Tag: Joffrey Ballet
‘La Bayadère:’ the greatest ballet you’ve never seen
CHICAGO — La Bayadère premiered in St. Petersburg in 1877, and is lumped together in that one question about naming all the classical ballets on…
The Fall Dance Season Commences with Joffrey’s “Russian Masters” (review)
CHICAGO—I suspect the public’s reaction to the premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps in Paris was probably similar to our reaction to Miley Cyrus twerking…
Chicago Dancing Festival in Review
Another chapter of the Chicago Dancing Festival closed, and while I’d love to say that I was spending all sorts of time trying to process…
… and then there was that time I ate lunch with Lin Hwai-min.
When I think of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, the first image that comes to mind is golden colored rice pouring out of the…
Chicago Repertory Ballet Celebrates 100 years of ‘The Rite of Spring’ (Preview)
100 years ago The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) opened in Paris, and caused quite the hubbub. The age-old story of Pagan ritual sacrifice…
Chicago Shows Up at Spring to Dance
Last night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center did not suck. Though not solely responsible for the brilliant performances last night, Chicago certainly…
Joffrey’s Othello: A ballet that ends just as it’s starting to get interesting
So I went to the ballet with a boxer… It sounds like the set-up for a bad joke, but it’s true. My colleague Dr. John…
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