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Sarasota Ballet's Sir Fred Steps

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Facade from Sarasota Ballet Sarasota Ballet made their debut at the Joyce Theater on August 8 with an All-Ashton program that was given an extremely twee name: A Knight at the British Ballet . Artistic Director Iain Webb was a former dancer with the Royal Ballet and has decided to take Sarasota Ballet down a different path than the usual one for regional ballet companies. Instead of the mix of contemporary ballet mixed with some Balanchine (with an annual Nutcracker thrown in ) Sarasota Ballet has made a commitment to presenting the works of Sir Frederick Ashton, and not just his warhorses like  La Fille mal Gardee  or  Monotones  or  The Dream  but the lesser-known works in his canon.The performance I caught at the Joyce seemed like this endeavor has yielded admirable but mixed results.