Ashley Wheater MBE, The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, today announced the Joffrey's 2023–2024 Season at Lyric Opera House, featuring a Chicago debut of a full-length gothic masterpiece set in the dawn of modern science; a mixed rep program featuring a world premiere; the return of a Swedish tour de force; and a holiday tradition boldly reimagined for a new generation.
The Joffrey Ballet performs 'Yonder Blue' by Andrew McNicol. (Photo by Cheryl Mann)
The Joffrey Ballet begins its 68th season with Liam Scarlett's Chicago premiere of Frankenstein, October 12–22, a critically acclaimed, modern vision of Mary Shelley's 19th-century science fiction novel. Soon after, the Joffrey celebrates the return of Christopher Wheeldon's enchanting production of The Nutcracker, December 2–27, 2023, followed by Studies in Blue, February 15–25, 2024, an enlightening mixed rep program with original work choreographed by Scarlett and Andrew McNicol, rounded out with a world premiere by Stina Quagebeur. Closing out the season is the return of Alexander Ekman's otherworldly trip into Midsummer Night's Dream, which is far from a Shakespearean tale, April 25–May 5, 2024.
“Our 2023-2024 season invites audiences to journey with us through some of the most gorgeous worlds created for the ballet, full of love and pain, tragedy and triumph,” says Ashley Wheater, The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director. “We begin by honoring the memory of a brilliant artist with the Chicago premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, an epic story told at a grand scale, its delicate emotion rendered in fine detail. Another of Liam’s works, the breathtakingly beautiful Hummingbird, finds exceptional company in the works of Andrew McNicol’s layered and sophisticated Yonder Blue and a powerful world premiere from Stina Quagebeur. Through a reunion with a long-time partner, Chicago audiences will again tread the fantastical realm of Alexander Ekman’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in all of its splendor and strangeness. This season, audiences will find spectacle, intimacy, and above all, humanity at the ballet.”
All season performances take place at the Lyric Opera House in downtown Chicago at 20 North Upper Wacker Drive. All programs throughout the season feature live music performed by the Lyric Opera Orchestra, conducted by Scott Speck, Music Director of The Joffrey Ballet. (joffrey.org)
68th Season Highlights Include:
Chicago Premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein
Christopher Wheeldon’s Holiday Classic The Nutcracker
Hummingbird by Liam Scarlett and Yonder Blue by Andrew McNicol
World Premiere from Choreographer Stina Quagebeur and
The Return of Alexander Ekman’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
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