Word: joffrey
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...Othello is going to be premiering, ironically enough, in Chicago this fall at the Joffrey. It had its world premiere in New York years ago and then went to San Francisco and Paris. Lar Lubovitch is a wonderful choreographer, and we worked very closely together. The thing I had to learn was how dancers are athletes - only choreographers can really appreciate how long you can sustain a musical passage for a dancer onstage. Othello is a big challenge, one of the few if not the only commissioned American ballet to be in three acts. Given that it's a full...
...studied ballet in high school and was offered a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet, but went to Sarah Lawrence College instead, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He has a master's degree in speech from Northwestern University...
...from fouetté turns to explosive leaps. The first half of “Pointe/Counterpointe” concluded with a beautiful, classical group number, “Mendelssohn Romance.” For the most part, the group gave a very clean performance of this lovely choreography by Joffrey Ballet’s Avichai Scher which was set to a Mendelssohn piano trio. Female soloist Joanna R. Binney ’08, gave a particularly remarkable performance. “Slung Low Rising,” an upbeat, contemporary lyrical piece, provided a lively and promising beginning...
...animated version of the title character, Theron devoted herself to hours of intense physical exercise each day, wanting “to go and push [her] body to those limits to actually learn the skills.” A trained graduate from the school of the Joffrey Ballet in New York City, Theron channeled her prior dance experience...
Tharp has done this sort of thing before, but usually in the confines of highbrow dance troupes (like Deuce Coupe, based on Beach Boys music, for the Joffrey Ballet). Here she manages to enhance Joel's music (sung by a Billy stand-in, Michael Cavanaugh, who sits at a piano, accompanied by a 10-piece band, on a platform above the stage) while buoying the spirits with sexy, high-voltage dancing that promises to give Broadway a rush of excitement. Best of all, she does it the old-fashioned, pre-Mamma Mia! way: no dancing in the aisles...