Joffrey Ballet News

 
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
American Repertory Ballet revives "Confetti," a classic from the Joffrey's ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The late Gerald Arpino (1923-2008) was a co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, and a mentor to ARB director Douglas Martin, a Joffrey alumnus. During Arpino's lifetime, his work was dismissed as facile. The Joffrey had a populist streak, and Arpino was not ...


 
Joffrey Ballet To Begin Residency At Bay Ridge High School
The L Magazine
Bay Ridge, meet internationally renowned ballet. It's not often that a celebrated ballet company up and launches a high school dance program, but it seems that the Joffrey Ballet and Fort Hamilton High School will provide an exception to that rule.


 
Joffrey Ballet to perform with Philharmonic
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss Dance Critic/hweiss@suntimes.com May 18, 2012 8:08PM Starting this fall, the Chicago Philharmonic will accompany performances by the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. The Joffrey Ballet has announced that beginning with its 2012-2013 season in ...

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Monmouth dance studio performance at Orpheum
Galesburg Register-Mail
This year, seven dancers attended auditions in Chicago, and the results are as follows: Kayle Lathrop was accepted by Ballet Chicago, Orlando Ballet and Joffrey Ballet Chicago Dance Lab; she will be attending Ballet Chicago for five weeks this summer.

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Photo Flash: Mayor Rahm Emanuel Visits The Joffrey Ballet
Broadway World
The Joffrey Ballet, Chicago's world-renowned ballet company that has toured to over 80 countries throughout its storied history (more than any other dance company), today hosted an international cadre of NATO dignitary spouses and other representations ...


 
New York Daily News
Bay Ridge high school gets ballet program thanks to hair salon chat between ...
New York Daily News
A plan to turn a Bay Ridge high school into Brooklyn's ballet mecca was sparked by a single conversation at a Brooklyn Heights hair salon. The Joffrey Ballet School will open a dance program with 25 students at Fort Hamilton High School in September ...

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Noteworthy news on Chicago's classical music scene
Examiner.com
The critically-acclaimed Chicago Philharmonic will replace The Chicago Sinfonietta as The Joffrey Ballet orchestra. Joffrey Music Director Scott Speck will serve as conductor, beginning with the launch of the 2012-13 season on October 17, 2012.