Eddy toussaint biography

I had lunch this week with a former Sarasota Ballet artistic director who, amidst great controversy, went on to create a new dance organization in town. No, I'm not talking about Robert DeWarren. This controversy goes much further back.

My lunch companion at Epicure on Wednesday was Eddy Toussaint, who became Sarasota Ballet's first artistic director after moving his Canadian company, Ballet Eddy Toussaint de Montreal, to Sarasota in 1990.

But he and the ballet's president and founder, Jean Weidner, battled continuously over budgetary and artistic issues.

Eddy toussaint biography

In 1993, Toussaint and the ballet parted ways. But he returned a year later with a new company, Ballet Eddy Toussaint USA, which lasted only a couple of seasons.

But he's recently returned to Montreal to re-open Ballet Edd