Joffrey Ballet School Performance Company 2011

The Performance Company of the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, 2011.
Artistic Director: Davis Robertson.
Choreographers: Daniel Ulbricht, Helen Heineman, Africa Guzman, Julie Bour, Brian McSween, Davis Robertson, Matthew Prescott.

The next performances will be 7 May 2011, 2:30pm and 7:30pm at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University (Broadway at 116th Street).

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• ballet
• contemporary
• dance

[avatarkatara1001]

Hi--what do you think about Joffrey's SI---specifically the intensive track? Thanks!

[jaqsli]

@avatarkatara1001 The summer intensive? It's great. I had a great time there my first year. They get teachers from all over the place, many which have actually danced with Joffrey before, and including current principal dancers such as Maria Kowroski and Daniel Ulbricht. You do lots of different styles of dance. If you've just taken a break though, you'll definitely feel it!

[livetodance1995]

are these all ballet trainees or are some jazz/ contemp?

[jaqsli]

@livetodance1995 This company is comprised of just the ballet trainees.

[livetodance1995]

@jaqsli do you recommend the jazz/contemporary trainee program or the ballet trainee program more? i got scholarships to both and i dont know what to go for !

[jaqsli]

@livetodance1995 It really depends what kind of dancing your prefer. The ballet trainee is pretty classical. And it depends whether you're in the company or not. We do technique class every morning followed by pointe or partnering, then in the afternoons, the company rehearses while everyone else takes anatomy, dance history, repertoire or contemporary class etc. I think the Jazz/Contemporary trainees do technique in the morning and the rest of the day is spent doing jazz and contemporary dance.

[jaqsli]

@seminoleseminole1 If you mean the girl in the white T-shirt, that was a new piece choreographed by Africa Guzman called "From the Inside".

[seminoleseminole1]

cool looking choreography at the beginning; I wonder what ballet that comes from

[natashawashy]

I love these dancers...they're not stick thin and they look so expressive! :)

[jaqsli]

@Madismommer She must have still been injured when I started filming.