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 ...
48 Hills: Joffrey Ballet plunged into bizarre and wondrous ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’
Chicago Tribune: Review: Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Carmen’ will stir your soul and break your heart
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 ...
Review: Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Carmen’ will stir your soul and break your heart
The Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet will present five world premieres in the culmination of Joffrey's national call for emerging artists to submit applications for the Winning Works ...
Chicago Tribune: First-ever Joffrey Ballet retrospective, compiled in New York, leaves the Chicago chapter up to us
A new exhibition brings dance to Wrightwood 659. The Lincoln Park art gallery is hosting “The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.” Chicago is the second and final stop for a first-ever retrospective on the ...
First-ever Joffrey Ballet retrospective, compiled in New York, leaves the Chicago chapter up to us
The Washington Post: Joffrey Ballet documentary honors the revolution that was choreographed
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 ...
The Joffrey Ballet, which will return Saturday to Hancher Auditorium with “American Icons,” has a relationship with the University of Iowa dating back to the ‘70s. Dance pioneers and Joffrey Ballet co ...