Joining in time for the start of the Sarasota Ballet’s 2023-2024 season is Jennifer Hackbarth, most recently a dancer with Dresden Semperoper Ballet in Germany.
The Milwaukee native will be a principal dancer with the Florida-based ballet company and, according to a communication from Sarasota Ballet, is looking forward to dancing more Balanchine works this coming year along with developing her artistry in ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton.
Assistant Director of The Sarasota Ballet, Margaret Barbieri, adds:
“I am thrilled that Jennifer is joining our Company, and I am very much looking forward to working with her. In watching her perform, her love of the artform was evident, as was her sheer enjoyment of dancing even in the classroom.
She has a very strong technique and a beautiful dance quality. Her movement is expansive, and she possesses an elegant articulation of her feet and legs.
Jennifer will be a valuable lead member of our Company for this Season and many more. We are all eager to watch her continue to grow and flourish as a part of The Sarasota Ballet family.”
About Jennifer Hackbarth
After her apprenticeship with New York City Ballet, Hackbarth joined the Dresden Semperoper Ballet in 2017 as a demi soloist, where she danced roles by some of the great choreographers of modern and classical ballet.
Her professional highlights includes lead roles in:
- Aaron S. Watkin’s Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and La Bayadere;
- William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, The Second Detail, and Impressing the Czar;
- George Balanchine’s Four Temperaments, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and The Nutcracker;
- and David Dawson’s Romeo and Juliet and Giselle.
Hackbarth’s professional ballet training includes the School of American Ballet, John Cranko Schule, and the Milwaukee Ballet School and Academy, all of which she attended on full merit scholarship.
Featured Photo of Jennifer Hackbarth courtesy of Sarasota Ballet.
