A new exhibition brings dance to Wrightwood 659. The Lincoln Park art gallery is hosting “The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S.”

Chicago is the second and final stop for a first-ever retrospective on the Joffrey Ballet, which premiered at the New York Public Library last fall. Curator Julia Foulkes culled the show from the library’s Jerome Robbins Dance Division, which holds the Joffrey’s archives. With help from former Joffrey dancer Nicole Duffy, Foulkes waded through more than 900 boxes and 5,000 reels of footage before arriving at a few themes.

“It’s an enormous collection,” Foulkes said. “What really struck me as I was going through the materials was the story was about the company. There are important people throughout, but the success and the dream of Joffrey was a company — and it’s s

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