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The Joffrey Ballet history
The Joffrey Ballet company history timeline
In 1956, a time during which most touring companies performed only reduced versions of ballet classics, Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino formed a six-dancer ensemble that toured the country in a station wagon pulling a U-Haul trailer, performing original ballets created by Joffrey.
The ensemble first performed in a major city in Chicago in 1957.
In 1962 modern choreographer Alvin Ailey was invited to make a work for the company.
Joffrey started again, building up a new company that made its debut in 1965 as the Joffrey Ballet.
Following a successful season at the New York City Center in 1966, it was invited to become City Center's resident ballet company with Joffrey as artistic director and Arpino as chief choreographer.
In 1973 Joffrey asked Twyla Tharp to create her first commissioned ballet, Deuce Coupe.
The company continued as City Center Joffrey Ballet until 1977.
Eighty percent of the original costumes were located and reconstructed for the performance, and Hodson and Archer were able to consult with Nijinsky's rehearsal assistant Marie Rambert on the original choreography, before her death in 1982.
In fall 1987 the Joffrey Ballet premiered a reconstructed version of Igor Stravinsky's seminal ballet The Rite of Spring in the city of Los Angeles.
In 1995, the company left New York City for Chicago to establish a permanent residence there.
The Joffrey Ballet appeared in the motion picture Save the Last Dance (2001), when the two protagonists of the story saw the company perform Sea Shadow and Les Présages in Chicago.
In Glee (2012), character Mike Chang is given a scholarship to attend the Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago.
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The Joffrey Ballet competitors
| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dance Theatre of Harlem | 1969 | $5.2M | 105 | - |
| Kansas City Ballet | 1957 | $33.1M | 118 | - |
| Boston Ballet School | 1963 | $41.0M | 200 | 4 |
| New York Ballet Inst | 1948 | $84.6M | 301 | 5 |
| Ballet Hispánico | 1970 | $7.3M | 50 | - |
| Miami City Ballet | 1986 | $18.5M | 125 | - |
| School of American Ballet | 1934 | $13.4M | 125 | 6 |
| Carolina Ballet | 1997 | $7.9M | 50 | - |
| American Ballet Theatre | 1940 | $26.0M | 350 | 6 |
| Atlanta Ballet | 1929 | $12.9M | 20 | - |
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