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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 ...
The Civic's main performance space, named for Ardis Krainik, seats 3,563, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House. Built for the Chicago Civic Opera, it has been home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1954 and the Joffrey Ballet since 2021.
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.
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.
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.
The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago debuted The Times Are Racing in 2020. [8] Later that year, in response to the performances cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, NYCB streamed the tap number with Fairchild and Peck online, as part of its digital spring season. [9]
After joining the Joffrey Ballet, Wilkins became a leading dancer [4] (Joffrey is officially an unranked company). She went on to dance the lead in many of Joffrey and Arpino's works. She has appeared in both Save the Last Dance [5] and The Company. [6] The Los Angeles Times praised her dancing in a performance of Kettentanz in 1997. [7]