Located in the heart of New York City, the Joffrey Ballet Center serves as a platform for some of the nation’s best young dancers to launch their professional careers. The Center is home to the Joffrey Concert Group, founded by Robert Joffrey in 1981, as a resident performing ensemble for young artists selected from the Joffrey Ballet School's year-round Trainee Program.

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The Joffrey Concert Group was founded in the early 1970s and incorporated as a not-for-profit in 1981, and is currently led by Artistic Director Bradley Shelver. As the resident dance company of the Joffrey Ballet School, this pre-professional performing ensemble provides young artists from the School's year-round Trainee Program the opportunity to experience life as a professional dancer

 

In the years since its inception, Concert Group dancers have toured domestically and internationally, performing some of the most celebrated classical and contemporary repertoire. This includes the works of Gerald Arpino (Birthday Variations, Light Rain), Robert Battle (Battlefield), George Balanchine (Serenade), August Bournonville (La Ventana), Dwight Rhoden (New Work), Africa Guzman (The Stolen Path), Bradley Shelver, Eric Trope, Lindsay Grimes, Vernard J. Gilmore, Eryn Renee Young, Thang Da, Tsai Hsi Hung, Omar Ramon de Jesus, and Ken Ossola. 

 

The Concert Group has toured and performed at world-renowned theaters and festivals, including Bryant Park Summer Stage, Spring to Dance Festival St Louis, LAM Dance Festival, New York Live Arts, EJ Thomas Hall in Akron, "Lighten Up" Festival, ICONS Dance Festival, and New York City Center, to name a few.