Kelly Burnette Interviews Episodes

Many may know them as the heart of dance instruction at the Manatee School for the Arts for the past several decades, but now Pat Ross and Kelly Burnette are teaming up to produce Kelly Burnette's one-woman show, Kelly and Friends Stepping Through Time, to be performed on Sunday, August 8 at 4:00 p.m. at the Music Compound at 1751 Cattlemen Rd in Sarasota. Once co-workers and now "director and actor," this team has hit a homerun! Hear their stories of what dance means to them, how it can change...

The Suncoast Culture Club podcasters Robyn Bell, Kelly Burnett, Katherine Bzura, Melodie Dickerson, and Amanda Schlachter chat together about their experiences in the cultural arts and the semester in the arts at SCF over the past five months. How close did we come to someone getting COVID? Closer than you might think! What's in store for the SCF Art Gallery, Theatre Program, Dance Company, and Music Program in the spring semester? Take a listen and get the scoop! Come along and join the club! ...

As the Van Wezel Foundation looks to expand is arts education programs while raising money and awareness for the new Sarasota Performing Arts Center on the Sarasota Bay, Suzanne Hudson-Smith has returned to the Suncoast to help cultivate donor relationships and experiences at the Foundation. Her experience in theatre and the performing arts and her rich history in the cultural arts on the Suncoast makes her the perfect fit to fulfill the mission of the Van Wezel Foundation – to create a world-cl...

For the second performance of its 2020-21 season, Sarasota Contemporary Dance will reprise a popular collaboration with renowned harpist Ann Hobson Pilot called SCD + Piazzolla. Performances are November 19-22 at the Historic Asolo Theater, available both in-person (socially distanced, limited capacity seating) and online through the company’s Digital Theater, a professional multi-angle immersive experience. There will be four performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm, and Sunday at...

How can a little unexpected college degree change your life? Joey Panek, Senior Producer of ABC-7's Suncoast View, tells us how his career as an actor, singer, and dancer suddenly changed when he decided to get a degree in video production to help supplement his income while in between performances. Look at him now! Hear that story and so much more on this episode of the Suncoast Culture Club Podcast. Come along and join our club! • Joey Panek Website and Facebook and Instagram and Twitter • Th...

From Ohio farm boy to Sarasota Renaissance man, Jeffery Kin has found his home in our theatre world at the Players Centre for the Performing Arts. As they were navigating closing their long time theatre to prepare for the move to their new home in Lakewood Ranch, COVID had different plans. Join us as he tells his story and shares his passion for community theatre, loyal patrons, creative staff members, and the future of his beloved Players Theatre. • The Players Centre for the Performing Arts W...

What's it like to teach dance for a living? To be on the faculties of the University of Michigan, Cal State Long Beach, Shenandoah University, Florida International University, and Harvard? Then "retire" to Sarasota where you end up choreographing for countless arts organization and working at the Sarasota Ballet? Kelly Burnette and the Suncoast Culture Club get the scoop from the incomparable Liz Bergmann. Come along and join the club! • Liz Bergmann Website and Facebook Page and Instagram • S...