Greetings from
ART OF PERFORMANCE 2023/24 SEASON
HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER SARASOTA, FLORIDA
THE RINGLING’S ART OF PERFORMANCE at the Historic Asolo Theater (the HAT) delivers broad access to provocative and timely performing arts that reflect a wide range of experiences, disciplines, and relevant cultural expressions. The series embodies The Ringling’s values of inclusion, inspiration, and excellence through performance programs that elevate community partnerships, social impact, and the plural exchange of ideas in tandem with visiting artists. The program supports Florida-based, national, and international performance makers in developmental residencies and creative research in our theater facilities.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Ringling respectfully acknowledges that we are located on the traditional Homelands and the ancestral territories of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as the ancient tribes of the Calusa, Uzita, and Tocobaga. We also acknowledge the local freedomseeking community called Angola, and the people later known as Black Seminoles.
We honor the resiliency of Indigenous communities, and we extend our gratitude as we live and work on their Homelands. We pay our respect to the Elders, both past and present, who have stewarded these lands and waters through generations since time immemorial.
HISTORIC
FLORIDA
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ASOLO THEATER (THE HAT) • SARASOTA,
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Dear Friends of the Art of Performance,
In step with the adventurous history of performance at The Ringling, we are back in full swing with a lineup of borderless time-based arts and free-range storytelling. Embark on excursions to Francophone lands, and join in heart-stopping Flamenco fests, fiery Florida get downs, clownish romps, techno trace dances, and smoldering jazz encounters! While you’re abroad in performance land, send word to loved ones with these artful postcards from the world within the hat!
nov 16-18 mar 8-9 nov 4-5 feb 22-24 nov 2 feb 15-16 oct 20 dec 12 mar 21-24 apr 6-8 apr 18-21 may 9-11 La Santa Cecilia La Dame Blanche Rosie Herrera & Leah Verier-Dunn Un Poyo Rojo
GoldenCrust BélO Les Francophonies ensembleNEWSRQ
Etienne Charles Israel Fernandez & Diego del Morao Mazelfreten Rafael Ramírez La Famille
Art of Performance
2023/24 Season
Scan QR code to discover what's on @theHAT!
Bon Voyage as you explore the world of performance this season.
Photos courtesy of the artists
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OCT 20 7:30 PM
Art Courtyard L a Dam e Bl anche White Hot Fête It’sgonnabelit! xx La Dame Blanche S eason Kickoff Party
The Ringling Museum of
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La Dame Blanche
Season Kickoff Party
OCT 20, 7:30 PM
Museum of Art
Courtyard
Neo-Latin vocal sensation La Dame
Blanche’s expansive mix of hip-hop, female empowerment, and dancehall delivers a powerful sound that summons the spirits. Singer, flautist, and percussionist Yaite Ramos
Rodriguez triumphantly fuses her Cuban musical ancestry with fearless innovation.
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See you there!!
Photo by Sven de Almeida Festineuch
Israel Fernandez & Diego del Morao
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Israel Fernandez + Diego Del Morao
NOV 2, 7:30 PM
@theHAT
Experience cante jondo and Spanish classical and Flamenco guitar with two celebrated innovators. Israel rejuvenates the cante of yesteryear, and Diego sounds classical and modern at the same time. Positioned between the ancient and the contemporary worlds, their performance is a timely honoring of the natural evolution of Flamenco.
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¡Olé
con olé!
Photo by Carlos Reverte
Rafael Ramírez Lo Preciso
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Rafael Ramírez
Lo Preciso
NOV 4, 7:30 PM
NOV 5, 5:00 PM
@theHAT
Lo Preciso (Precision) is a rigorous contemporary Flamenco work by remarkable Spanish dancer and choreographer Rafael Ramírez. This intense solo dance work accompanied by live musicians is a dueling quest for artistic exactness and an ecstatic call and response delivery of the masculine prowess of the form.
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Photo by Gabriel Asensio Castañeda
Les Francophonies Congo Jazz Band
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Les Francophonies
Congo Jazz Band
Nov 16, 11:00 AM
Nov 17 & 18, 7:30 PM
@theHAT
A tragic century of the Congo is brought to life through razor-sharp text and interludes of Congolese music as a poetic reckoning.
Kouyate’s brilliant Leopold II, Patrice Lumumba, and other historical figures tumble through time, jam with the band, and deliver moments of grave seriousness and comedic irony to an upbeat sound. Performed in French with English supertitles.
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Photo by Christophe Pean
¡Nos vemos en El Ringling!
La Santa Cecilia
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La Santa Cecilia
DEC 12, 6:00 PM
Bolger Campiello
La Santa Cecilia exemplifies the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin culture, rock, and world music. Pan-American rhythms including cumbia, bossa-nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, and klezmer music pulse within the band’s Mexican heritage, resounding as the voice of a new bicultural generation.
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Photo by Scopio
Staycool—EtienneYours,Charles etienne Charles
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Etienne Charles
Creole Soul
FEB 15 & 16, 7:30 PM
@theHAT
Jazz trumpet sensation Etienne Charles’s lush sound, varied compositional textures, and pulsating percussive grooves enable him to invoke trance as he soothes and excites listeners. Trinidad-born performer, composer, and storyteller Charles’s Sarasota premiere promises complexity and swing.
