Program One Intrinsic Performance Program

Program One

October 24 - 26, 2025 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts T H E S A R A S O TA B A L L E T 2 0 2 5 - 2 0 2 6 S E A S O N

Gala

The S ara s ota Ballet

May 3, 2026

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Gala Sponsors

Iain Webb Director

Welcome to Program One: Intrinsic. This

program reflects the heart of The Sarasota Ballet — our belief in preserving ballet’s history while continuing to push it forward with purpose and creativity.

It is a privilege to open with Dame Alicia Markova’s production of Michel Fokine’s Les Sylphide. Markova was coached by Fokine himself, and her staging maintains the integrity and poetic spirit of the Ballets Russes tradition. Bringing this masterpiece to the stage reminds us of the lineage we are part of and the standards of artistry we uphold.

We are also delighted to share Jessica Lang’s The Lorenz Butterfly, which had its World Premiere during our return to the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival this summer. Jessica’s choreography is inventive and dynamic, and this work captures a compelling sense of progression. I am grateful to the Virginia B. Toulmin & Muriel O’Neil Foundation for their support of Jessica as the Artist in Residence with the Company.

Closing the program is the long-awaited return of Will Tuckett’s Changing Light. I commissioned this ballet in 2013, and it continues to hold special meaning for us — created for this Company, shaped by our dancers, and inspired by the beauty and atmosphere of Sarasota.

I am fortunate to lead The Sarasota Ballet and want to thank Executive Director Joseph Volpe, Assistant Director Margaret Barbieri, our exceptional dancers, our dedicated staff, and our generous community and donors who believe in the future of this Company.

Your support makes our work possible.

Program One | October 24 – 26, 2025

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Our Special Angel

MEDIA SPONSOR This program is funded, in part, by Sarasota County Tourist Development Revenues.

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS Les Sylphides

Linda A. Fiorelli

Joe and Mary Kay Henson

The Lorenz Butterfly

Mercedita Oconnor

Charlie Huisking

Changing Light

Robin and Roy Grossman

Stu and Gini Peltz

CO-SPONSORS Les Sylphides

The Lorenz Butterfly

Frances D. Fergusson and John Bradbury

James and Maryann Armour Family Foundation

Jean Volpe

Barbara Jacob

Thomas and Gwendolyn Watson

Richard S. Johnson Dorothy O'Brien and Richard Antoine

Changing Light Pam and Duncan Goldie-Morrison Jane C. Gould and Stephen W. Fillo

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THE SARASOTA BALLET Assistant Director

Director

Executive Director

Margaret Barbieri

Iain Webb

Joseph Volpe

Principals Misa Kuranaga (Resident Guest Principal), Jessica Assef, Marijana Dominis, Ricardo Graziano, Ricardo Rhodes, Luke Schaufuss Junior Principal Sierra Abelardo Character Principal Ricki Bertoni First Soloists Gus Payne Soloists Samuel Gest, Trevor Stalcup Coryphée Kennedy Falyn Cassada, Ze Ellis, Willa Frantz,Mischa Goodman, Dominique Jenkins, Iku Okura, Bel Pickering, Annie Wilson Paige Young Corps de Ballet Daniel Ayala, Andrew Buckley, Olivia Dugan, Camille Gentes Jonah Glickman, Mark Hare, Ella Lau, Pasha Levy, Andrea Marcelletti, Jordan Micallef, Ben Moss, Alessandra Nova, Gabriella Schultze, Nathan Smith, Emmanuelle Watkins, Brooke Wilson Apprentices Haley Dale, Isabella Damico, Isabella Nova, Simon Plante, Trevin Ralphs, Ella Tuite

COMPANY STAFF Deputy Executive Director

General Manager

Michelle Butler

Jason W. Ettore

Finance Director Amy Miller

Senior Manager of Individual Giving Senior Manager of Donor Engagement Special Events Coordinator

Katie Zak Katherine Knowles

Executive & Development Administrator Grants Manager

Leslie Van Brink Judi King Joana Mitra

Company Manager HR & Finance Administrator Finance Assistant

Barbara Epperson John Johnson William Ingramm

Executive Assistant IT Consultant Tessitura Database Administrator

Jess Abbott Heyckal Taveras Mikenna Bowers

Marketing Director Graphic Designer Digital Marketing Coordinator

Mia Fisher Zachary Mondres

Publicity & Design Coordinator Video Production & Designer

Rod Kelly

Box Office & House Manager

Maya Collins Doricha Sales Sara Kious

Bryan Lewis

Box Office Associate

Artistic Staff Victoria Hulland Jessica Lang

Artistic Assistant to the Directors Toulmin & O’Neil Artist in Residence

Ethan Vail Jerry Wolf Natalie Beckham Glen Edwards

Production Manager & Resident Lighting Designer Head of Wardrobe Wardrobe Assistant Facilities Coordinator

