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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 ...
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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.
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.
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]
Ballet and Dance: The World's Major Companies, 1977. ISBN 0-312-06599-X; Whitney, Mary. Joffrey Ballet XXV: Celebrating 25 Years of the Joffrey Ballet from A to Z (Steelograph Co. Inc., 1981). 64 pages. Anawalt, Sasha (1996). The Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company. New York, NY: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-19724-3.
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
Robert Joffrey (1930–1988), American dancer and founder of the Joffrey Ballet company; Joffrey Bazié (born 2003), Burkinabé footballer; Joffrey Cuffaut (born 1988), French footballer; Joffrey Lauvergne (born 1991), French basketball player; Joffrey Lupul (born 1983), Canadian retired ice hockey player; Joffrey Reynolds (born 1979), Canadian ...