Arts & Culture Magazine - November/December 2007 - (Page 32) SARASOTA BALLET By Gayle Williams “Watch out, here comes the Sarasota Ballet!” is what new Artistic Director Iain Webb wants to announce to the world. When interviewing for the position a year ago, Webb was struck by a certain energy that the dancers had—an eagerness to grow and be challenged. Set in a region renowned for its support of the arts, this was the company that could help him accomplish what he wanted: to nurture the Sarasota Ballet into a company of national and international note. Webb is an impish-looking man with his own twist on youthful cheekiness seen in his bright, inquisitive eyes and a quick grin. He danced for 18 years in Great Britain’s elite Royal Ballet, rubbing elbows with the international ballet world’s luminaries. While he has hobnobbed with the Royal Family and traveled the world, Webb has kept one foot firmly planted in his working class Yorkshire upbringing. “I’ve gotten the big VIP treatment, but I am who I am,” says Webb, adding with a twinkle, “I always feel I have my feet on the ground—except when I’m dancing.” Goals set high, he is ready for the Sarasota Ballet to make a big statement with a challenging season of diverse choreography, some of which is surprising to find on the program for a company of its size. No longer a small regional troupe, the Sarasota Ballet has already attracted the attention of critics such as Clive Barnes of the New York Post, who, in response to the season’s program, said, “I don’t think any American company has done all these ballets before. It’s a rarity.” Not only does the season include Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Two Pigeons and Façade and Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Las Hermanas and Elite Syncopations, but it is littered with famed choreographers with whom Webb has close connections. Both he and his wife, Margaret Barbieri, a famous former prima ballerina with The Sadler’s Wells Ballet, were excep- 32 : : arts and culture magazine
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