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Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet will show us when it stages the U.S. premiere of Atonement, a dance adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel–turned–Oscar-winning film, at the Lyric Opera House (October ...
Built for the Chicago Civic Opera, it has been home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1954 and the Joffrey Ballet since 2021. [1] [2] It is part of a complex with a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings, known as the Civic Opera Building that opened November 4, 1929 and features Art Deco details.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed in the theatre until 1904 as well as the Chicago Grand Opera Company and its successors the Chicago Opera Association and Chicago Civic Opera until its relocation to the Civic Opera House in 1929. The theater was home to the Joffrey Ballet from 1998 until 2020.
The Joffrey Ballet eventually settled down in New York City, under the name the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet. In 1962, modern choreographer Alvin Ailey was invited to make a work for the company. Rebekah Harkness was an important early benefactor and she made international touring possible (Soviet Union, 1963), but in 1964 she and Joffrey ...
Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria Callas's American debut in Norma. Fox re-organized the company in 1956 under its present name.
The opera house is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the home of the Joffrey Ballet since 2021. Samuel Insull envisioned and hired the design team for building a new opera house to serve as the home for the Chicago Civic Opera, as the company was called. The building is shaped like a huge chair, sometimes referred to as ...
Robert Joffrey (December 24, 1930 – March 25, 1988) was an American dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, known for his highly imaginative modern ballets.
1999 Blackberry Winter, Ballet Pacifica (2000 Ohio Ballet, ABT II) 1999 Crisis, Connecticut Ballet (Zig Zag) 1998 Duet, Hamptons Dance Festival; 1998 Strings, solo for Rasta Thomas; 1998 Kali Ma, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago; 1997 Legends, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago; 1995 Lilith, Ballet Omaha; 1994 MAYA (mini-opera), Ballet de Monterrey