The Joffrey Ballet is an American dance company and training institution in Chicago, Illinois. The Joffrey regularly performs classical and contemporary ballets during its annual performance season at the Civic Opera House, including its annual presentation of The Nutcracker.
Joffrey Ballet
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Diba and Joffrey Ballet dancers
Image: Joffrey Tower Southwest Rehearsal Room
Image: 20080913 Joffrey Tower Northwest Rehearsal Room
Civic Opera House (Chicago)
The Civic Opera House, also called Lyric Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The Civic's main performance space, named for Ardis Krainik, seats 3,563, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House. Built for the Chicago Civic Opera, it has been home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1954 and the Joffrey Ballet since 2021. It is part of a complex with a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings, known as the Civic Opera Building that opened November 4, 1929 and features Art Deco details.
Auditorium, named in honor of Ardis Krainik.
West façade of the Civic Opera House
Wacker Drive façade of the Civic Opera House
Sculpture by Henry Hering