 2 - JUNE 6, 7, 9

Valses nobles et sentimentales Ashton Divertissements Façade