Rita Duclos

Birthplace

Florianopolis, Brazil

Started Dancing

Age 5

Previous Companies

Ballet de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Festival Ballet, Oakland Ballet

Joined The Sarasota Ballet

2008, Promoted to Soloist 2011

Favorite Roles

Twyla Tharp's In The Upper Room, Renato Paroni's Rococo Variations, Christopher Wheeldon's There Where She Loves

Favorite Productions

Sir Frederick Ashton's The Two Pigeons, Les Patineurs

Roles I would like to dance

Juliet and Giselle

Would most love to dance with

Ricardo Graziano, Marcelo Gomes (ABT)

Repertoire

Lead and featured roles include:  George Balanchine's Divertimento No. 15, Who Cares?, Donizetti Variations;  Dame Ninette de Valois' Checkmate, The Rake's Progress;  Sir Frederick Ashton's Les Patineurs, The Two Pigeons, Les Rendezvous, Facade;  Mikhail Fokine's Les Sylphides;  Andre Prokovsky's Anna Karenina, Vespri;  Matthew Bourne's Boutique;  John Cranko's Pineapple Poll;  Christopher Wheeldon's There Where She Loves;  Jim Buckley's Anne Frank;  Yuri Possokhov's Firebird;  Will Tuckett's Spielende Kinder;  Twyla Tharp's In The Upper Room;  Joe Layton's The Grand Tour;  Johan Kobborg's productions of Antoine Bournonville's William Tell, Napoli;  Kate Honea's Percolator.