by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 11, 2019 | Career, Dance Magazine, News, Profiles
After nearly 19 years, Joffrey Ballet dancer Fabrice Calmels announced Monday that he’ll take his final bow with the company after a performance of Nutcracker on December 29. Born in France, Calmels trained at the Paris Opéra Ballet School before moving...
by Marissa DeSantis | Oct 29, 2019 | Profiles
Updated 10/21/22 There isn’t a color or pattern too bold for The Joffrey Ballet’s Brooke Linford. “I think it brings life and energy into my day-to-day activities,” the company artist says of her style. And playing with color isn’t only...
by Josephine Lee | Apr 25, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop chats (in Korean!) with Joffrey Ballet artist Gayeon Jung before a performance of Anna Karenina earlier this year to hear all of her pointe shoe hacks and customizations. Jung shares her...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 11, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
The Joffrey Ballet’s Jeraldine Mendoza is a minimalist. This is evident from her well-organized sewing kit to her slim Goyard wallet, which she bought in Paris while on tour with the company last summer. “I never carry cash; all that’s in there is my...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Feb 19, 2019 | News
The lack of female leaders in ballet is an old conversation. But a just-launched website, called the Dance Data Project, has brought something new to the discussion: actual numbers, not just anecdotal evidence. The site has published a report on leadership pay among...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 12, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Joffrey Ballet Presents a Brand New “Anna Karenina” The Joffrey Ballet debuts Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina February 13–24. Based on Leo...
by Lauren Warnecke | Jan 15, 2019 | News, Profiles
You might say, “You just had to be there,” about the Joffrey Ballet’s 2017 world premiere of John Neumeier’s reimagined Orphée et Eurydice with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. But on January 18, audiences from around the country will have a...
by Courtney Escoyne | Dec 28, 2018 | Profiles
During Alexander Ekman’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, a singer croons: “By morning the dancers/Will start to wonder/Had it all been a dream?/Had it all been a blunder?” While The Joffrey Ballet’s performances of Ekman’s 2015 full-length...