WHEN:
September 30–October 12, 2025
WHERE:
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
West 19th Street
New York City
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Bringing together a powerhouse roster of dancers from across the country—including artists from The Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, Ballet West, Oklahoma City Ballet, and the project-based company, AVID Dance—the Arpino Dance Festival offers an unprecedented celebration of the legacy of Gerald Arpino, longtime artistic director and co-founder, along with Robert Joffrey, of The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. A true architect of American ballet, Arpino crafted works that merged technical bravura with theatrical daring, sensuality, and spiritual depth. Signature ballets such as Light Rain, Round of Angels, and Sea Shadow will be performed alongside rarities not seen in New York for over three decades—offering audiences a rare and thrilling opportunity to rediscover a bold choreographic voice that helped define a generation of dance…
...A native New Yorker, Gerald Arpino (1923–2008) was a pioneering choreographer and co-founder of The Chicago Ballet. Renowned for his innovative, emotionally resonant ballets, he created more than one-third of the company’s repertoire and led it as Artistic Director from 1988 to 2007. His choreography, known for its bold theatricality and spiritual undercurrents, helped define a modern American ballet aesthetic…."
