Witness The Sarasota Ballet's long-awaited Company premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s full-length story ballet, Romeo and Juliet, bringing the grandeur and passion of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy to the Sarasota stage.

Choreographed in 1955 to Sergei Prokofiev’s score, the ballet brought great success for the Royal Danish Ballet. Unlike many other productions, Ashton decided to truly focus on the “intimate tragedy of two young people caught in an all-consuming passion” (David Vaughan, Frederick Ashton and his Ballets, 1977). Infused with Ashton’s musicality and penchant for heart-fluttering pas de deux, Romeo and Juliet clearly demonstrates Ashton’s choreographic genius and his ability to portray the nature of humanity through dance.

 

The Sarasota Ballet's spectacular Romeo and Juliet performances will be held at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall from March 28 to 29, 2025, featuring Live Music by the Sarasota Orchestra.