Joffrey Community Engagement
The mission of Joffrey Community Engagement is to provide Chicago's youth equitable access to exceptional arts learning and dance education.
Such opportunities support physical, social, and emotional development, to improve educational, community, and wellness outcomes.
Our Vision
All those who experience Joffrey Community Engagement will recognize us as the leading dance education provider in Chicago because of our commitment to:
Excite: Engaging Students through dance, movement, and creativity at school.
Explore: Enhancing technique and developing lifelong learning skills through quality-driven initiatives.
Enrich: Connecting students, school staff, families, and communities with professionals in the field.
Our strong dedication to equity and integrity makes us change-makers in ballet, locally, and nationally.
Explore Joffrey Community Engagement
In-School Programs
Joffrey Community Engagement in-school programs provide highly structured dance experiences in which students will develop techniques, creativity, and life skills.
Joffrey Tower and South Loop Programming
Joffrey Community Engagement offers free classes at Jofrey Tower and Joffrey South Loop for the continuation of dance education.
Chicago Connections
Joffrey Community Engagement inspires audiences of all ages across Chicago communities to think creatively through performances by students at events throughout the city, partnerships with Chicago cultural organizations, performing arts high schools, and After School Matters, free in-person or virtual Dance Experiences for CPS schools, and presentations at career days, conferences, and corporate events.
Dancing with Parkinson's
Dancing with Parkinson's is a partnership program between The Joffrey Ballet and Northwestern Medicine built for people with Parkinson's and their caregivers, friends, and family members.
2024 Bridge Scholarship Recipients
Academy faculty selected the following ten students for scholarships, allowing these students to take Academy classes tuition-free through the Academy until they graduate high school.
The Community Engagement Vision
Everyone who experiences Joffrey Community Engagement will recognize us as the leading dance education provider in Chicago because of our commitment to:
Excite
Engaging students through dance, movement, and creativity at school.
Explore
Enhancing technique and developing lifelong learning skills through quality-driven initiatives.
Enrich
Engaging students, school staff, families, and communities with professionals in the field.
Sponsors
Sponsors
Sponsors of Community Engagement Programming
- The Allstate Insurance Company
- Anonymous
- John P. Brazzale
- Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson
- Capital Group Companies
- Crown Family Philanthropies
- Fifth Third Bank
- The Hearst Foundations
- Illinois Arts Council
- Anne L. Kaplan
- Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
- Laurie Mahler
- Elizabeth Marcus, MD and Ira Belcove
- Mazza Foundation
- Diane and John Patience
- Peoples Gas Community Fund
- Polk Bros Foundation
- D. Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies
- Searle Consultants Account at the Chicago Community Trust
- Eric C. Schieber, MD
- Terry A. Schwartz
- The Siragusa Family Foundation
- Rita Spitz and David Blears
- U.S. Bank
- Magnes Welsh
- Women's Board of The Joffrey Ballet