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Jan. 25, 2010
Entertainment & Arts
Gerald Arpino and his dance company, formed in 1956 with the late Robert Joffrey, are happy and thriving in Chicago.
June 22, 2003
Like a kid at the movies watching the best part of the show, Robert Joffrey is flipping popcorn into his mouth at an allegro pace.
Sept. 22, 1985
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May 10, 1987
Reacting to the violence that followed the acquittal of four police officers in the Rodney King case, the Joffrey Ballet has canceled the first two weeks of its scheduled Los Angeles season, originally May 8 to June 7 at the Wiltern Theatre.
May 4, 1992
“Billboards,” coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center next week, isn’t the Joffrey Ballet’s first rock-music ballet.
July 22, 1993
“The Nutcracker” takes place on Christmas Eve, but the holiday favorite is danced on that night about as rarely as dolls become handsome princes.
Dec. 26, 1996
In the Beatles’ heyday, the fabs played a command performance before the Queen at the Royal Albert Hall, prompting John Lennon to exhort those “in the cheap seats” to clap along while encouraging royals and others in the tonier balcony to merely “rattle your jewelry.”
July 24, 1993
“In the ‘30s,” Tatiana Leskova remembered, “there was the smell of blood in the air.”
May 3, 1992
A new production of Eugene Loring’s “Billy the Kid,” in its California premiere, will highlight the Joffrey Ballet’s April 18 through 23 run at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.
March 2, 1989