Sarasota Ballet celebrates 10 years with Iain Webb
Company supporters gathered for the annual Sarasota Ballet gala on March 27 at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
By
Niki Kottmann
| 12:12 a.m. March 28, 2017
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The deep love and appreciation that Sarasota Ballet has for its director is indisputable — just pull up their website and you’ll see “The Sarasota Ballet — Director Iain Webb," not just "Sarasota Ballet," on your web browser tab.
This year marks Webb’s 10th anniversary with the company, so ballet gala chairs Sydney Goldstein and Vivian Kouvant organized the whole event in his honor. Thus Celebrating a Decade of Webb was born, and it took place on March 27 at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
Event-goers began their evening with a cocktail hour during which they enjoyed drinks, amuse-bouche and mingling with other guests before heading into the theater for the performance. Along with several Sarasota Ballet principal dancers such as Kate Honea, Danielle Brown and Ricardo Rhodes, there were several guest performers who took to the stage. Simone Messmer and Rainer Krenstetter of Miami City Ballet performed Victor Gsovsky’s “Grand Pas Classique” and Misa Kuranaga of Boston Ballet performed “Le Corsaire” with Sarasota Ballet principal dancer Ricardo Rhodes.
After the performance, guests headed outside to the tent and its rose-adorned tables to enjoy a Michael’s On East meal.
Co-Chairwomen Sydney Goldstein and Vivian Kouvant
Barbara Jacob, Mercedita O’Connor, Lynda Doery and Karen Lichtig
Jordan Acuff-Patton and Fred Doery
Corrine Schaffer and Sophia Fisher
Claudia McCorkle with Bud and Shari Harris
Ruth Parker and Richard Ferrell
Cara and Sean Keenan
Kim and Kevin Fulcher with Pat Golemme
Simone Messmer and Rainer Krenstetter of Miami City Ballet take a bow after the performance at Sarasota Ballet Gala: Celebrating a Decade of Webb on March 27 at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
Jean Volpe with her husband, Sarasota Ballet Executive Director Joe Volpe
Marlo and Jay Turner
Alan Watkins, Renee Balogh, Jytte Winslow, George Allison, Co-Chairwoman Vivian Kouvant and Marie Monsky
Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb, Sarasota Ballet Executive Director Joe Volpe and Dick Johnson
Peggy and Richard Hayes
Company supporters gathered for the annual Sarasota Ballet Gala: Celebrating a Decade of Webb on March 27 at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
Judy Cahn and Veronica Brady
Ken Abt, Denise Cotler, Peggy Abt and Aundria Castleberry
Alex Barbosa, Mayanie Magri and Taiguara Goulart
Friends of the Sarasota Ballet President Janice Kunkel, Jacob Hughes and Patti and Jim Maguire
Jennifer Gemmeke, Isabel Becker and Barbara Epperson
Misa Kuranaga of Boston Ballet performed and Ricardo Rhodes of Sarasota Ballet take a bow after the performance at Sarasota Ballet Gala: Celebrating a Decade of Webb on March 27 at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
Gwen Watson and Eleanor Williams
Gudrun and Jorgen Graugaard
Cassandra Holmes, Eduardo Anaya and Erica Wuorio
Audrey Robbins and Martha Harrison
Frank Martucci and Fred White
Company supporters gathered for the annual Sarasota Ballet Gala: Celebrating a Decade of Webb on March 27 at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
Sally Yanowitz, Barbara Staton and Gerri Aaron
Colleen Tobin, Margie Barancik, Teri Hansen and Chuck Barancik
