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Home » Robert Joffrey

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Posted inArts & Culture

Of shoes and sugarplums

by Kaylen Ralph September 13, 2019August 18, 2021

The company’s shoe manager tells us what it takes to keep the company on its toes.

Posted inArts & Culture

Can Ashley Wheater sustain the Joffrey’s success?

by Miriam Finder Annenberg October 5, 2017August 18, 2021

The choreographer celebrates ten years as artistic director of the dance company. What might the next decade have in store?

Posted inBlogs

The Joffrey’s new Nutcracker is set in Chicago on the grounds of the 1893 World’s Fair

by Matt de la Peña December 7, 2016August 18, 2021

Christopher Wheeldon’s $4 million production grounds the fantasy in working-class life.

Posted inArts & Culture

Robert Joffrey’s The Nutcracker takes a final bow

by Brianna Wellen November 19, 2015August 18, 2021

In its 60th season, the Joffrey Ballet performs its late founder’s beloved adaptation of the holiday classic one last time.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Fri 12/6: The Nutcracker, Tasting Table Open Market, and Chicago Serbian Film Fest

by Jillian Sandler December 6, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, December 6

Posted inBlogs

Arpino Foundation launched

by Albert Williams February 23, 2009August 19, 2021

Nonprofit organization will license Joffrey and Arpino works.

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