LAUREN STEWART Joffrey Ballet Chicago, Illinois USA BIO | POSTS

Joffrey recently toured to Florida January 15th thru the 22nd with a “Cool Vibrations” program. We traveled to West Palm Beach, Naples, and Sarasota with one performance in each venue. The program consisted of Twyla Tharp’s Deuce Coupe, Donald Byrd’s Motown Suite and Laura Dean’s Sometimes it Snows in April. It’s a pretty upbeat mix of repertoire with music of the Beach Boys, Motown classics, and Prince. It was a special treat for the company to escape the frigid and snowy conditions in Chicago, but the overwhelming response from the Florida audiences was especially rewarding. We returned to Chicago after tour to prepare for our upcoming winter season at the Auditorium Theater. We will perform Anthony Tudor’s Dark Elegies, Lilac Garden and Offenbach in the Underworld to celebrate the Tudor Centennial.

Maia Wilkins and Michael Levine in Motown Suite (Above and below)

Mauro Villaneuva in his solo in Motown Suite.

Dancer Calvin Kitten observes from the wings during Motown Suite.

Thomas Nicholas and Jennifer Goodman during their pas de deux in Motown Suite.

Sometimes it Snows in April. (above and below)

Lido Beach Resort in Sarasota, FL.