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

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.

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Moira Finucane, Keynote Speaker, SunHAT Eco-Performance Festival | Nov 16 @ 3:00 p.m.

Gather ‘round for the SunHAT EcoPeformance Fest Keynote with Moira Finucane. Taking place under the Banyans, this address invites a chorus of artistic and community voices to reflect and respond to provocations of Art versus Extinction, based on a suite of works the artist has developed over the last ten years. TICKETS

 

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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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

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