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WHAT DO Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze, and Ronald Reagan Jr. have in common? They all were students of the Joffrey Ballet School, founded by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino. Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary last year, the school continues the teaching legacy of its namesake, who died in 1988.
Joffrey was known for his enthusiasm in the classroom, remembers Dermot Burke, the executive and artistic director of Dayton Ballet, who began his career in 1965 as a scholarship student at the Joffrey School. "That was his gift as much as anything else. At a certain point in this effort [of making a career], it's all between your ears. I think Mr. Joffrey intuitively knew that. And at his best, he worked in such a way that you believed you could do anything. Of course, on other...
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