{"id":265170,"date":"2025-10-03T10:33:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=265170"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:37:48","slug":"joffrey-ballet-70th-anniversary-exhibit-wrightwood-659","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/joffrey-ballet-70th-anniversary-exhibit-wrightwood-659\/","title":{"rendered":"On Point: Celebrating The Joffrey Ballet\u2019s Classical Feats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In celebration of its 70th anniversary is \u201cThe Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.\u201d exhibition at Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago through December 20, which includes a photograph of Deuce Coupe, the 1973 ballet choreographed by Twyla Tharp and set to songs by the Beach Boys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 3, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Herbert Migdoll \u00a9 Joffrey Ballet\/Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library For The Performing Arts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

On Point: Celebrating The Joffrey Ballet\u2019s Classical Feats<\/h1>\n\n\n

As a cultural trailblazer, the Joffrey Ballet stands high en pointe. Cofounded in 1956 by Anver Bey Abdullah Jaffa Khan, aka Robert Joffrey, and Gerald Arpino, it was the first classical dance company to perform at the White House (during the Kennedy Administration), feature a ballet set to rock music (Astarte<\/em>), and embrace multimedia. These feats and more are celebrated in \u201cThe Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.\u201d this fall at Wrightwood 659, a gallery in Chicago, where the company relocated from New York in 1995. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition is in honor of the company\u2019s 70th anniversary, which kicked off last year at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and draws from the expansive Joffrey archive acquired by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 2017. Wrightwood\u2019s presentation differentiates from the NYPL\u2019s with the addition of original photography and mix-media works by Herbert Migdoll, who was the company photographer since the \u201960\u2019s and, later, its design director; they accompany some 200 additional items, including costumes, paintings, and an immersive video room. Four ballets are scheduled for the Joffrey\u2019s 2025-2026 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In celebration of its 70th anniversary is \u201cThe Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.\u201d exhibition at Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago through December 20, which includes a photograph of Deuce Coupe, the 1973 ballet choreographed by Twyla Tharp and set to songs by the Beach Boys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A poster of 1967\u2019s Astarte<\/em>, company cofounder Robert Joffrey\u2019s vision that fused rock music, film, and audience participation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n