Global Visionaries

Global Visionaries

April 26-May 7, 2017

Global Visionaries Presenting Sponsor

Margot and Josef Lakonishok

Global Visionaries Production Sponsor

Jane Ellen Murray Foundation

Click on the image below to view the digital program book. 

The Miraculous Mandarin

Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov

Music: Béla Bartók

Master of invention Possokhov brings his gift of powerful narrative and wild imagination to Bartók's dramatic post-World War I tableau. Celebrated as a "reliably unpredictable choreographer" by the San Francisco Chronicle. 

Chicago Premiere

The Miraculous Mandarin Production Sponsor

The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation

Joy

Choreographer: Alexander Ekman

Music: Brad Mehldau Trio, Django Django, Tiga, Moby

Celebrated around the globe for his originality and humor, Swedish choreographer Ekman returns to the Joffrey with his unique cinematic vision. "An inspired joker and true man of the theater," says the Chicago Sun-Times. 

World Premiere

Joy Production Sponsor

Mammatus

Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Music: Michael Gordon

Renowned for her improvisational skill, Lopez Ochoa returns to the Joffrey with her spellbinding take on a turbulent cloud formation. "Sexy in an ambient way, embodying the impersonal attractions and repulsions that drive nature's never-ending churning," says the Chicago Tribune. 

Mammatus Production Sponsor

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Live Music Sponsors

The Marina and Arnold Tatar Fund for Live Music

Cheryle and Joel V. Williamson

ALL PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE AT THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE OF ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY LOCATED AT 50 E CONGRESS PARKWAY.

The performance runs approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes including 2 intermissions.