Joffrey Ballet 2025-2026 Season, Shows, Reviews

byCherilyn J. Lee

January 1, 2020 - Updated on July 4, 2025

Joffrey Ballet

♦ Location: Chicago, Illinois – United States

♦ Artistic Director: Ashley Wheater MBE

♦ Affiliated School: Joffrey Academy

♦ Founded in 1956 by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino

♦ Official Website of Joffrey Ballet

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Joffrey Ballet 2025-2026 Season

“Our 70th anniversary celebrates the Joffrey’s extraordinary legacy, a place where past and future seamlessly intertwine. This milestone season commemorates 70 years of innovation, 30 years of calling Chicago home, and a decade of Christopher Wheeldon’s reimagined Nutcracker.

From the intensity of Liam Scarlett’s Carmen to iconic works by Robert Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, Glen Tetley, and Martha Graham in American Icons, this season reflects our bold and revolutionary spirit.

Bringing ambitious new works to the stage is at the heart of the company, and this year is no exception. We’ll conclude the season with the Chicago premiere of Yuri Possokhov’s Eugene Onegin, a performance sure to leave audiences breathless.

It will be a season like no other — a defining moment to experience the Joffrey at its best, more electrifying than ever.“

Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director of Joffrey Ballet

“Seventy years ago, Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino embarked on a bold journey, fueled by their belief in the positive, transformative power of dance.

Thirty years ago, thanks to dedicated advocates and supporters, the Joffrey found its permanent home in Chicago.

Today, under the leadership of the Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Ashley Wheater MBE, the third Artistic Director in the company’s history, the Joffrey continues to shape the future of dance; from reimagining The Nutcracker within Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair to commissioning world premieres. Our anniversary season honors our past while fearlessly embracing what’s next.”

– Greg Cameron, President and CEO of Joffrey Ballet

Source: Joffrey Ballet