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Sarasota News Leader April 26, 2013 Page 107 SARASOTA BALLET ANNOUNCES ITS 23RD SEASON LINEUP Building from the momentum of its current season, The Sarasota Ballet says it "is prepared to awe and inspire ballet patrons and newcomers alike" with its 2013-2014 season. Described by Director Iain Webb as "another exhilarating step forward," the Ballet's 23rd season will feature seven different programs and end with the Sir Frederick Ashton Festival 2014, which will celebrate the international dancer and choreographer, a news release says. Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb (seated front center) poses with the company before the start of the 2012-13 season. Contributed photo follows the traditional storyline and uses the "We've scheduled everything purposefully and Tchaikovsky score. strategically, hoping to continually build and meet the expectations of our audiences," said The fourth program of the season will feature Balanchine's Four Temperaments, a Will Webb in the release. Tuckett world premiere and Ashton's SinfoNormally reserved for the end of each season, nietta. In February 2014, the Ballet's fifth prothe Theatre of Dreams program will open the gram will bring yet another world premiere to season in October, the release notes. Highthe Sarasota community, choreographed by lighting the original works of select Sarasota company principal Ricardo Graziano. Also in Ballet company members, "this program is alProgram Five will be Ashton's Monotone's I & ways a favorite," the release adds. II and Agnes DeMille's Rodeo. Following in November, Program Two will showcase George Balanchine's Serenade, Program Six, in early April 2014, will comprise Ashton's Les Illuminations and Balanchine's Ashton's Birthday Offering, Graziano's SymWho Cares. As a company premiere, Les Il- phony of Sorrows and Antony Tudor's Gala luminations "will complement Balanchine's Performance — the Tudor piece yet another ballets perfectly," the release notes, because company premiere. both were "huge successes when they origiFor Program Seven, April 25-26, 2014, The nally debuted at The Sarasota Ballet." Sarasota Ballet will feature performances by In December, the company will revive Mat- Johan Kobborg, Alina Cojocaru and a number thew Hart's John Ringling's Circus Nutcrack- of their friends from major ballet companies er, which had its premiere in December 2012. throughout the world, the release notes. This circus-themed production "was inspired by the rich heritage that Sarasota shares with Kobborg and Cojocaru last appeared in Sarasota the Ringling Bros. Circus," the release says. It in the lead roles in a 2009 production of Giselle.