SheilaC Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The Sarasota company has just announced that, because of travel restrictions due to Covid, they are no longer able to present Elite Syncopations in program 6 (April 23/27) but instead will be dancing Ashton's Facade ..... which some of us think is a better ballet anyway! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 hours ago, SheilaC said: The Sarasota company has just announced that, because of travel restrictions due to Covid, they are no longer able to present Elite Syncopations in program 6 (April 23/27) but instead will be dancing Ashton's Facade ..... which some of us think is a better ballet anyway! YAY!!!!!! Certainly is, for me anyway!! Loved the RB Elite Syncopations so have no pressing need to see another version just yet. Facade would be terrific. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Guess there are advantages to being in Florida: Live Outdoor Performances! https://mailchi.mp/sarasotaballet.org/30th-anniversary-outdoor-performance-general?e=6e393ec423 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherilyn Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Last night I watched and reviewed the company's fifth program, which I think is wonderfully curated. Each time I see Sarasota Ballet, I am more impressed; I really hope that their digital presence this year brings them more global recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherilyn Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 20/02/2021 at 00:04, alison said: Guess there are advantages to being in Florida: Live Outdoor Performances! https://mailchi.mp/sarasotaballet.org/30th-anniversary-outdoor-performance-general?e=6e393ec423 Will you be able to see them? If so, lucky you! MCB also had a program of outdoor performances and Orlando Ballet seems to still be going strong in the theatre. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 The Sarasota Ballet Adds a Monday Performance to Upcoming Outdoor Program! Dear Ballet Fans, As a result of significant demand for tickets for our upcoming Terrace Program 1 this weekend, tickets have entirely sold out. Therefore, to ensure as many of you are able to view this return to live ballet as possible, we will be staging an additional performance of Terrace Program 1 on Monday, 8 March at 6:00 PM. Click Here to Buy Monday Tickets to Terrace Program 1! Tickets are available now for $20 and seating will be assigned in pairs, just as with the other performances in Terrace Program 1. We hope this added Monday performance provides a chance for even more of you to enjoy this in-person ballet program in a safe, socially distanced environment. With much love, The Sarasota Ballet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Change of programming for Programme 6 - which I think some people may be very happy about: https://mailchi.mp/91de9de7b38c/30th-anniversary-digital-program-6-update-general?e=6e393ec423 Sir Frederick Ashton's Valses nobles et sentimentales Long considered one of Ashton’s lost works, Valses nobles et sentimentales was revived by The Sarasota Ballet in 2012 for its American premiere, the first time the ballet had been seen worldwide in over twenty-five years. It has been performed several times since for special occasions – as part of The Sarasota Ballet’s 2014 Sir Frederick Ashton Festival, on tour at New York’s Joyce Theater in 2016, all to critical acclaim. Sir Frederick Ashton's The Walk to the Paradise Garden The Walk to the Paradise Garden was created in 1972 for The Royal Ballet's Benevolent Fund Gala, with a score and narrative theme sourced from Frederick Delius’ opera, A Village Romeo and Juliet. The original cast featured Merle Park and David Wall as the lovers, with Derek Rencher as a chalk-white vision of Death. Ashton’s choreography brought to the piece a depth of emotion and characterization uncommon in such a small-scale ballet; to that end, renowned dance historian David Vaughan wrote in his book Frederick Ashton And His Ballets, “Like Thaïs, it was no mere divertissement but a ballet in miniature, saying as much in a few minutes as many full-length ballets.” Sir Frederick Ashton's Façade One of Ashton's earliest choreographed works first performed by the Camargo Society in 1931, Façade is a series of divertissements described by ballet critic Debra Crane as "choreographic satires on popular dance forms and their dancers." Thematically based on a collection of eponymous poems by Edith Sitwell and set to music crafted by William Walton originally for the purpose of accompanying a recital of this poetry, Façade has since come to be known as a signature Ashton display of wit and musicality. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 One word: Luscious. Can't wait. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannette Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Wow, Alison. I just got my email from Sarasota Ballet and was about to post the news & link. First reaction: YIPEE!!! 🎉 🥳 🥂 Second reaction: Booked ticket on the spot! 💳 It’ll be great to see SB’s Facade & Valses again — they were among the glorious offerings of the 2014 Ashton Festival that I attended — but this will be my first view of the fully staged Paradise Garden. p.s. For anyone lamenting the withdrawal of Serenade, please note that a complete archival Serenade will be presented as an extra to PNB’s Coppelia (begins May 6). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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