Sarasota Ballet's Conflicted Beauty: exemplifying excellence

Sarasota Ballet in Sir Frederick Ashton's Dante Sonata

Sarasota Ballet in Paul Taylor's Company B

Daniel Pratt and Anna Pellegrino in Paul Taylor's Company B

Jennifer Hackbarth and Ricardo Rhodes in Edwaard Liang's The Art of War

Par Graham Watts, 21 novembre 2023

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“it’s a style in which the company excels with a strong sense of exuberance”

Critique faite à Sarasota Opera House, Sarasota, le 17 novembre 2023

Dante Sonata (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Company B (Paul Taylor)

The Art of War (Edwaard Liang)

Sarasota Ballet

Iain Webb, Mise en scène

Lauren Ostrander, Danse

Ricardo Rhodes, Danse

Jennifer Hackbarth, Danse

Anna Pellegrino, Danse

Daniel Pratt, Danse

Emelia Perkins, Danse

Maximilliano Iglesias, Danse

Ivan Spitale, Danse

Dominique Jenkins, Danse

Yuki Nonaka, Danse

La Fille mal gardée, le ballet français le plus pittoresque

Laurine Mortha, 27th June

La Fille mal gardée est une comédie haute en couleur mais aussi ballet virtuose, où les variations s’enchaînent allègrement. Pour cette reprise, la performance théâtrale des interprètes de l’Opéra de Paris, particulièrement débridés dans les seconds rôles, est remarquable.

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Le romantisme d' Ashton à Garnier

Anne-Laure Faubert, 2nd July

Un ballet burlesque où l'on rit beaucoup servie par des danseurs de qualité mais une soirée où il manquait cette alchimie qui créé les belles soirées.

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ABT presents the classics with slightly uneven results

Ivy Lin, 25th October

ABT offer some outstanding performances in a classical quadruple bill but there was a lack of confidence and uniformity within the corps de ballet.

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National Ballet of Japan revives Ashton's beloved Cinderella

Naomi Mori, 18th October

The National Ballet of Japan gave an excellent rendition of Sir Frederick Ashton's Cinderella, in spite of many new faces and role debuts.

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Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée: the most joyous of ballets

Amanda Jennings, 18th October

If you’re in need of a pick-me-up, get thee to the Royal Opera House and see La Fille mal gardée, a gem of a ballet. There’s a long roster of impressive casts to choose from.

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The Royal Ballet School: a triumphant display of excellence throughout

Jonathan Gray, 12th July

It was a wonderful, heartening afternoon – it’s no wonder nearly all the 2025 graduates have gained contracts with several major ballet companies.

*****

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.