10 Facts About The Joffrey Ballet

1. The Joffrey Ballet actually had considered staging Nijinsky's Sacre since the mid-1950s, when he had lived with Rambert while on tour in England.

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2. The Joffrey Ballet created Rememberances in 1973, Beautiful Dreamer in 1975, and Postcards in 1980.

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3. The Joffrey Ballet refused to rename his company and as a result he and his company were plunged into poverty.

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4. The Joffrey Ballet performed Pas des Deesses and Persephone while exhibiting there.

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5. The Joffrey Ballet had attracted enough media and dance world attention to become the first American choreographer invited to stage his works for the prestigious Ballet Lambert in England.

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6. The Joffrey Ballet accomplished all this besides his already heavy teaching load.

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7. The Joffrey Ballet used his skills as a teacher to produce his first ballet.

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8. At the age of 12, The Joffrey Ballet began serious study of dance under the auspices of Mary Ann Wells.

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9. The Joffrey Ballet performed as a soloist in the troupe, Miss O'Donnell's, during the 1953 season of "American Dance" at the Alvin Theater in New York.

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10. The Joffrey Ballet started again, building up a new company that made its debut in 1965 as the Joffrey Ballet.

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