Post-Show Talk: The Sarasota Ballet

This post-show talk features The Sarasota Ballet's Iain Webb, Jessica Lang, and Misa Kuranaga in conversation with Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Janine Parker. Recorded on July 18, 2025, following the company’s performance in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Beloved among ballet fans the world over, The Sarasota Ballet returned to Jacob’s Pillow for the first time in ten years. Pushed to new heights under the leadership of director Iain Webb, assistant director Margaret Barbieri (both formerly of The Royal Ballet), and executive director Joseph Volpe (formerly of the Metropolitan Opera), the company has garnered a reputation for its truly diverse repertoire of works. This summer, the company returns to the Ted Shawn Theatre with a mixed program including Sir Frederick Ashton’s Dante Sonata (1940) and Birthday Offering (1956), and a world premiere by American choreographer Jessica Lang, the Virginia B. Toulmin & Muriel O’Neil Artist in Residence at Sarasota Ballet, who has presented three previous world premieres at Jacob’s Pillow with her own company, as well as two premieres with other groups. Video by Nel Shelby Productions.