Wrightwood 659 Presents The Joffrey + Ballet – Picture Preview

Wrightwood 659 The Joffrey + Ballet
Joffrey Ballet poster featuring Trinity, 1978. Photograph by Herbert Migdoll © Joffrey Ballet. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Wrightwood 659 The Joffrey + Ballet
Astarte poster, 1967. Photo by Herbert Migdoll © Joffrey Ballet. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Wrightwood 659 The Joffrey + Ballet
Kathleen Thielhelm and Fabrice Calmels in a pose from George Balanchine’s Apollo in front of Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, Millennium Park, Chicago, 2006. Photograph by Herbert Migdoll © Joffrey Ballet. Courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet.
Wrightwood 659 The Joffrey + Ballet
The Joffrey Ballet Company, 1996. Adapted from a Dance Magazine design which originally appeared in the May 1996 issue of Dance Magazine. Reproduced with permission from Dance Magazine. Photograph by Herbert Migdoll © Joffrey Ballet. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Wrightwood 659 The Joffrey + Ballet
The Joffrey at Wolftrap, Virginia, c. 1970s. Photograph by Herbert Migdoll © Joffrey Ballet. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Wrightwood 659 The Joffrey + Ballet
Deuce Coupe, 1973. Photograph by Herbert Migdoll © Joffrey Ballet. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

“...The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. is a large-scale exhibition celebrating the rich history of The Joffrey Ballet and the life of Robert Joffrey. The exhibition premiered at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in 2024, marking the first major retrospective of the company. Drawing from the Joffrey archive, acquiredby the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 2017 as the Library’s largest acquisition in a decade, the exhibition offers an in-depth look at the Joffrey’s contributions to ballet in the U.S. Highlights include rare film from the original performance of the groundbreaking ballet Astarte and Anna Sokolow’s Opus 65, as well as costumes, props, pointe shoes, posters, correspondence, and other ephemera from the company and Robert Joffrey’s life..."

WHEN:

October 3 – December 20, 2025

For more information visit the Wrightwood 659 website.

WHERE:

Wrightwood 659
659 W. Wrightwood
Chicago, IL 60614

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