Octavio Martin Roman Rykine

Ballet Master Ballet Master

Diana Childs Doug Nicholson Zara Baroyan Carl Haan

Stage Manager Production Consultant Class Pianist Class Pianist

Production Staff

Education & Community Engagement Staff Christopher Hird Dierdre Miles Burger Isabelle Ball Lauren Avila Risa Kaplowitz Addul Manzano

Education Director Assistant Education Director

Alberto Blanco Bradley Shoemaker-Webster

Community Engagement Manager Community Engagement Administrator Full-Time Faculty Full-Time Faculty

Diana Dizon Diane Partington Maria Ferraro

Principal of The Sarasota Ballet School Education Administrative Manager School Operations Coordinator Full-Time Faculty Full-Time Faculty

Les Sylphides Choreography by Michel Fokine

This Season, Dame Alicia Markova’s staging of Fokine’s Les Sylphides honors the

centenary of her joining the Ballets Russes. First presented in Russia in 1908 as Chopiniana, and redesigned by Alexandre Benois for Diaghilev’s legendary 1909 Paris season, it became a centerpiece of the Ballets Russes and one of Diaghilev’s personal favorites.

Set to Chopin’s piano works orchestrated by Roy Douglas, Les Sylphides is a homage to the great Romantic ballets of the mid-19th century—works such as Giselle and Pas de Quatre—and to the “white acts” of Ivanov’s Swan Lake. Yet it was revolutionary for its time: a plotless ballet, defined instead by atmosphere and style. Fokine called it “the personification of a poetic vision,” and with its single male hero in black velvet and a corps of sylph-like women in white tulle, it endures as the first and definitive “mood ballet.”

Michel Fokine Choreographer

Michel Fokine (1880–1942) was a pioneering Russian choreographer whose reforms helped shape modern ballet. Trained at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg from age nine, he later taught there, influencing dancers such as Vaslav Nijinsky.

Rejecting rigid classical conventions, Fokine championed expressive movement, dramatic unity, and authenticity in dance, eliminating empty virtuosity and outdated mime. His early works include The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova and Les Sylphides (1908). Invited by Sergei Diaghilev, he became the first choreographer of the Ballets Russes, creating landmark works like The Firebird, Scheherazade, and Petrushka before continuing his career in Europe and the United States.

Dame Alicia Markova Former Ballet Russes

Dame Alicia Markova (1910–2004), born Lilian Alice Marks in London, was Britain’s first prima ballerina and one of the most influential dancers of the twentieth century. Discovered as a prodigy, she joined Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes at fourteen and later helped shape British ballet with the Vic-Wells Ballet.

She co-founded the Markova–Dolin Ballet and London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) and was appointed Dame in 1963 for her transformative legacy.

Margaret Barbieri Répétiteur

Having spent 20 years as a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, Margaret Barbieri’s wealth of knowledge and experience has enabled her to give back to the dance community through her years as a teacher and Répétiteurs.

During the last 13 years, Barbieri has staged productions for The Sarasota Ballet by some of the most important names in ballet, including Ashton, de Valois, Wright, and Fokine. In addition to staging ballets for the Company, Barbieri is also Assistant Director. Her other staging credits include Iñaki Urlezaga Company (Argentina), K-Ballet (Japan), Oregon Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, and Tbilisi Ballet Theatre.

MICHEL FOKINE’S LES SLYPHIDES PERFORMED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE FOKINE ESTATE-ARCHIVE.

World Premiere

The Lorenz Butterfly Choreography by Jessica Lang

In Jessica Lang’s World Premiere The Lorenz Butterfly, chaos theory meets color

theory, offering a glimpse into her artistic process that often begins with the self meditative act of painting. For Lang, the brushstrokes mirror movement—fluid, expressive, and instinctual—free from critique or constraint. Chaos theory, which uncovers structures within disorder, proposes a scientific framework behind what initially may seem unpredictable. Color theory in nature often signals important ideas and changes – a grey sky fortells an approaching storm, itself an agent of change. Lang’s intent is to reflect these abstract ideas in her ballet, framed within a backdrop created from Lang’s paintings that were themselves born from this exploration of chaos, color, and change.

