by Hana Le | Aug 12, 2025 | News, The Latest
We’re still feeling uplifted following our first-ever Pointe Live Classes & Conversations event in Chicago. On August 2, roughly 70 dancers filled The Joffrey Ballet’s sunlit studios for a day of dancing, learning, and connection sponsored by Cary Ballet...
by Pointe Magazine | Jul 28, 2025 | The Latest
Get ready, dancers! After several years of successfully hosting Pointe Live Classes & Conversations in New York City, we are expanding to include Chicago this summer. Our Chicago event will take place on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago...
by Pointe Magazine | Jan 5, 2020 | Career, Profiles
Read on for our 12 Standout Performances of 2019. Click the titles and photos to learn more! Miami City Ballet’s Katia Carranza in “Duo Concertante” Miami City Ballet principal Katia Carranza “turned every choreographic facet into a...
by Lauren Warnecke | Dec 25, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
The Joffrey Ballet opened its 2019–20 season with Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre, where the title role propelled company dancers Amanda Assucena and Yumi Kanazawa to new heights. Assucena, as Jane, brought impressive complexity to the canonical heroine, who grapples...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 28, 2017 | Everything "Nutcracker", News
When we go to the Nutcracker, we expect to be transported to a world that’s both magical and familiar: the timeless Tchaikovsky music, the classic tale of a little girl and her Nutcracker prince, the sugary Land of Sweets. Yet when the Joffrey Ballet presented...
by Hedy Weiss | Aug 1, 2017 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s August/September 2017 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. With her sunny spirit and unaffected charm, Joffrey Ballet dancer Amanda Assucena is often cast as innocent characters like Marie or...
by Madeline Schrock | Sep 6, 2016 | Company Life
Assucena and Alberto Velazquez rehearse Christopher Wheeldon’s new Nutcracker. Photo by Cheryl Mann, Courtesy Joffrey Ballet. Though it’s not quite fall, the Joffrey Ballet is in full holiday mode, prepping for the world premiere of Christopher...
by Pointe Magazine | Jul 31, 2014 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2014 issue of Pointe. In every corps de ballet there are certain dancers who shine. Here are seven with bright futures ahead. Amanda Assucena, Joffrey Ballet Assucena in Krzystof Pastor’s Romeo & Juliet...