The ballet began with a dancer (Dylan Gutierrez as The Dreamer) covered by a white sheet and “asleep” on a hospital-style bed ...

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Ian McEwan’s Atonement—a modern literary masterpiece—presents a story of star-crossed lovers, familial tensions, and the destructive power of deception, set against the backdrop of a world on the ...

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The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Ashley Wheater has added three dancers to the Joffrey roster for the 2025-26 season: Dayla Bowman (Tasmania, Australia), Seehyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), ...

Can a person make up for the harm they have caused? This is the central question of “Atonement,” Ian McEwan’s celebrated 2001 novel turned Oscar-winning film, now turned ballet. “Atonement” opens on ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet has always tried to be a step ahead of the world’s other great dance institutions. The company features world-class talent from a collection of ...

Uncover Robert Joffrey’s backstory and find out how he overcame physical ailments to create one of the most adventurous ballet companies to date Learn about important dance figures and performances of ...

More than just a show about ballet, this exhibition explores dance in New York, L.A. and Chicago; culture and counterculture; and how art can preserve history and shape the future. The Joffrey at ...

Anyone who has been to the Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker in the last decade has seen choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s work in full artistic force. Now, the prolific English dancemaker, who is known ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Joffrey Ballet will launch a brand new version of "The Nutcracker" for the holidays on Saturday at the Auditorium Theatre. This Christmas tradition reimagined is an homage to the ...