Jessica Lang Choreographer

Jessica Lang is an American director and choreographer based in New York City. She currently serves as The Sarasota Ballet’s Virginia B. Toulmin & Muriel O’Neil Artist in Residence and Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Resident Choreographer. Since 1999, Lang has created more than 100 original works on companies worldwide including American Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Sarasota Ballet, the National Ballet of Japan, and her eponymous company Jessica Lang Dance, among many others.

Her opera credits include directing and choreographing Stabat Mater at Glimmerglass Opera Festival, later presented at Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival, and choreographing San Francisco Opera’s Aida, seen at Washington National Opera (WNO), Seattle Opera, and LA Opera. She co-choreographed Turnadot with her Creative Associate Kanji Segawa for WNO, and Salome for Des Moines Opera.

She has also created works for the Kennedy Center, The Harris Theater, Dallas Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, and served as movement advisor for Carolina Herrera’s Pre-Fall 2022 collection. As Artistic Director of Jessica Lang Dance (2011–2019), the company was presented in over 85 cities at venues including Lincoln Center, Jacob’s Pillow, BAM Fisher, and Tel Aviv Opera House. A Juilliard graduate and former member of Twyla Tharp’s company, Lang is the recipient of the 2018 Martha Hill Mid-Career Award, 2017 Arison Award, and 2014 Bessie Award and has been a fellow of NY City Center, and The Center for Ballet at NYU. In 2019 named Choreographer-in-Residence at Princeton University.

Changing Light Choreography by Will Tuckett

Choreographer Will Tuckett created his first commissioned work for The

Sarasota Ballet under Director Iain Webb with Changing Light. The ballet grew from a new score by composer Jeremy Holland-Smith, whose music accompanied Tuckett’s arrival in Sarasota. Crossing the Sunshine Skyway Bridge at sunset, he found the missing inspiration: the city itself. The shifting colors over sea and sky— blue, orange, pink, and purple—became the ballet’s heart.

Rehearsals were, in Tuckett’s words, “pure pleasure,” as the dancers’ passion and energy shaped the choreography. Onstage, lighting designer Aaron Muhl recreated the luminous beauty of that first sunset. Created during a time of uncertainty, Changing Light embodies faith, hope, and the power of dance to move forward together. As it returns to The Sarasota Ballet, Tuckett reflects on his joy in revisiting the piece with a company that continues to inspire him.

Will Tuckett Choreographer

As well as choreographing for and performing as a member of the Royal Ballet for over 25 years, Will is a multi award winning, internationally renowned director and choreographer, working in Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan and China.

He has directed and choreographed in theatre, opera, musical-theatre and film, including work for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, National Ballet of Japan, National Ballet of China, Texas Ballet Theatre, The Sarasota Ballet, ABT Studio Company, The Royal Opera, Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Garsington Opera, Grange Park Opera, Bregenz Festspiele, Sadlers Wells Theatre, Barbican Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe, Almeida Theatre, PARCO Tokyo, New National Theatre Tokyo, Sage Gateshead, Latitude Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Tate Modern, The National Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, the BBC, Channel 4, Sky Arts, Working Title and 87North.

He also acts as an arts consultant and was the first ROH2 Creative Associate for The Royal Opera House and was the 2008 Clore Dance Fellow. His Olivier Award winning ROH production of The Wind in the WIllows was the first to ever transfer into the West End and he has been nominated for three Critics Circle awards, two Evening Standard and Southbank awards.

JEREMY HOLLAND-SMITH’S CHANGING LIGHT PERFORMED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH FABER MUSIC, LONDON.

