by Sharon Hoyer | June 9, 2026After the Boys of Summer Have Gone: The Joffrey Ballet’s “Eugene Onegin” Plumbs Depths of Feeling Possokhov’s ballet brings nuanced emotions to the stage in a fully realized marriage of dance, music and visual design.
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 Sharon Hoyer | December 9, 2025Maximalism and Magic at the Joffrey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” The Chicago-centric version of the holiday classic, set the winter before the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, turns ten.
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 23, 2025The Smoke-Filled Ballet Aura of Joffrey’s “Carmen” Liam Scarlett’s adaptation of the Georges Bizet opera feels timeless in the vein of Hollywood’s golden era.
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”
