The Joffrey Ballet’s 2021-2022 season marks a triumphant return to the stage. The fall program entitled Home: a Celebration, Oct. 13–24, 2021, includes original works with three inspired, new-to-the-stage works. They include: Bolero by Joffrey Company Artist Yoshihisa Arai, Under the Trees’ Voices by Joffrey Rehearsal Director Nicolas Blanc, and Swing Low by Winning Works choreographer Chanel DaSilva; along with the […]
San Francisco Ballet jeted into its 88th year and first-ever digital season with its virtual benefit, Leap Into the New Year, on January 14. The sold-out event raised 750,000 to support the ballet company’s artistic initiatives, including new works, accessible digital content, scholarships and financial aid programs for San Francisco Ballet School students, as well as […]
It is a difficult time for artists and cultural institutions. With shelter-in-place orders leading to the temporary closure of venues, performers find themselves with no place to practice their craft, and without a paycheck.
Joffrey Ballet’s production of “Anna Karenina,” a world premiere collaboration between Joffrey Ballet and The Australian Ballet, will be gracing the Auditorium Theatre’s stage Feb. 13-24. Once you see Joffrey’s take on Tolstoy’s classic tale of political ambition and forbidden passion, you’ll come to understand that if a picture is worth a thousand words, surely a […]
Miami City Ballet Nov. 8-9, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. Miami City Ballet returns to the Harris Theater stage for the first time since its sold-out performances in 2016 with a stunning program spanning 20th century ballet. Led by Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet will perform three works spanning 20th century ballet. George Balanchine’s […]
We all know how “Othello” ends. The love story between the mighty Moor of Venice and his gentle Desdemona comes to the same tragic conclusion in Shakespeare’s 1693 drama, Verdi’s 1887 opera, the 1995 Hollywood film and in the ballet, choreographed by Lar Lubovitch for American Ballet Theatre in 1997. A revival of that story […]
Four local partners have collaborated to open Foster Dance Studios. They are: Artistic Director Ronn Stewart, a Joffrey teacher and longtime dancer; Sarah Goldstone, a Juilliard grad and a Chicago dancer; along with Kathryn Ebert of Evanston and Sally H. Turner of Wilmette. The studio will offer a wide variety of classes for all […]
