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!
Season Line-Up
NocheUnidos @ The Ringling | January 31, 2025
Get ready to dance the night away with BombaYemayá and 79rs Gang, enjoy delicious cuisine, and embrace the dynamic blend of cultures that have shaped our community, from the African diaspora to Indigenous America and Europe.
Nélida Karr | Feb 13-14, 2025
Afro Fusion with Jazz, blues, Spanish and Latin influences
Considered the “contemporary revelation of Equatorial Guinean music”, Nélida Karr has become the voice of the new generation of African singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. She produces an eclectic mix of music of the Bubi ethnic group and Equatorial Guinean rhythms such as Katya, Kotto, bonko, mokom and antonobe, deeply embedded with jazz, blues, Spanish and Latin influences.
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
Jazz, Brazilian Popular Music and Circus
We are sorry that this event has been cancelled and is being rescheduled. We will publish new dates as soon as they are available.
Bahia-based accordion player, songwriter, vocalist, filmmaker, and visual artist, Lívia Mattos blends Brazilian popular Music, burlesque jazz, and circus sensibilities.
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.
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 four amazing jazz artists. Alain Perez, Amir ElSaffar, Brinae Ali, 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.
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.