Friday Evening

Les Sylphides Choreography by Michel Fokine Production by Dame Alicia Markova Music by Frédéric Chopin Costume Design by Alexandre Benois Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Staged by Margaret Barbieri and Iain Webb Premiered by The Ballets Russes | March 20, 1908 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | January 30, 2009

Nocturne

Ella Tuite

Misa Kuranaga

Ricardo Rhodes

Pasha Levy

Marijana Dominis

Annie Wilson

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Alessandra Nova

Olivia Dugan

Gabriella Schultze Brooke Wilson

Dominique Jenkins

Ella Lau

Emmanuelle Watkins

Haley Dale

Isabella Damico

Noa Dean

Waltz Pasha Levy

Mazurka Misa Kuranaga

Mazurka Ricardo Rhodes

Prelude Marijana Dominis

Pas de Deux Misa Kuranaga

Ricardo Rhodes

Grand Valse Finale All Cast

Kerry Shannon

Camille Gentes Paige Young

Friday Evening

The Lorenz Butterfly Choreography by Jessica Lang Music by Robert Schumann Costume Design by Jillian Lewis Visual and Set Design by Jessica Lang Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed July 16, 2025

First Movement:

Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada Emmanuelle Watkins Olivia Dugan Ricardo Graziano Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Mischa Goodman

Second Movement:

Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Emmanuelle Watkins

Third Movement:

Ricardo Graziano Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Fourth Movement:

Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada Emmanuelle Watkins Olivia Dugan Ricardo Graziano Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Mischa Goodman

Friday Evening

Changing Light Choreography by Will Tuckett Music by Jeremy Holland-Smith Costume Design by Bill Fenner Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail Staged by Victoria Hulland, Octavio Martin, & Ricardo Graziano Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed February 1, 2013

Marijana Dominis

Sierra Abelardo

Dominique Jenkins

Ricardo Rhodes

Samuel Gest

Luke Schaufuss

Pasha Levy

Iku Okura

Gus Payne

Andrea Marcelletti

Annie Wilson

Camille Gentes

Isabella Damico

Alessandra Nova

Brooke Wilson

Mischa Goodman

Ze Ellis

Jordan Micallef

Jonah Glickman

Mark Hare

Gabriella Schultze

Paige Young

Andrew Buckley

Daniel Ayala

Ben Moss

UPGRADE YOUR EXPERIENCE

WITH A SEASON SUBSCRIPTION.

INTRINSIC | PROGRAM ONE

October 24 - 26, 2025 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts Michel Fokine's Les Sylphides Jessica Lang's The Lorenz Butterfly World Premiere Will Tuckett's Changing Light

WRITTEN MOTION | PROGRAM TWO

November 21 - 22, 2025 | Sarasota Opera House Sir Frederick Ashton's Valses nobles et sentimentales Mark Morris' The Letter V Ashley Page's World Premiere

MASTERS OF MOVEMENT | PROGRAM THREE

December 19 - 20, 2025 | Sarasota Opera House George Balanchine's Divertimento No. 15 George Balanchine's Mozartiana Company Premiere Sir Frederick Ashton's Jazz Calendar

NOTES UNSPOKEN | PROGRAM FOUR

January 30 - February 2, 2026 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts Gemma Bond's World Premiere Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden Ricardo Graziano's Valsinhas

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY | PROGRAM FIVE

February 27 - March 2, 2026 | FSU Center for the Performing Arts Presented by The Sarasota Ballet

LIFE & LIBERTY | PROGRAM SIX

March 27 - 28, 2026 | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes Sir David Bintley's ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café

FOUNDATIONS OF ROYALTY | PROGRAM SEVEN

May 1 - 2, 2026 | Sarasota Opera House Sir Frederick Ashton's Birthday Offering Dame Ninette de Valois' Checkmate Sir Peter Wright's Summertide

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Saturday Matinee

Les Sylphides Choreography by Michel Fokine Production by Dame Alicia Markova Music by Frédéric Chopin Costume Design by Alexandre Benois Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Staged by Margaret Barbieri and Iain Webb Premiered by The Ballets Russes | March 20, 1908 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | January 30, 2009

Nocturne

Ella Tuite

Sierra Abelardo

Luke Schaufuss

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Iku Okura

Pasha Levy

Camille Gentes

Alessandra Nova

Olivia Dugan

Gabriella Schultze Isabella Nova

Reaganne Beamer

Lily Grace Patterson

Emmanuelle Watkins

Haley Dale

Isabella Damico

Noa Dean

Waltz Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Mazurka Sierra Abelardo

Mazurka Luke Schaufuss

Prelude Iku Okura

Pas de Deux Sierra Abelardo

Luke Schaufuss

Grand Valse Finale All Cast

Kerry Shannon

Jacqueline Sanders Paige Young

Saturday Matinee

The Lorenz Butterfly Choreography by Jessica Lang Music by Robert Schumann Costume Design by Jillian Lewis Visual and Set Design by Jessica Lang Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed July 16, 2025

