Joffrey Ballet Announces Chandler Pavilion Casting

The Joffrey Ballet has announced casting for its monthlong 35th anniversary season at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, tonight through June 2. Except as noted, all evenings are at 8; matinees at 2.

Tuesday: (7:30 p.m.) “Empyrean Dances”: Jodie Gates, Tom Mossbrucker, Deborah Dawn, Daniel Baudendistel. “Runaway Train”: Tina LeBlanc, Tyler Walters.

“Panoramagram”: Valerie Madonia and ensemble. “Postcards”: Carl Corry and ensemble.

Wednesday: “Postcards”: Same as May 7. “Round of Angels”: Madonia, Baudendistel. “Tarantella”: LeBlanc, Joseph Schnell. “The Green Table”: Walters, LeBlanc, Beatriz Rodriguez, Corry.

Thursday: “Parade”: Schnell, Gates, Dawn, Mossbrucker. “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune”: Walters, Charlene Gehm. “Les Noces”: ensemble.

Friday: “Cotillon”: LeBlanc, Brent Philips, Dawn, Rodriguez, Peter Narbutas. “Lila”: Madonia and ensemble. “L’Air d’Esprit”: LeBlanc, Mossbrucker. “Suite Saint-Saens”: ensemble.

May 11: Same program and casting as May 9.

May 12: (matinee) “Cotillon” and “Lila”: same as May 10. “Tarantella”: Gates, Mossbrucker. “Postcards”: Same as May 7.

May 12: (7:30 p.m.) “Empyrean Dances”: Same as May 7. “Round of Angels”: Same as May 8. “Panoramagram”: Mary Barton and ensemble. “Suite Saint-Saens”: ensemble.

May 14: “Empyrean Dances,” “Runaway Train,” “Panoramagram”: Same as May 7. “Trinity”: Edward Morgan, Corry, Gates, Mossbrucker.

May 15: “Lacrymosa”: Mossbrucker, Gates, Baudendistel. “Sea Shadow”: Madonia, Mossbrucker. “L’Air d’Esprit”: LeBlanc, Walters. “Trinity”: Morgan, Corry, LeBlanc, Walters.

May 16: “Suite Saint-Saens,” “Lila,” “L’Air d’Esprit”: Same as May 10. “The Green Table”: Baudendistel, Kim Sagami, Gates, Corry.

May 17: “Romeo and Juliet”: Mossbrucker, Gates, Corry, Walters.

May 18: (matinee) “Romeo and Juliet”: Walters, Dawn, Schnell, Narbutas.

May 18: “Romeo and Juliet”: Mossbrucker, LeBlanc, Corry, Narbutas.

May 19: (matinee) “Romeo and Juliet”: Walters, Dawn, Schnell, Pascal Benichou.

May 19: (7:30 p.m.) “Romeo and Juliet”: Same as May 18, eve.

May 21: “Romeo and Juliet”: Walters, Rodriguez, Schnell, Narbutas.

May 22: “Empyrean Dances,” “Runaway Train,” “Panoramagram”: Same as May 7. “Suite Saint-Saens”: ensemble.

May 23: “Postcards”: Same as May 7. “Lacrymosa”: Same as May 15. “Tarantella”: Gates, Schnell. “Trinity”: Same as May 14.

May 24: “Empyrean Dances”: Same as May 12, evening. “Sea Shadow”: Same as May 15. “Touch Me”: Morgan. “Light Rain”: Gates, Mossbrucker.

May 25: “Cotillon”: LeBlanc, Phillips, Gehm, Julie Janus, Narbutas. “Lila”: Same as May 12, mat. “Tarantella”: LeBlanc, Mossbrucker. “Suite Saint-Saens”: ensemble.

May 26: (matinee) “Parade”: Same as May 9. “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune”: Walters, Janus. “Les Noces”: ensemble.

May 26: (7:30 p.m.) “Cotillon”: Same as May 10. “Round of Angels”: Same as May 8. “Touch Me,” “Light Rain”: Same as May 24.

May 28: “Postcards”: Same as May 7. “Lacrymosa”: Same as May 15. “Tarantella”: Same as May 8. “Light Rain”: Same as May 24.

May 29: “Parade”: Same as May 9. “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune”: Same as May 26, mat. “Les Noces”: ensemble.

May 30: “Empyrean Dances,” Same as May 7. “Sea Shadow”: Same as May 15. “Panoramagram”: Same as May 12, evening. “Light Rain,” Same as May 15.

May 31: “Postcards”: Same as May 7. “Round of Angels”: Same as May 8. “Tarantella”: Same as May 23. “Trinity”: Same as May 15.

June 1: (matinee) “Cotillon”: Same as May 25. “Lila”: Same as May 10. L’Air d’Esprit”: Same as May 10. “Empyrean Dances”: Same as May 12, eve.

June 1: “Panoramagram”: Same as May 12, evening. “Sea Shadow”: Same as May 15. “Runaway Train”: Same as May 7. “Light Rain”: Same as May 24.

June 2: (matinee) “Empyrean Dances,” “Runaway Train,” “Panoramagram”: Same as May 7. “Suite Saint-Saens”: ensemble.

June 2: (7:30 p.m.) “Postcards”: Same as May 7. “Sea Shadow,” “L’Air d’Esprit”: Same as May 15. “Trinity”: Same as May 14.

BOX-OFFICE OUTLOOK

Although Joffrey ticket sales stand at $1.1 million--30% above ticket sales before opening night last spring, according to Joffrey vice chairman Michael Tennenbaum--tickets remain available for all performances during this year’s season. In recent years, audiences have averaged just under 50% capacity during the Joffrey’s spring season.