The Sarasota Ballet presents an all-Ashton program at the Joyce Theater. I have long been enamored of Frederick Aston’s ballets—narrative ones, such as La Fille mal gardée, Cinderella, and The Dream; abstract ones, such as Monotones; and thoroughly unusual ones, such as A Wedding Bouquet and Enigma Variations. There’s something sweet-tempered about all of them. Who but Ashton would make one … [Read more...]
From Florida with Skill and Devotion
The Sarasota Ballet brings Ashton classics and 21st-century ballets to Jacob's Pillow. With art and culture kiting around in cyberspace and responding instantly to our keyboard-trained fingers, we are constantly jumping over boundaries. Crossing them in real time with tangible objects is another matter. Who would have imagined that The Sarasota Ballet would become a treasure house of over … [Read more...]