First Movement:

Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada Emmanuelle Watkins Olivia Dugan Ricardo Graziano Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Mischa Goodman

Second Movement:

Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Emmanuelle Watkins

Third Movement:

Ricardo Graziano Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Fourth Movement:

Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada Emmanuelle Watkins Olivia Dugan Ricardo Graziano Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Mischa Goodman

Saturday Matinee

Changing Light Choreography by Will Tuckett Music by Jeremy Holland-Smith Costume Design by Bill Fenner Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail Staged by Victoria Hulland, Octavio Martin, & Ricardo Graziano Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed February 1, 2013

Iku Okura

Ella Lau

Olivia Dugan

Trevor Stalcup

Ricardo Graziano

Nathan Smith

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Camille Gentes

Jonah Glickman

Jordan Micallef

Haley Dale

Kerry Shannon

Isabella Damico

Alessandra Nova

Brooke Wilson

Mischa Goodman

Trevin Ralphs

Benjamin Hannum

Simon Plante

Mark Hare

Gabriella Schultze

Emmanuelle Watkins

Andrew Buckley

Daniel Ayala

Ben Moss

Saturday Evening

Les Sylphides Choreography by Michel Fokine Production by Dame Alicia Markova Music by Frédéric Chopin Costume Design by Alexandre Benois Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Staged by Margaret Barbieri and Iain Webb Premiered by The Ballets Russes | March 20, 1908 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | January 30, 2009

Nocturne

Ella Tuite

Misa Kuranaga

Ricardo Rhodes

Pasha Levy

Marijana Dominis

Annie Wilson

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Alessandra Nova

Olivia Dugan

Gabriella Schultze Brooke Wilson

Dominique Jenkins

Ella Lau

Emmanuelle Watkins

Haley Dale

Isabella Damico

Noa Dean

Waltz Pasha Levy

Mazurka Misa Kuranaga

Mazurka Ricardo Rhodes

Prelude Marijana Dominis

Pas de Deux Misa Kuranaga

Ricardo Rhodes

Grand Valse Finale All Cast

Kerry Shannon

Camille Gentes Paige Young

Saturday Evening

The Lorenz Butterfly Choreography by Jessica Lang Music by Robert Schumann Costume Design by Jillian Lewis Visual and Set Design by Jessica Lang Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed July 16, 2025

First Movement:

Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada Emmanuelle Watkins Olivia Dugan Ricardo Graziano Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Mischa Goodman

Second Movement:

Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Emmanuelle Watkins

Third Movement:

Ricardo Graziano Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Fourth Movement:

Sierra Abelardo Bel Pickering Kennedy Falyn Cassada Emmanuelle Watkins Olivia Dugan Ricardo Graziano Samuel Gest Jordan Micallef Jonah Glickman Mischa Goodman

Saturday Evening

Changing Light Choreography by Will Tuckett Music by Jeremy Holland-Smith Costume Design by Bill Fenner Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail Staged by Victoria Hulland, Octavio Martin, & Ricardo Graziano Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed February 1, 2013

Marijana Dominis

Sierra Abelardo

Dominique Jenkins

Ricardo Rhodes

Samuel Gest

Luke Schaufuss

Pasha Levy

Iku Okura

Gus Payne

Andrea Marcelletti

Annie Wilson

Camille Gentes

Isabella Damico

Alessandra Nova

Brooke Wilson

Mischa Goodman

Trevin Ralphs

Jordan Micallef

Jonah Glickman

Mark Hare

Gabriella Schultze

Paige Young

Andrew Buckley

Daniel Ayala

Ben Moss

Sunday Matinee

Les Sylphides Choreography by Michel Fokine Production by Dame Alicia Markova Music by Frédéric Chopin Costume Design by Alexandre Benois Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Staged by Margaret Barbieri and Iain Webb Premiered by The Ballets Russes | March 20, 1908 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | January 30, 2009

Nocturne

Ella Tuite

Sierra Abelardo

Luke Schaufuss

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Iku Okura

Pasha Levy

Camille Gentes

Alessandra Nova

Olivia Dugan

Gabriella Schultze Isabella Nova

Reaganne Beamer

Lily Grace Patterson

Emmanuelle Watkins

Haley Dale

Isabella Damico

Noa Dean

Waltz Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Mazurka Sierra Abelardo

