Choreographer Krzysztof Pastor’s version of “Romeo and Juliet,” which the Joffrey Ballet performed Friday night at the Music Center, inspires this thorny question: Does a ballet company really need an ...

Stepping into the Lyric Opera House last fall, choreographer Chanel DaSilva felt gobsmacked. The 36-year-old artist was about to witness her first commission for the Joffrey Ballet, "Swing Low," ...

CHICAGO — Gerald Arpino, artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, smiles a little when asked to compare his own highly theatrical style of choreography -- and, indeed, of being -- to that ...

The Joffrey Ballet holds open auditions for the Children's Cast of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Nutcracker at its downtown studios in Joffrey Tower, 10 East Randolph Street, Sunday, September 12. All ...

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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 ...

The Cleveland Browns traveled to Chicago last weekend for football. I made the trek west the same weekend, but for ballet.

Bradley W. Renner, director of development at Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet, will be the next executive director of Orlando Ballet, the Central Florida nonprofit announced Monday evening. “Brad was a clear ...

As the new Artistic Advisor for Dance, I’m excited to lead the dance direction of Michigan Opera Theatre and continue to bring some of the world’s best dance companies to the Detroit Opera House stage ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dancers are back at The Joffrey Ballet school after a six-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "To be back in the studios is just amazing because dancing in your living room is ...

“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 ...