- May 10, 2024
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Friends of the Sarasota Ballet President Janice Kunkel and Board Member Peggy Sweeny laugh as Sweeny addresses the crowd.
Gudrun and Jorgen Graugaard
Board Member Laurie Fitch discusses upcoming Friends of the Sarasota Ballet events.
Laurie Fitch, board member, and Virginia Tashian
Christopher Hird, the new director of education for the Ballet, laughs as Director Iain Webb explains to the crowd that he recently learned Hird has a deep appreciation for ABBA.
Board members Peggy Sweeny and Donna Maytham with President Janice Kunkel, Director Iain Webb and board members Laurie Fitch, Barbara Jacob, Pat Golemme and Lydia Landa
Barbara Banks photography is displayed on the walls of the Bird Key Yacht Club lobby.
Martha Harrison with Hillary Steele, board president, and Peter Miller, board member
Richard March and Betty York
Attendees clap after hearing Webb explain what they can expect from this new season.
Marilynn Petrillo and Dick Johnson
Gail Landry and Anne Roberts
Director Iain Webb, Chair of the Board of Directors Hillary Steele and Director of Education Christopher Hird
Karol Foss and Lydia Landa
Friends of the Sarasota Ballet members gathered at Bird Key Yacht Club Monday, Nov. 7 to learn what they can expect from a new season at the Sarasota Ballet. Director Iain Webb reviewed the company’s schedule for the next several months, and Christopher Hird, the new director of education for the Ballet, explained what it was like to go to Brazil to recruit new dancers.
Hird moved to Sarasota from Boston in July, and after just a week here, he left for Brazil. In Brazil, Hird attended dance competitions where he found four new dancers for the Sarasota Ballet: one Corps de Ballet member, Weslley Carvalho, and three trainees: Alexandre Barbosa, Taiguara Goulart and Mayanie Magri. Hird says the Brazilians are a bit homesick, but they’re incredibly thankful to be here. When asked what their favorite part of being in Sarasota is, Hird says the trainees said “every day.”
