Two Chicago cultural organizations, The Joffrey Ballet and Kartemquin Films, have announced a feature-length film that documents the winners of the 14th annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition- ...

A new exhibition brings dance to Wrightwood 659. The Lincoln Park art gallery is hosting “The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.” Chicago is the second and final stop for a first-ever retrospective on the ...

The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Ashley Wheater has added three dancers to the Joffrey roster for the 2025-26 season: Dayla Bowman (Tasmania, Australia), Seehyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. This ninety minute film weaves a ...

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," ...

Can a person make up for the harm they have caused? This is the central question of “Atonement,” Ian McEwan’s celebrated 2001 novel turned Oscar-winning film, now turned ballet. “Atonement” opens on ...

The Joffrey Ballet danced along a fine line for several decades: The company could either take big artistic risks or die trying. On more than one occasion, death almost won. But, as any Chicagoan who ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet has always tried to be a step ahead of the world’s other great dance institutions. The company features world-class talent from a collection of ...

A festival at the Joyce Theater leaves out the Age of Aquarius work that made this choreographer popular, presenting surprisingly old-fashioned ballet instead. By Brian Seibert The choreographer’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...