Mazurka Luke Schaufuss

Prelude Iku Okura

Pas de Deux Sierra Abelardo

Luke Schaufuss

Grand Valse Finale All Cast

Kerry Shannon

Jacqueline Sanders Paige Young

Sunday Matinee

The Lorenz Butterfly Choreography by Jessica Lang Music by Robert Schumann Costume Design by Jillian Lewis Visual and Set Design by Jessica Lang Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed July 16, 2025

First Movement:

Marijana Dominis Annie Wilson Dominique Jenkins Ella Lau Brooke Wilson Luke Schaufuss Ze Ellis Andrea Marcelletti Ben Moss Nathan Smith

Second Movement:

Ze Ellis Andrea Marcelletti Ben Moss Ella Lau

Third Movement:

Luke Schaufuss Marijana Dominis Annie Wilson Dominique Jenkins

Fourth Movement:

Marijana Dominis Annie Wilson Dominique Jenkins Ella Lau Brooke Wilson Luke Schaufuss Ze Ellis Andrea Marcelletti Ben Moss Nathan Smith

Sunday Matinee

Changing Light Choreography by Will Tuckett Music by Jeremy Holland-Smith Costume Design by Bill Fenner Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail Staged by Victoria Hulland, Octavio Martin, & Ricardo Graziano Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed February 1, 2013

Iku Okura

Ella Lau

Olivia Dugan

Trevor Stalcup

Ricardo Graziano

Nathan Smith

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Camille Gentes

Jonah Glickman

Jordan Micallef

Haley Dale

Kerry Shannon

Isabella Damico

Alessandra Nova

Brooke Wilson

Mischa Goodman

Trevin Ralphs

Benjamin Hannum

Simon Plante

Mark Hare

Gabriella Schultze

Emmanuelle Watkins

Andrew Buckley

Daniel Ayala

Ben Moss

PERFORMANCES December 12 -13 Venice Performing Arts Center Live Music by The Venice Symphony

December 21 - 23 Sarasota Opera House

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Sunday Evening

Les Sylphides Choreography by Michel Fokine Production by Dame Alicia Markova Music by Frédéric Chopin Costume Design by Alexandre Benois Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Staged by Margaret Barbieri and Iain Webb Premiered by The Ballets Russes | March 20, 1908 First Performed by The Sarasota Ballet | January 30, 2009

Nocturne

Ella Tuite

Misa Kuranaga

Ricardo Rhodes

Pasha Levy

Iku Okura

Annie Wilson

Kennedy Falyn Cassada

Alessandra Nova

Olivia Dugan

Gabriella Schultze Brooke Wilson

Reaganne Beamer

Ella Lau

Emmanuelle Watkins

Haley Dale

Isabella Damico

Noa Dean

Waltz Pasha Levy

Mazurka Misa Kuranaga

Mazurka Ricardo Rhodes

Prelude Iku Okura

Pas de Deux Misa Kuranaga

Ricardo Rhodes

Grand Valse Finale All Cast

Kerry Shannon

Camille Gentes Paige Young

Sunday Evening

The Lorenz Butterfly Choreography by Jessica Lang Music by Robert Schumann Costume Design by Jillian Lewis Visual and Set Design by Jessica Lang Lighting Design by Ethan Vail Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed July 16, 2025

First Movement:

Marijana Dominis Annie Wilson Dominique Jenkins Ella Lau Brooke Wilson Luke Schaufuss Ze Ellis Andrea Marcelletti Ben Moss Nathan Smith

Second Movement:

Ze Ellis Andrea Marcelletti Ben Moss Ella Lau

Third Movement:

Luke Schaufuss Marijana Dominis Annie Wilson Dominique Jenkins

Fourth Movement:

Marijana Dominis Annie Wilson Dominique Jenkins Ella Lau Brooke Wilson Luke Schaufuss Ze Ellis Andrea Marcelletti Ben Moss Nathan Smith

Sunday Evening

Changing Light Choreography by Will Tuckett Music by Jeremy Holland-Smith Costume Design by Bill Fenner Original Lighting Design by Aaron Muhl Lighting Recreated by Ethan Vail Staged by Victoria Hulland, Octavio Martin, & Ricardo Graziano Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet First Performed February 1, 2013

