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 ...

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 ...

“But first, a school.” Words mythically attributed to Georgiy Balanchivadze — George Balanchine — upon coming to the United States to build what would become an American empire of ballet. Some think ...

Anyone who has been to the Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker in the last decade has seen choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s work in full artistic force. Now, the prolific English dancemaker, who is known ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Named after Robert Joffrey, the acclaimed Joffrey Ballet was co-founded by Joffrey’s partner Gerald Arpino, who also took over as the company’s artistic director after Joffrey’s death from ...

In retrospect, cultural upheavals look so dramatic. Yet we forget the day-to-day exhaustion that goes into resculpting the status quo. New York 1967: The Joffrey Ballet does the unthinkable, turning ...

MTI Concert Dance announced an exclusive licensing agreement for works by choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, becoming the third choreographer in the MTI catalogue, joining José Limón and Jerome ...

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 ...