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 | 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 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 | June 3, 2025Bridging Ballet and Broadway: The Joffrey Ballet Goes Down the Rabbit Hole in Christopher Wheeldon’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
by Hugh Iglarsh | December 11, 2024Glittering Dreamworld: A Review of the Joffrey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” at the Lyric Opera House
by Hugh Iglarsh | October 22, 2024Postmodern Tearjerker: A Review of the Joffrey Ballet’s “Atonement” at the Lyric Opera House
by Sharon Hoyer | April 30, 2024Sugar Rush: A Review of Joffrey Ballet’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Lyric Opera House
