by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 26, 2017 | News, Profiles
American Ballet Theatre principal Marcelo Gomes heads south this winter to create a piece on Sarasota Ballet to premiere December 1 at the Sarasota Opera House. Following the success of his 2015 ABT main-stage production AfterEffect, the burgeoning choreographer is...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Sep 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
As Hurricane Irma made its way through the Caribbean last week, Sarasota Ballet principal Ellen Overstreet was closely following the news. Tracking its progress, she made plans with fellow company members Asia Bui and Madysen Felber: “Wednesday was the most...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 20, 2017 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles, Show and Tell
Dancers are famously resourceful and particular when it comes to the products that they keep around to get them through the day. And we all know where those items live: the dance bag. While most dance bags are filled with basics like leotards, pointe shoes, Therabands...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Feb 23, 2017 | Profiles
You could say that Victoria Hulland is Sarasota Ballet’s resident corn pad dealer. The principal dancer keeps her bag stocked with special, extra-thick pads, which she uses between her toes. “A lot of the girls come to me if they have really bad...
by Carrie Seidman | Apr 14, 2016 | News
Have a question? Send it to Pointe editor in chief and former dancer Amy Brandt at askamy@dancemedia.com. Sarasota Ballet artistic director Iain Webb approached Tony Dyson—owner of Sir Frederick Ashton’s Enigma Variations—about obtaining...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 6, 2016 | Company Life
ABT Celebrates Ratmansky Alexei Ratmansky works through Firebird with ABT dancers (photo by Gene Schiavone, courtesy ABT) American Ballet Theatre’s Ratmansky Festival is the centerpiece of the company’s spring season at Lincoln Center’s Metropolitan...
by Pointe Magazine | Dec 15, 2015 | Company Life
What do the Nutcracker and the circus have in common? A whole lot if you’re a dancer at Sarasota Ballet, where Matthew Hart has reimagined the holiday classic as John Ringling’s Circus Nutcracker. The whimsical production, which honors Sarasota as the...
by Marina Harss | Nov 24, 2015 | Career, Dance History
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. It’s a truth often repeated about ballet that it is an art with a strong oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation. Aspiring dancers learn the same steps that their...
