Joffrey Ballet Opens Its 70th Anniversary Season with ‘Carmen’
Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet opens its 70th anniversary season with the U.S. premiere of Liam Scarlett’s, Carmen, at Lyric Opera House, 20 North Upper Wacker Drive,
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Joffrey Ballet’s 16th Annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition Application Deadline Fast Approaching
Applications for the Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet’s 16th Annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition are due on July 31,
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Joffrey’s Winning Works Celebrates 15 Years
The Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 15th anniversary of its choreographic competition, Winning Works, with five world
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The Joffrey Ballet Celebrates the Holidays with the Return of Christopher Wheeldon’s, “The Nutcracker”
The Joffrey Ballet’s critically acclaimed reimagined classic, The Nutcracker, by two-time Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, will return to the Lyric Opera House in 25 performances, December 6 – 28, 2024.
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Joffrey Ballet Welcomes New Women’s Board President Farissa Knox
Greg Cameron, President and CEO of The Joffrey Ballet, and Anne Kaplan, Board Chair, recently announced the appointment of Farissa Knox as the new President of the Joffrey Women’s Board.
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Joffrey Ballet Receives $5M Gift from The Grainger Foundation
The Gift will Endow and Rename The Joffrey Academy of Dance The Joffrey Ballet has received a historic $5 million
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The Joffrey Ballet Performs Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein”
The Joffrey Ballet opens its 68th season with the anticipated Chicago premiere of Liam Scarlett’s critically acclaimed interpretation of Mary
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Joffrey Ballet Mounts Chicago Premiere of John Neumeier’s “The Little Mermaid”
Chicago dance enthusiasts have an embarrassment of riches in the wealth of world renowned dance companies gracing our city’s stages.
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Joffrey Ballet Bringing “Of Mice and Men” to Lyric Opera House
The Joffrey Ballet has announced its spring program, which includes the world-premiere adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men by choreographer Cathy Marston (featuring an original composition by Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman), and the Joffrey premiere of Serenade by dance pioneer George Balanchine, presented during the Joffrey’s first-ever season at the historic Lyric Opera House in downtown Chicago.
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Joffrey Ballet Announces 2022 Winning Works Choreographers
offrey Academy of Dance has announced the recipients of the 12th annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition: Audrey Ipapo Baran, Joffrey Company Artist Edson Barbosa, Taylor Carrasco, and Derick McKoy. This announcement follows a national call for ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab and Native American) artists to submit applications, which began in June. The choreographers’ world premiere works will be showcased by the dancers of the Joffrey Studio Company and the Joffrey Academy Trainee Program in four performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago from March 18 – 20, 2022.
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