Joffrey Ballet to Open Season with Worldwide Premiere of MILLENIALS, 9/16
by Matt Smith
- Aug 28, 2015
CHICAGO -The Joffrey Ballet opens its 2015-2016 60th Anniversary season with a special mixed repertory program entitled Millennials, showcasing new works by the country's next generation of choreographic talents including World Premieres by Myles Thatcher and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa plus the Chicago Premiere of Fool's Paradise, choreographed by Tony Award winning choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon. Millennials is presented in five performances only, at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, September 16-20.
Joffrey Ballet Closes Season with NEW WORKS, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 22, 2015
CHICAGO – Following its highly praised Unique Voices triple bill, The Joffrey Ballet closes its 2014-2015season celebrating 20 years in Chicago with “New Works,” a mixed repertory program featuring two Joffrey/Chicago Premieres -- In Creases by New York City Ballet resident choreographer and soloist Justin Peck and Liturgy by Christopher Wheeldon -- along with the U.S. premiere of Evenfall from the Joffrey's own ballet master Nicolas Blanc and the return of Incantations by Val Caniparoli. The Joffrey Ballet presents “New Works” in ten performances only tonight, April 22-May 3, 2015. Please note: The National Football League has moved its annual draft from New York to Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, and the Joffrey is pleased to accommodate the NFL and help secure this event for Chicago by agreeing to relocate this program to the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph Street, Chicago.
Joffrey Ballet to Close Season with NEW WORKS, 4/22
by Matt Smith
- Mar 19, 2015
CHICAGO – Following its highly praised Unique Voices triple bill, The Joffrey Ballet closes its 2014-2015season celebrating 20 years in Chicago with “New Works,” a mixed repertory program featuring two Joffrey/Chicago Premieres -- In Creases by New York City Ballet resident choreographer and soloist Justin Peck and Liturgy by Christopher Wheeldon -- along with the U.S. premiere of Evenfall from the Joffrey's own ballet master Nicolas Blanc and the return of Incantations by Val Caniparoli. The Joffrey Ballet presents “New Works” in ten performances only April 22-May 3, 2015. Please note: The National Football League has moved its annual draft from New York to Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, and the Joffrey is pleased to accommodate the NFL and help secure this event for Chicago by agreeing to relocate this program to the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph Street, Chicago.
The Joffrey Ballet to Premiere NEW WORKS at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 4/22-5/3
by Tyler Peterson
- Mar 18, 2015
Following its highly praised Unique Voices triple bill, The Joffrey Ballet closes its 2014-2015 season celebrating 20 years in Chicago with “New Works,” a mixed repertory program featuring two Joffrey/Chicago Premieres -- In Creases by New York City Ballet resident choreographer and soloist Justin Peck and Liturgy by Christopher Wheeldon -- along with the U.S. premiere of Evenfall from the Joffrey's own ballet master Nicolas Blanc and the return of Incantations by Val Caniparoli. The Joffrey Ballet presents “New Works” in ten performances only April 22-May 3, 2015.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's 11th Annual BOLD MOVES FOR BOLD WOMEN Event Raises Over $60,000
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 19, 2014
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, one of the world's premier contemporary dance companies, with honorary event chair Aurora Abella-Austriaco, immediate past president of the Chicago Bar Association, honorary event chair Pamela Cullerton, wife of Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton, event chair and Hubbard Street board member Sarah J. Nolan, and a 23-member committee welcomed more than 250 guests to Baker & McKenzie, LLP overlooking Millennium Park on Thursday, March 13, 2014 for Hubbard Street's 11th annual Bold Moves for Bold Women event.
The Joffrey Ballet Presents CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS, Now thru 2/23
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 12, 2014
This winter, The Joffrey Ballet revisits its contemporary roots with a mixed repertory program titled 'Contemporary Choreographers,' an evening of three pieces, two by some of contemporary ballet's most luminous choreographers working today and one by a local 'rising star' choreographer. 'Contemporary Choreographers' is presented in 10 performances only at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, February This winter, The Joffrey Ballet revisits its contemporary roots with a mixed repertory program titled 'Contemporary Choreographers,' an evening of three pieces, two by some of contemporary ballet's most luminous choreographers working today and one by a local 'rising star' choreographer. 'Contemporary Choreographers' is presented in 10 performances only at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, tonight, February 12-23.12-23.
The Joffrey Ballet Presents CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS, 2/12-23
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 13, 2014
This winter, The Joffrey Ballet revisits its contemporary roots with a mixed repertory program titled "Contemporary Choreographers," an evening of three pieces, two by some of contemporary ballet's most luminous choreographers working today and one by a local "rising star" choreographer. "Contemporary Choreographers" is presented in 10 performances only at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, February 12-23.
BWW Reviews: Adelaide Cabaret Fringe SONGS ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE Rocked the Cradle
by Barry Lenny
- Jun 17, 2013
Adelaide cabaret stalwart, Libby O'Donovan, takes a very different tack for her latest production, Songs Only a Mother Could Love, a collection of songs that she, and others, learned from their mothers as children. O'Donovan is one of the most highly skilled and much loved of Adelaide's cabaret community and so every seat was filled and a good many more were happy to stand, just to be able to attend her performance.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Raises Over $1.1 Million at 35th Anniversary Season Spotlight Ball
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 5, 2013
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, one of the world's premier contemporary dance companies, together with event Co-Chairs Meg Siegler Callahan, Elizabeth Yntema Ferguson, Sara Albrecht and Jane Strauss, hosted the 35th Anniversary Spotlight Ball on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park and the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park. The event was a major success for the organization, raising more than $1.1 million for Hubbard Street's educational, community and artistic programming.
Photo Flash: Balboa Theatre Presents THE BIG BAND BROADCAST, 4/10
by BWW
News Desk
- Apr 10, 2010
San Diego Theatres' presentations for this season at the historic and nationally acclaimed Balboa Theatre continues. For those that loved the 40's swing production of 'In the Mood' these past two seasons, this season the Balboa will be hosting The Big Band Broadcast on April 10 at 2PM ~ a swinging sentimental re-enactment of the best of the 40's big band era, with glamour, panache, humor, and top quality musicianship.
Balboa Theatre Presents THE BIG BAND BROADCAST
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 10, 2010
San Diego Theatres' presentations for this season at the historic and nationally acclaimed Balboa Theatre continues. For those that loved the 40's swing production of 'In the Mood' these past two seasons, this season the Balboa will be hosting The Big Band Broadcast on April 10 at 2PM ~ a swinging sentimental re-enactment of the best of the 40's big band era, with glamour, panache, humor, and top quality musicianship.
Holly Larocque & the Mark Ferguson Orchestra's Big Band Broadcast Set for April 8 at Spencer Theatre
by BWW
News Desk
- Apr 8, 2010
When Big Band favorites like In The Mood, La Vie En Rose and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy are belted out by Holly Larocque and the Mark Ferguson Orchestra, people can't help but to swing!
The renowned Canadian singer and Ferguson's 13-piece orchestra will be 'live, on air' in a booming, authentically styled Big Band Broadcast at the Spencer Theater at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 8, performing a vast repertoire of upbeat tempos from the late 1930's and 1940's. Adorned with period-rich glamour, panache, humor, blazing solos and delightful choreography - just as in the live broadcasts from starlit ballrooms of days gone by - the BBB is a sentimental journey that beckons folks to get up and dance! (The orchestra pit will be transformed into an actual dance floor).
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