by Sharon Hoyer | February 3, 2026Milestones: The Joffrey Ballet Celebrates Seventy with a Tribute to American Dance The spring program honors American choreographers; appropriate for a ballet company that made its name touring the United States while pushing the boundaries of classicism in dance. Newcity spoke with Joffrey artistic director Ashley Wheater about the program.
by Eileen B. Fisher | November 3, 2025Leading the Way: Chanel DaSilva, the First Black Woman to Choreograph for Joffrey Mainstage, Celebrates Chicago in Her Latest "Wabash & You" is based on DaSilva’s own brief but memorable romance that began during her third stay in Chicago, beneath the shadow of the El.
by Sharon Hoyer | September 10, 2025A Force Of Movement: The Joffrey Ballet’s Seventy Years of Pushing Boundaries
by Sharon Hoyer | June 3, 2025Bridging Ballet and Broadway: The Joffrey Ballet Goes Down the Rabbit Hole in Christopher Wheeldon’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
by Dennis Polkow | October 4, 2023Moving Monster: Joffrey Presents Late Choreographer’s Epic and Empathetic Take on “Frankenstein”
by Sharon Hoyer | September 7, 2023Jerry and Mr. Joffrey: A Centennial Celebration of Gerald Arpino, Co-Founder and “Architect of the Dancers” of One of America’s Premier Ballet Companies
by Hugh Iglarsh | June 6, 2022Not Quixotic Enough: A Review of the Joffrey Ballet’s “Don Quixote” at the Lyric Opera House
by Hugh Iglarsh | April 20, 2022Complementary Opposites: A Preview of “Serenade” and “Of Mice and Men” by the Joffrey Ballet
by Hugh Iglarsh | October 20, 2021Bodily Grace, Spiritual Fire: A Review of Joffrey Ballet’s “Home: A Celebration” at the Lyric Opera House
by Dennis Polkow | July 6, 2021Filling The Dance Card: Lyric Opera Welcomes New Roommate Joffrey Ballet to Refurbished Opera House
by Sharon Hoyer | October 14, 2019From Words, Movement: The Joffrey Ballet Brings Cathy Marston’s “Jane Eyre” to Chicago
