by Cynthia Hollis

The other day, I spoke with Sarah Krazit, the new Artistic Manager for the Tallahassee Ballet, about her career. She told me that she had taken dance lessons for years as a child and teenager.

“Directly after high school, I applied and was hired for a position with Ballet Magnificat in Jackson, Mississippi. I danced with them for six years,” Krazit said. During her time in Mississippi, she met her future husband, who’s from Tallahassee. Soon after, Krazit joined the Sarasota Ballet School for six years and noted, “My time with both companies developed into me dancing professionally and becoming a Principal dancer for each of them.” 

The Mississippi and Sarasota positions gave Krazit great experience and preparation for her new position as Artistic Manager for Tallahassee Ballet. “My main task is to assist the Artistic Director. It’s a wide-ranging position that involves making sure that all the details, including the technical aspects, the dance technique, and [the] choreography, all match the vision of each performance. Taken together, it’s these details that make for a professional dance experience for the audience as well as for the dancers.”  

When I asked Krazit what she was currently working on, she smiled and told me about an extraordinary upcoming project — “Tallahassee is getting a very special Valentine this February!”

On the weekend before Valentine’s Day, the Tallahassee Ballet is presenting the premiere of a new ballet, “Intimate.”

The “multi-part dance is created just for Tallahassee Ballet’s professional company by our own group of nationally esteemed choreographers. I’m really thrilled to be a part of this exceptional project,” Krazit said.

She noted that “Intimate” is not only a new dance; it’s a new kind of dance. “Unlike the ‘story’ dances, such as “Sleeping Beauty” or “The Nutcracker,” that Tallahassee Ballet performs at FSU’s Ruby Diamond Auditorium and Opperman Music Hall, the audience for “Intimate” will not be sitting in an auditorium, and the dancers will not be on a stage.

Read more on the Tallahassee Democrat.