25 – 26 Season Overview
The Sarasota Ballet’s 2025 – 2026 Season will bring audiences some truly extraordinary ballets, including new works to the repertoire. The Season promises to inspire with an impressive lineup of seven unique programs that feature the internationally recognized artistic excellence and noteworthy programming for which the Company is known.
Program One
Intrinsic | October 24 – 26, 2025
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
Les Sylphides | Choreography by Michel Fokine | Music by Fédéric Chopin | Designs by Alexandre Benois
World Premiere | Choreography by Jessica Lang | Music to be Announced | Designs by Jillian Lewis
Changing Light | Choreography by Will Tuckett | Music by Jeremy Holland-Smith
Program Two
Written Motion | November 21 – 22, 2025
Sarasota Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
World Premiere | Choreography by Ashley Paige | Music to be Announced
Illuminations | Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton | Music by Benjamin Britten | Designs by Cecil Beaton
The Letter V | Choreography by Mark Morris | Music by Joseph Haydn | Designs by Maile Okamura
Dance Extra
The Nutcracker in Venice | December 12 – 13, 2025
Venice Performing Arts Center
Live Music Accompaniment by The Venice Symphony
The Nutcracker features The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company, plus students from The Sarasota Ballet School and The Sarasota Ballet’s Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
Program Three
Masters of Movement | December 19 – 20, 2025
Sarasota Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
Divertimento No. 15 | Choreography by George Balanchine | Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Designs by Peter Farmer
Mozartiana (Company Premiere) | Choreography by George Balanchine | Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Jazz Calendar | Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton | Music by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett | Designs by Derek Jarman
Dance Extra
The Nutcracker in Sarasota | December 21 – 23, 2025
Sarasota Opera House
The Nutcracker features The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company, plus students from The Sarasota Ballet School and The Sarasota Ballet’s Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
Program Four
Notes Unspoken | January 30th – February 2, 2026
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
World Premiere | Choreography by Gemma Bond | Music to be Announced
Lilac Garden | Choreography by Antony Tudor | Music by Ernest Chausson
Valsinhas | Choreography by Ricardo Graziano | Music by Franz Schubert
Program Five
February 27 – March 2, 2026
FSU Center for the Performing Arts
The Sarasota Ballet Presents Martha Graham Dance Company
Program Six
Life & Liberty | March 27 – 28, 2026
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
Stars & Stripes | Choreography by George Balanchine | Music by John Philip Sousa | Designs by Karinska
Still Life at the Penguin Café | Choreography by Sir David Bintley | Music by Simon Jeffes | Designs by Hayden Griffin
Program Seven
Foundations of Royalty | May 1 – 2, 2026
Sarasota Opera House
Accompanied by the Sarasota Orchestra
Birthday Offering | Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton | Music by Alexander Glazunov | Designs by Andre Levasseur
Checkmate | Choreography by Dame Ninette de Valois | Music by Arthur Bliss | Designs by E. Mcknight Kauffer
Summertide | Choreography by Sir Peter Wright | Music by Felix Mendelssohn | Designs by Dick Bird
Dance Extra
Images of Dance | May 5, 2026
Sarasota Opera House
The Images of Dance showcase features dancers from The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company and the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory