SARASOTA BALLET

The Sarasota Ballet is the Gulf Coast of Florida's only professional ballet company. Founded in 1987, The Sarasota Ballet started and became a presenting organization with the goal of becoming a full resident ballet company... The Sarasota Ballet was founded in 1987 by Jean Weidner Goldstein as a presenting organization with the goal of becoming a full resident ballet company, which was achieved in 1990 with the appointment of the Company's first Director, Montreal-based choreographer Eddy Toussaint. Integrating the dancers of his existing ballet company, The Ballet de Montréal Eddy Toussaint, the emerging Company, Toussaint launched The Sarasota Ballet with much of his own choreographic work, such as his Florida Suite and Cantates. Additionally, together with Goldstein, he oversaw the first students of Dance - The Next Generation, the Company's celebrated and fully scholarshipped program for at-risk children.

Also known as: Sarasota Ballet Studio Company, The Sarasota Ballet, The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company

Primary location: Sarasota United States