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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 ...
Robert Joffrey (December 24, 1930 – March 25, 1988) was an American dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, known for his highly imaginative modern ballets.
In 1956, Joffrey asked Ruiz to be one of the six original Joffrey Ballet members. [2] Ruiz was the youngest of the group, which also included Gerald Arpino, Glen Tetley, Beatrice Tompkins, Dianne Consoer, and John W. Wilson (to whom Ruiz was married from 1956 to 1967 and had a daughter Mhari Theresa Wilson). [1] [2] [4] With the Joffrey Ballet ...
The Joffrey group was heavily dependent on funding from heiress and arts patron Rebekah Harkness. As her investment increased, she reportedly demanded a greater say in the company's operation. In 1964, this culminated in a split that led Harkness to establish her own ballet troupe. Eleven Joffrey dancers, including Jhung, joined the Harkness ...
Romeo and Juliet is ballet created by John Cranko to Sergei Prokofiev's eponymous score for the Stuttgart Ballet in 1962 and first seen in America in 1969. The Joffrey Ballet presented the first American production of Cranko's choreography in its 1984–1985 season, including performances in New York City at the New York State Theater and in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center.
Ballet and Dance: The World's Major Companies, 1977. ISBN 0-312-06599-X; Whitney, Mary. Joffrey Ballet XXV: Celebrating 25 Years of the Joffrey Ballet from A to Z (Steelograph Co. Inc., 1981). 64 pages. Anawalt, Sasha (1996). The Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company. New York, NY: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-19724-3.
After retirement in 1964, she supervised the original Joffrey Ballet Company's West Coast Apprentice Program. [8] In 1965, and became director of the Summer Scholarship Training Program jointly sponsored by Joffrey Ballet and the Pacific Northwest Ballet Association at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington from 1966 to 1970 and at ...
Joffrey Ballet School alumni (6 P) D. Joffrey Ballet dancers (11 P) Pages in category "Joffrey Ballet" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.