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The Joffrey Ballet eventually settled down in New York City, under the name the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet. In 1962, modern choreographer Alvin Ailey was invited to make a work for the company. Rebekah Harkness was an important early benefactor and she made international touring possible (Soviet Union, 1963), but in 1964 she and Joffrey ...
Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet will show us when it stages the U.S. premiere of Atonement, a dance adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel–turned–Oscar-winning film, at the Lyric Opera House (October ...
Nov. 25-Dec. 3: Ballet Theatre of Ohio will present six performances of "The Nutcracker" at the Akron Civic Theatre, 182 S Main St. The pre-professional Munroe Falls company is celebrating its ...
"Romeo and Juliet" performed by Polish National Ballet, Warsaw. Romeo and Juliet is a 2008 ballet choreographed by Krzysztof Pastor based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Pastor's three-act version is set to the same score used in the Prokofiev version of the ballet. The libretto is by Pastor and Willem Bruls. [1]
Astarte, choreographed by Robert Joffrey, was the first live, multi-media ballet with a specially commissioned rock music score composed and performed by Crome Syrcus.It received its world premier on September 20, 1967, and was performed by the Joffrey Ballet in New York City at the City Center Theater.
Billboards is a ballet commissioned by Gerald Arpino for the Joffrey Ballet featuring the works of Prince. [1] [2] The premiere was on Wednesday, January 27, 1993, at Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Morgan was a principal dancer of The Joffrey Ballet for ten years. [5] In 1977, he notably performed "Touch Me", a male solo. [6] The solo was revived in 1989, when the Los Angeles Times wrote that it "showed Morgan to be a dancer of great power and versatility", and that "Morgan's performance gave the borrowed dance-rhetoric superb immediacy". [7]
Columbus' beloved 'The Nutcracker' will return Dec. 12 to Ohio Theatre, bringing with it "My First Nutcracker" and sensory-friendly shows.