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Photo by Laura Ferreira
Rave LucidMazelfreten
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Mazelfreten
Rave Lucid
FEB 22, 11:00 AM
FEB 23 & 24, 7:30 PM
@theHAT
In a thrilling tribute to electro dance, Rave Lucid combines choreographed movements at 120 bpm that require unfailing concentration. Hypnotic arm games celebrate “rave” as a party, an organic trance, and “lucid” state where extreme control achieves perfect synchronization.
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Photo by Jonathan Lutumba
BélO
Pa lage sa!
MAR 8 & 9, 7:30 PM @theHAT
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Hailed as Haiti's musical ambassador to the world, BélO galvanizes the pride, cultural identity and resilience of the Haitian people. This socially conscious singer-songwriter’s sound is a sublime mixture of jazz, worldbeat, rock, reggae, and Afro-Haitian traditional rhythms known as "Ragganga."
PA LAGE SA = NEVER GIVE UP
PLACE POSTAGE HERE BélO
Photo by Hervay Petion
Florida Woman
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Rosie Herrera + Leah Verier-Dunn
Florida Woman
MAR 21, 11:00 AM
MAR 22 & 23, 7:30 PM
MAR 24, 5:00 PM
Florida Woman is a dance theater elegy to the stereotypes and myths of Floridian life. Juxtaposing the lawlessness and freedom evoked by the “Florida Man” internet meme with the prevalence of restrictive laws on women's bodies, the performance interrogates the aesthetic beauty of Florida as a bastion for all things wild and hopeful.
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Photo by George Echevarria
Un Poyo Rojo
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Un Poyo Rojo
APR 6, 7:30 PM
APR 7, 5:00 PM
APR 8, 11:00 AM @theHAT
In an empty locker room, two men play with movement, an analogue radio and tiny shorts. The performers’ athletic bodies move fluently from wrestling to dance, acrobatics to physical comedy, in an irresistible distortion of the expectations of manhood. A funny, raw, playful hour interspersed with competitiveness and camaraderie, as well as seduction and sabotage.
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Photo by Ishka Michocka
La Famille GoldenCrust
Comecamping, Florida!
Love, Kevin&Grace
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La Famille GoldenCrust
APR 18–20, 7:30 PM
APR 21, 11:00 AM
La Famille GoldenCrust is a kitsch, fun, and humorous outdoor performance spectacle, trailer-park style! In their magnificent RV, the tacky and raucous duo presents a comedy and circus show worthy of the most prestigious campgrounds and shopping malls in Florida. They have the heart and ambition—the only thing that's missing are the pyrotechnic effects, technicians, and entire cast of dancers.
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Photo by Nicolas Descoteaux
ensembleNEWSRQ
Parisian Refraction
MAY 9–11, 7:30 PM
MAY 11, 2:00 PM @theHAT
Led by Samantha Bennett and George Nickson, this adventurous set of four distinct concerts explores works and composers that either embody the City of Light, have been commissioned by groups in Paris, or are deeply inspired by the French capital. Each performance highlights both the similarities and global differences of musicians who have been changed by Paris.
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Stay classy, Sarasota!
Photo by Matthew Holler
ART OF PERFORMANCE
WIP
WORKS IN PROGRESS
MICRO
JAN 26, 7:30 PM
Did you know that The Ringling is the State Art Museum of Florida? We take our commitment to Florida creatives seriously!
Join us for MicroWIP 2024, where we spotlight new performance being created in the Sarasota–Manatee area.
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Engagement + Related Programs
MASTERCLASSES
Skill building and experimentation with visiting Art of Performance master artists in the Perret Performance Studio.
ARTIST TALKS
Intimate dialogues with artists, scholars, and community about themes and performance practice.
Curated screenings of films related to performance and cultural identities of Art of Performance artists and genres.
Join us this season at the HAT’s pre- and post- show hang out in the Benfer Courtyard. Grab a drink, chat with friends, and discuss the performances in a casual, outdoor neighborhood
See you @ the HAT Lounge!
Artist Residencies
The Ringling hosts performance-based artists in residence from a variety of disciplines. Creative residencies reinforce the essentials for artistic development: time, space, and resources to experiment and iterate while prototyping works for premieres and touring.
These amazing performance makers will be in residence in 2023/24:
Brinae Ali
Tap Dancer, Choreographer. Baltimore, MD.
Leah Verier-Dunn
Dancer, Choreographer, Director of Moving Ethos. Sarasota, FL.
Moira Finucane
Performer, Director, Founder of Finucane & Smith. Melbourne, Australia.
John Heginbotham
Dancer, Choreographer, Director of Dance Heginbotham. NYC, NY.
Rosie Herrera
Dancer, Choreographer, Director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre. Miami, FL.
Modesto “flako” Jimenez
Actor, Playwright, Founder of Oye Group. Brooklyn, NY.
Companhia Urbana de Dança
HAT TIX
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ART OF PERFORMANCE SPONSORS
This program is supported in part by the Art of Performance Fund, Arthur F. and Ulla R. Searing Endowment, Dorothy Jenkins Endowment at the John and Mable Ringling Museum, Ellin Family Art of Our Time Endowment, Ed & Elaine Keating Endowment, Ringling Art of Performance Endowment, Selby Foundation Ringling Museum Endowment, Cowles Charitable Trust, David and Mary Benfer, Warren R. and Marie E. Colbert, Leon and Marge Ellin, Judith and Stephen Shank, and Marge and Irv Weiser.
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The HAT is small but mighty! Don't miss the most global, unexpected, and vibrant performance series in Sarasota. Book your ticket for this season's journey before the seats are gone!
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