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Joffrey Ballet Welcomes Four New Dancers from Across the Globe

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Fred Cummings Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet’s Ashley Wheater MBE, The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director and Greg Cameron, President and CEO have announced the addition of four dancers to the Joffrey roster for the 2021-22 season: Brian Bennett (Lanham, Maryland), Blake Kessler (Jacksonville, Florida), Yuchan Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Miranda Silveira (Barcelona, Spain). With these new company members, The Joffrey Ballet has expanded to 43 dancers representing 13 countries.

Dance Summer 2021

New Horizons

July 6, 2021September 16, 2021 Fred Cummings Auditorium Theatre, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, University of Chicago

The 2021-2022 season is getting off to a fabulous start for Deeply Rooted Dance Theater and Auditorium Theatre, which are launching a new partnership together beginning this year and extending at least through the 2024-2025 season.

“It’s always been a dream of mine,” says Deeply Rooted’s co-founder and executive director, Kevin Iega Jeff. “We first self-presented at the Auditorium in 1999 when we produced an evening with Roberta Flack—it was a wonderful collaboration. It was my hope to plant seeds for the relationship we’re beginning now.”

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The Morrison-Shearer Foundation Announces the Release of “The Reality Beyond Realism”

July 1, 2021July 31, 2021 Leslie Price

The Morrison-Shearer Foundation is proud to announce the release of “The Reality Beyond Realism,” the third volume of contemporary dance legend Sybil Shearer’s autobiography, “Without Wings The Way is Steep.”

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Joffrey Ballet Expands Growing Footprint into Chicago’s South Loop

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Fred Cummings Ashley Wheater, Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet has announced the establishment of new studio space and training facilities at 1920 South Wabash Avenue (formerly

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Ensemble Español Embraces New Era with “Zafiro Flamenco”

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 Fred Cummings Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theatre

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre in residence at Northeastern Illinois University, will present three performances as part of the “Zafiro Flamenco” 45th Anniversary Festival at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.

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Joffrey Ballet to Present First Performance Since Start of the Pandemic

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Patrick Curran Ashley Wheater, Bolero, Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet recently announced the world premiere of Boléro, its first performance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Named after the acclaimed orchestral piece by composer Maurice Ravel and choreographed by Joffrey Company Artist Yoshihisa Arai, the performance will be streamed in one free performance on February 12, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. on the Joffrey’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/TheJoffreyBallet.

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Ballet Dance Winter 2021

Out of the Ashes: A New Role At Joffrey Academy

January 11, 2021March 12, 2021 Fred Cummings Abbot Fund, Joffrey Academy of Dance, Joffrey Ballet, Raymond Rodriguez

Queen Elizabeth dubbed 1992 “Annus Horribilis” (horrible year) because of the various tumultuous events that had wreaked havoc within her royal family that year. Annus horribilis might also be an accurate description of the year 2020, when a once-in-a-century global pandemic wrought havoc upon our nation’s economy and social distancing mandates forced the closure of most of the nation’s arts and cultural institutions.

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Hubbard Street Dance to Premiere Jonathan Fredrickson Film “The Sky Was Different”

November 3, 2020November 27, 2020 Vickie Moore Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) continues its 2020-21 43rd season with a virtual premiere presentation of new work from former Hubbard Street dancer and acclaimed choreographer Jonathan Fredrickson, debuting on Thursday, December 3 at hubbardstreetdance.com. The film will be streamed again Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6, and has been made free to the public.

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Chronicling Chicago Dance

November 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Vickie Moore Chicago Dance History Project, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet

As the effects of the global pandemic have laid economic devastation to so many aspects of American social, economic and culture life, every individual, business, and institution has had to reimagine and reinterpret norms in order to survive. Like other industries that depend upon public attendance and participation, eight months of social distancing, mask mandates, and public gathering limitations have devastated Chicago’s arts venues. Bedrock cultural institutions like the Joffrey Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago have all had to shutter their stages as the pandemic has made enclosed, indoor audience participation all but impossible.

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Mandala to Present “With Rumi” September 26th

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Vickie Moore High Concept Labs, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Manadala South Asian Performing Arts

Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Neal as the organization’s new interim managing director as a part of its 2019 strategic plan facilitated by the Arts and Business Council of Chicago’s Business Volunteers for the Arts program.

Neal first joined CHRP’s board of directors in 2019 and has worked with multiple artists and organizations in various capacities, and consulting businesses of all types for the past 10 years.

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