Marijana Dominis

Sierra Abelardo

Dominique Jenkins

Ricardo Rhodes

Samuel Gest

Luke Schaufuss

Pasha Levy

Iku Okura

Gus Payne

Andrea Marcelletti

Annie Wilson

Camille Gentes

Isabella Damico

Alessandra Nova

Brooke Wilson

Mischa Goodman

Ze Ellis

Jordan Micallef

Jonah Glickman

Mark Hare

Gabriella Schultze

Paige Young

Andrew Buckley

Daniel Ayala

Ben Moss

In Loving Memory

Donna Maytham Donna's love for the Ballet extended well beyond the stage. She served on the Friends of The Sarasota Ballet committee and was a past president, offering steadfast leadership and helping to nurture a sense of shared purpose among the fellow patrons. Donna had a passion for our Dance the Next Generation (DNG) understanding how vital that community engagement program is to our community. Her care and commitment touched every corner of the organization.

Season Supporters Luminary Circle $100,000+ Our Special Angel Jan and Bill Farber Sydney Goldstein Jean Weidner Goldstein

In Loving Memory of Alfred Goldstein

Patricia Golemme and Timothy Fullum Bill and Linda Mitchell Paul and Sharon Steinwachs Benefactor Circle $75,000 - $99,999 Sandra and Neil DeFeo Mark Famiglio Pat and Ann Kenny Mercedita Oconnor In Loving Memory of Bob and Jeanne Zabelle Guardian Circle $50,000 - $74,999 Karol Foss Robin and Roy Grossman Julie A. Harris Charlie Huisking, Huisking Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County Robin Klein-Strauss and Michael Strauss Harry Leopold and Audrey Robbins Frank and Katherine Martucci Charmian and Earl Noel Connoisseur Circle $25,000 - $49,999 Shari and Steve Ashman Bob and Ginger Bailey Bonnie and William Chapman Warren and Marie Colbert Wendy and Jim Cox Robert Crandall and Barbara Bankoff Brendan and Nicola Doyle Gifts are current as of October 16, 2025

Linda A. Fiorelli Alison Gardner and Jan Sirota Sherry and Mike Guthrie Dr. Amy L. Harding Joe and Mary Kay Henson Bill and Christie Krugler Richard March In Loving Memory of Helen March

Richard and Cornelia Matson Rosemary and Lou Oberndorf Stu and Gini Peltz Kimberley A. Pelyk Dr. Bart Price Toby and Noel Siegel Hillary Steele Maureen and Tom Steiner Dr. David Sugar Jackie and Glenn Tilton Susan and James Travers David Welle and Rosemary Reinhardt Susan and Charles Wilson Aficionado Circle $15,000 - $24,999 James and Maryann Armour Family Foundation Darlene J. and Richard P. Carroll Kay Delaney and Murray Bring JoAnn Heffernan Heisen Barbara Jacob Richard S. Johnson Tina and Rick Lieberman Joan Mathews Michael P. and Elizabeth D. Murphy Dorothy O'Brien and Richard Antoine Marilyn and Steve Rothschild Judy Rudges In Loving Memory of Stan Katz

Ellen and Richard Sandor John and Rita Steele Greg and Belle Stikeleather Lois Stulberg Thomas and Gwendolyn Watson Jared Winters Patron Circle $10,000 - $14,999 Paul Allen George Allison and Alan Watkins Isabel Ann Becker Jenne K Britell, PhD Lawrence and Joan Castellani Laura Feder Frances D. Fergusson and John Bradbury Pam and Duncan Goldie-Morrison Jane C. Gould and Stephen W. Fillo Ineza Hart Elaine Keating In Loving Memory of Dr. Sidney Katz

Michael and Barbara Landy Barbara and Stephen Mason Keith F. Nelson and Judith K. Marquis Gail and Skip Sack Rich and Clare Segall Arthur Siciliano and B. Aline Blanchard Nancy and Richard Sneed Hélène and Phil Tucker Jean Volpe Maria and Jim Wilson Devotee Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Peggy and Ken Abt Kay Aidlin In Loving Memory of Stephen Aidlin

Margaret Barbieri David Beliles

In Loving Memory of Ruth, and for our dancer, Kate

Katherine Benoit and John Brooks Lois and Jim Champy Robin and Chase Curtis Syble and Peter DiGirolamo Rosalyn and Joel Ehrenpreis Bruce Ensinger and Clark Denham Ping Faulhaber Barbara Fischer Long and James Long William C. and Joyce K. Fletcher Herman and Sharon Frankel Ellen Goldman Marilyn Harwell Trust Stephen and Lila Huse Ann Jackson Merrill Kaegi Linda Z. Klein Peter and Melody Kretzmer Gerda Maceikonis Carolou and Lou Marquet Stephania and James McClennen Robert and Sharon McMillan Patrick McNamee and Sandra Young Mary Ann and John Meyer Carolyn Michel In Loving Memory of Howard Millman

