The Joffrey + Ballet in the US: NYPL exhibit

[California]

The NYPL Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center has a splendid new exhibit now through March 1, 2025, on The Joffrey + Ballet in the US. I just saw it today and recommend it highly. Many video clips, documents, costumes, and more tell the story of the Joffrey. But it is also a too-familiar story of dance in the US -- constant financial struggles, the devastation of AIDS on the dance community, the search for new choreographers. I always appreciated the Joffrey reconstructions, shown on PBS, of classic works including Parade, Sacre, and Nijinska's Les Noces, all included in the exhibit.  It's free, of course.

https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/joffrey-ballet-us

Edited September 19 by California

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2 hours ago, California said:

The NYPL Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center has a splendid new exhibit now through March 1, 2025, on The Joffrey + Ballet in the US. I just saw it today and recommend it highly. Many video clips, documents, costumes, and more tell the story of the Joffrey. But it is also a too-familiar story of dance in the US -- constant financial struggles, the devastation of AIDS on the dance community, the search for new choreographers. I always appreciated the Joffrey reconstructions, shown on PBS, of classic works including Parade, Sacre, and Nijinska's Les Noces, all included in the exhibit.  It's free, of course.

https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/joffrey-ballet-us

Thnks for the info, California. I'll be sure to go. In case there is interest in Joffrey, I was able to watch the documentary about him and his company for free with commercials https://tubitv.com/movies/319699/joffrey-mavericks-of-american-dance.

It's called Joffrey Mavericks of American Dance.