2024-2025 Art of Performance Season
The Art of Performance @ the HAT has become the most global, unexpected and vibrant performing arts series in Sarasota. No matter if you are a loyal fan or brave newbie to our programming, we have performance and engagement options for you! Choose from the wide range of shows activities this season with single events or packages to suit your schedule and appetite for live arts. Hang on to your HAT because this season is going to be wild and wonderous inside and out of the Historic Asolo Theater!
Subscriptions are Now on Sale!
Select from 3 subscriptions options
🎩 Full Season Package Includes all 6 performances + NocheUnidos Opening Night Party. Enjoy 7 events total, plus choose either VIP or General Admission entry for the NocheUnidos Opening Night Party! BUY FULL SEASON
🎩 Four or More: Create your own season of 4-7 events.Mix and match from a variety of music and dance programs. BUY 4 OR MORE
🎩 World Jazz Series: Experience five amazing jazz artists. Alain Perez, Amir ElSaffar, Brinae Ali, Kavita Shah, and Livia Mattos. BUY JAZZ SERIES
Why Subscribe?
🎩 Subscriptions offer the best discounts, starting at only $110 for 4 shows.
🎩 Subscriptions offer the best seating at all price levels in our intimate venue. Think “business class”.
🎩 Subscriber discount rate will apply for all additional purchases during the season. You can add on as you go.
🎩 Concierge box office service, ticket delivery and free exchanges with support from the HAT’s amazing Box Office staff.
3 Easy Ways to Purchase!
🎩 Online 🎩 By Phone: 941-360-7399 🎩 In person at the Historic Theater Box Office, open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 🎩 Please note: Individual tickets for NocheUnidos and all Eco-Performances are currently available, individual tickets for all other performances will be available September 3, 2024
Season Line-Up
NocheUnidos @ The Ringling | October 18, 2024
Kick off the season! This elegant evening, held in the magical Museum of Art Courtyard, features dining, dancing, music, and fellowship. This event may be included in a Subscription or purchased individually.
SunHAT Eco-Performance Festival | Nov 13-18, 2024
This campus-wide festival elevates Eco-Performance with projects and narratives that discuss ecology, climate change and environmental justice. “Pay what You Wish” pricing allows you to attend most of the Eco-Performances at the daringly affordable price of 99¢ per show. Festival performances are not part of the subscription series and are available for purchase now.
Kavita Shah | Feb 14, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Vocals and Cape Verdean Traditional Music
This stirring evening features a sublime set of traditional Cape Verdean songs fused with jazz sensibilities performed by the polyglot vocalist Kavita Shah and some of Cape Verde’s most renowned musicians.
The Two Rivers Ensemble featuring Amir ElSaffar | Feb 15 & 16, 2025
Jazz Trumpet / Persian Fusion
The Two Rivers Ensemble is a sextet of jazz and Middle Eastern musicians that has made innovative strides in using the maqam modal system with the American jazz idiom. Deeply rooted in the musical forms of Iraq and nearby regions, the music still speaks the language of swing, improvisation, and group interaction. Learn more
Alain Pérez | February 21 & 22, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Latin Jazz / Cuban Timba
Bassist, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Alain Pérez is one of Cuba’s most active and versatile musicians on the international scene today. music worldwide.
Brinae Ali and the Baltimore Jazz Collective | March 14, 2025 at 11 a.m. | March 15, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. | March 16, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. | March 17, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
Tap Dance and Jazz
The Baby Laurence Legacy Project is an evening-length performance that investigates and celebrates the artistic genius of Donald “Baby Laurence” Jackson, a Baltimore-bred game-changer, and his impact on tap dance and jazz music.
Rennie Harris Pure Movement | April 4 & 5, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Hip-hop Dance
Losing My Religion, a new retrospective creation by Rennie Harris, examines the historical use of hip-hop and street dance as languages of protest, resilience, and power, while the choreography and forms invite audiences to imagine the ways in which they can use their bodies as resistance.
Lívia Mattos Trio | April 18 & 19, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Jazz, Brazilian Popular Music and Circus
Bahia-based accordion player, songwriter, vocalist, filmmaker, and visual artist, Lívia Mattos blends Brazilian popular Music, burlesque jazz, and circus sensibilities.
Questions?
Box Office staff is available to assist with subscriptions and questions:
🎩 By phone: 941.360.7399
🎩 Email: [email protected].
🎩 In person from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Box office is located in the rear of the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion.
Past Production History
Beginning with the Ringling International Art Festival’s five years of dynamic programming in 2009 and continuing with performances of cutting-edge international artists selected by Ringling curators of performance.
Production History