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1. www.heraldtribune.com
www.heraldtribune.com/article/ - [Cached]Published on: 4/20/2008 Last Visited: 4/21/2008
Jean Weidner, who founded the Sarasota Ballet in 1990 and now serves as chairwoman emerita of the ballet's board, is impressed by what Webb has achieved with his dancers this year.
"You can see the change from performance to performance," Weidner said. "In facility and interpretation, it was just extraordinary."
Weidner began to see the change in the dancers during the "Two Pigeons" performances last fall. By the time they reached Van Manen's "Grosse Fuge" ballet in March, Weidner could see that the dancers "were really beginning to understand the level of commitment, how far you have to put yourself out there.
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Because the company is gaining access to ballets performed infrequently by a company of its size, and with such skill, Weidner said that she expects the company to begin receiving invitations to tour in the future.
"We will have theaters and agents coming and booking the company," she said.
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"People heard by word of mouth, and by then, the performances were over," said Weidner. -
2. www.sarasotaballet.com
www.sarasotaballet.com/index.p - [Cached]Published on: 10/1/2007 Last Visited: 10/21/2007
Jean Weidner, a co-founder of the Sarasota Ballet is serving as honorary chair of the event, with co-chairs Emily Walsh Parry and Lisa Walsh. -
3. www.sarasotaballet.com
www.sarasotaballet.com/index.p - [Cached]Published on: 10/1/2007 Last Visited: 10/21/2007
Honorary chair and co-founder of the Sarasota Ballet, Jean Weidner, along with co-chairs Emily Walsh Parry and Lisa Walsh and their committee are working to make this an event like none other.
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"Sarasota is privileged to have its own ballet company and we must encourage its success," says Weidner, who founded the Sarasota Ballet Series in 1987 which eventually grew into a full-fledged company.
