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Homecoming: the Joffrey Ballet picks Ashley Wheater.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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"I'm so thrilled," was Ashley Wheater's concise reaction to his appointment as artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet. It is the company in which he danced so handsomely between 1985-89 when it was still in New York. "This was an American jewel and I want to revitalize it," he says. "For Chicago, however, it's a very young company, so everything we do will be an adventure."

Wheater, who was named in September to succeed co-founder Gerald Arpino (who...

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