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Review: Joffrey’s Winning Works Presents a Thrilling Glimpse of the Future

Being present at the beginning of a burgeoning career in the arts is a privilege. The Grainger Academy is a training program exclusively operated by the Joffrey Ballet. Winning Works […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 18, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker Is a Sparkling Tradition for a Chicago Christmas

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 9, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Ballet Stages a Literary Masterpiece with Marston’s Atonement, Adapted from Ian McEwan’s Novel

    I’ve often said that a film retelling will destroy a brilliant literary work and a mediocre book can make a great film. My example [of the latter] is Mario Puzo’s […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 20, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Dance for Life Fills the Auditorium Theatre with Exuberance, Love and Life

    Summer weekends are always an adventure in Chicago. Last weekend was the Air and Water Show, Bud Billiken Parade, White Sox vs the Cubs, and several neighborhood festivals. The best […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • August 14, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: A Midsummer Journey to the Subconscious with the Joffrey Ballet

    I was not exactly expecting Puck and the other fairies when I sat down to watch the new production by the Joffrey Ballet. This Midsummer Night’s Dream is Sweden’s celebration […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • April 27, 2024
    • Circus , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Academy’s Winning Works Presents Fresh Work With Classic Twists

    The 14th annual Winning Works is an evening of fresh work and twists on classic techniques that will thrill dance audiences in the coming performances. The Joffrey Academy of Dance’s […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 10, 2024
    • Dance , Stages

    Review: In Studies in Blue, Joffrey Ballet Performs a Visual and Sensual Feast of Movement

    Blue is a metaphor for emotions, music, sensuality, and an emotionally wrought period in the life of Pablo Picasso. Like Joni Mitchell’s “Blue,” the Joffrey Ballet’s Studies in Blue held […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • February 16, 2024
    • Dance , Stages

    Review: At Adler Planetarium, a Heavenly Collaboration of Dance and the Universe in Cosmic Rhythms

    A star is born, and none of them is one of four movies with the same title. A star in the sky comes from dust, gravity, collision, and heat in […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • February 8, 2024
    • Dance , Opera , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker Blends Holiday Cheer and Wonder With Its 1893 Chicago Backdrop

    The basic plot of the famous The Nutcracker ballet is a familiar story. A young girl, Clara, receives the gift of a Nutcracker on Christmas Eve. That night, she has […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • December 4, 2023
    • Dance , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Ballet Celebrates Life in Dance with the Arpino Chicago Centennial Celebration

    The Joffrey Ballet took up residence in Chicago in 1996. After nearly four decades in New York and the death of Robert Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, his partner in life and […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • September 27, 2023
    • Dance , Stages

    Review: Two Winners in the Nutcracker Ballet Relay

    My interest in classical music was weaned on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker ballet. So I leapt at the opportunity to do a Nutcracker relay last Saturday: the matinee opening […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • December 5, 2022
    • Dance , Stages

    Review: The Nutcracker, Joffrey Ballet’s Gorgeous Must-See Holiday Tradition

    The Nutcracker is as much a part of me as chocolate, and I don’t think I have made it through a holiday season since I was 4 without seeing a […]

  • Angela Allyn
  • December 6, 2021
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