Howard and Barbara Noble, Jr. Peter and Joanne Powers Rose Marie Proietti Pamela Revels Shelley Roisen Bob and Diane Roskamp Sam Samelson and Marion Levine Amy Schachter In Loving Memory of Oscar Schachter

Gabriel and Valerie Schmergel Micki Sellman In Loving Memory of Jerry Sellman

Nancy Smith

Diana Smith and Barry Cohen Libby and Jon Soderberg Gordon Stanley Swanson and Kutner Family Fund Melliss Kenworthy Swenson In Loving Memory of Curt Swenson

Ed Town and Steve Rubin Sallie Carter Tyler Susan and Lewis Winarsky Richard Wires Charles O. Wood, III and Miriam M. Wood Foundation Merrill and Sheila Wynne-APRIO, LLP Sora Yelin Golden Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Alexandra Armstrong In Loving Memory of Jerry McCoy

Carol Arscott Margaret and Isaac Barpal Jerry and Helga Bilik Jerry and Gay Bowles Alan Cohen

In Loving Memory of Natalie Cohen

Jenny and Lee Duffey John and Patricia Dupps Barbara and Bill Epperson Donna Jill Feldman Kevin Fulcher and Kim Deme-Fulcher Patsy and Ed Garno Alfred Cope Garrett In Loving Memory of Anne W. Garrett

Charles Hamilton and Miriam Lockhart Moira Hintsa Ronald and Rita Karns Maryann Kolb and Greg Goebel Dr. Bart and Joan Levenson Meg Maguire

Gifts are current as of October 16, 2025

Bonnie McIntyre

In Loving Memory of Bill Noonan

Margaret Melun and Lt. Col. Ky L. Thompson Tara Olson and Will Dunkak Jeffrey Peterson Megan Powers Susan L. Robinson Dona and Sam Scott Noreene Storrie and Wesley G. McCain Charlotte and John Suhler Emily Walsh

The Sarasota Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their generous support for the performance, education, and community programs of The Sarasota Ballet.

Institutional Support Public Support $100,000 + Tourist Development Council of Sarasota County

Foundation Support $100,000+ Phillip & Janice Levin Foundation William A. Farber, Trustee

$75,000 - $99,999 Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation

$50,000 - $74,999 Jean Allenby Goldstein Touring Fund Muriel O'Neil Fund for the Performing Arts at CFSC Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Shubert Foundation, Inc. Community Foundation Sarasota County Gulf Coast Community Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999 Bank of America Client Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation The Exchange

$15,000 - $24,999 Lela D. Jackson Foundation for the Arts

$10,000 - $14,999 Bishop-Parker Foundation Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Suncoast Credit Union Foundation

$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 Markets Charities, Inc. Women's Outreach Ministry Church of the Redeemer Gifts are current as of October 16, 2025

$1,000 - $2,499 Cousins Laning Foundation Fay A. Schweim Memorial Children's Dance Fund Gulf Coast Italian Culture Society, Inc. The Johnson Singer Arts and Education Fund

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Program Two

November 21 – 22, 2025 | Sarasota Opera House Sir Frederick Ashton’s Valses nobles et sentimentales Mark Morris’ The Letter V Ashley Page’s World Premiere

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THE SARASOTA BALLET

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF IAIN WEBB JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL JULY 2025 Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, Massachusetts ASHTON CELEBRATED JUNE 2024 The Royal Opera House, London, UK THE JOYCE THEATER AUGUST 2022 Joyce Theater, New York, US THE JOYCE THEATER AUGUST 2018 Joyce Theater, New York, US GUGGENHEIM WORKS & PROCESS NOVEMBER 2017 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL MAY 2017 Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City, Utah, US ARCADIA CENTENNIAL AUGUST 2016 Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine, US THE JOYCE THEATER AUGUST 2016 Joyce Theater, New York, US FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2015 New York City Center, New York City JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL AUGUST 2015 Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, Massachusetts FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2014 New York City Center, New York City BALLET ACROSS AMERICA III JUNE 2013 John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC THE SUZANNE FARREL BALLET OCTOBER 2011 John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC

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