Uncover Robert Joffrey’s backstory and find out how he overcame physical ailments to create one of the most adventurous ballet companies to date Learn about important dance figures and performances of ...
More than just a show about ballet, this exhibition explores dance in New York, L.A. and Chicago; culture and counterculture; and how art can preserve history and shape the future. The Joffrey at ...
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center will soon present a new large-scale exhibition, The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. Despite The Joffrey Ballet's size and cultural ...
The Joffrey Ballet was founded in 1956 with a radical idea: that ballet was for everyone. In a new large-scale exhibit at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, The ...
The Joffrey Ballet, with its home base in Chicago, is a premier dance company globally. Founded in 1956 by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, The Joffrey remains dedicated to the finest artistic ...
The Joffrey Ballet danced along a fine line for several decades: The company could either take big artistic risks or die trying. On more than one occasion, death almost won. But, as any Chicagoan who ...
Collectively the works by Robert Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, Martha Graham and Glen Tetley represent an essential Americanness ...
The Joffrey Ballet was founded in 1956 in NYC by Robert Joffrey. Born to Afghan and Italian parents in Seattle, Joffrey set out to create “a quintessentially American ballet company. Today, the ...
It’s typical for the Joffrey Ballet to seat a mixed-repertory concert near the beginning of the year. But the 2026 edition of such an evening (a series of loosely connected shorter works packaged ...
In 1995, the Joffrey Ballet got a one-way ticket to Chicago and crossed its fingers. After four decades in New York, the company was on the brink of closure, arriving here with a pile of debt and a ...
A festival at the Joyce Theater leaves out the Age of Aquarius work that made this choreographer popular, presenting surprisingly old-fashioned ballet instead. By Brian Seibert The choreographer’s ...
The surge of the Delta variant has prompted many dance companies to retool the holiday favorite. At New York City Ballet, there will be no performers under 12. By Javier C. Hernández She could be ...