The production features eight men and seven women, with company artist Anais Bueno as the featured performer. With the music established, Arai began working out the details for a more robust piece with a larger cast. Galvin Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, approached Arai with an opportunity to create a new work for the main company. As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Joffrey to change direction, Ashley Wheater MBE, The Mary B. 12, 2020.īolero is a 16-minute work originally intended to be performed by Studio Company members of the Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, at the Joffrey's Center Stage event in 2020. Notably, this marks the first performance since The Joffrey's winter program, The Times Are Racing, which opened at the Auditorium Theatre exactly one year prior on Feb.

12 at 7 p.m.īolero, to be performed by 15 members of the company, will be filmed at the Gerald Arpino Black Box Theatre at Joffrey Tower and streamed for free via the Joffrey's YouTube channel, /TheJoffreyBallet.

The Joffrey Ballet announced the world premiere of Bolero�named after the acclaimed orchestral piece by composer Maurice Ravel and choreographed by Joffrey company artist Yoshihisa Arai�on Feb. This article shared 2149 times since Tue Jan 19, 2021