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From 1950 to 1955, he taught at the New York High School for the Performing Arts, where he staged his earliest ballets. He founded the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City in 1953, where it remains as a separate organization from The Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago, which is the official school of the Joffrey Ballet Company. [3] [4]
The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet The Joffrey Ballet is an American dance company and training institution in Chicago, Illinois . The Joffrey regularly performs classical and contemporary ballets during its annual performance season at the Civic Opera House , including its annual presentation of The Nutcracker .
Maia Wilkins is an American ballerina.She was a principal dancer for the Joffrey Ballet from 1991 until 2008. She was the principal of Sacramento Ballet School and is currently the Associate Director of Ballet at Northern California Dance Conservatory.
Joffrey Ballet School alumni (6 P) D. Joffrey Ballet dancers (11 P) Pages in category "Joffrey Ballet" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Leonard was born in New York City. For five years she sang with the Manhattan School of Music children's chorus. She attended the Joffrey Ballet School. [3] She is a graduate of The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
As a child she suffered from scoliosis, which prevented her from a pursuing a career as a ballet dancer. [4] Before being diagnosed, she studied dance at the Joffrey Ballet School, the New England Ballet School in Connecticut, the Boston Ballet and traveled to France. [5] She wore a back brace throughout her time in the ninth grade.
YAGP offers dance students the unique opportunity to be seen, taught and professionally guided by the directors and leading faculty of the world's foremost companies and schools, including: ABT/JKO School, The Australian Ballet School, The Houston Ballet Academy, The Joffrey Ballet School, The John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet, Paris Opera ...
The school comprises a children's division for ages 4 to 12, a pre-professional division for ages 12 to 18, and the preparatory program "Studio Company" for ages 16 to 20. It was established in 2004 and named in honor of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis who served on ABT's Board of Trustees as honorary chairman emerita for many years prior to her death.