2004
Our Story
The Joffrey pays tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton
with its Winter Program, Ashton
Anniversary, including Les Patineurs,
Monotones I & II, and A Wedding
Bouquet.
Gerald Arpino premieres Ruth: Ricordi Per Due, commissioned and underwritten through a generous gift from Barbara Levy Kipper, in honor of her mother, Ruth Doctoroff Levy.
In July, The Joffrey returns to New York City to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ashton´s birth.
The company shares the stage at the Metropolitan Opera
House with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the K-Ballet
Company.
The Joffrey premieres George Balanchine´s
Apollo at Ravinia Festival in September.
Pictured: Maia Wilkins and Willy Shives in Ruth: Ricordi Per Due.