CONTINUUM: Our Kinetic Lineage

Continuum: Our Kinetic Lineage

Join us for our first combined Performance Week, Continuum: Our Kinetic Lineage, a powerful shared performance uniting dancers from both the Ballet and Jazz & Contemporary concentrations of the Pre-Professional Trainee Program at Joffrey Ballet School.

This landmark week celebrates lineage, evolution, and possibility, bringing together artists who train across disciplines yet share a singular commitment to excellence. Through bold classical foundations, contemporary voices, and jazz-inflected movement, Continuum illuminates the technical rigor, stylistic range, and artistic curiosity that define the school’s training philosophy.

Each work traces the living thread between tradition and innovation. Dancers inherit, question, and transform movement across generations, revealing technique not as something fixed, but as a vibrant and ever-evolving language. Here, the past fuels the present, and the future takes shape in real time on stage.

The Pre-Professional Trainee Program celebrates dancers as both stewards and architects of what comes next, embodying a kinetic lineage that connects where we have been, where we are, and what is yet to come.

As the week culminates, both concentrations come together once more for Graduation on Sunday, May 10, 2026, a meaningful moment of reflection and celebration. This ceremony honors the dedication, growth, and artistry of our Trainees as they complete their training and step forward into the next chapter of their artistic journeys. It is both a closing and a beginning, recognizing not only what has been accomplished, but the limitless potential that lies ahead.

Performance Dates and Times:
Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 7:30PM
-Jazz & Contemporary Trainee Concentration with the Joffrey Concert Group

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 7:30PM
-Ballet Trainee Concentration

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 3:00PM & 7:30PM
-Ballet Trainee Concentration (3:00PM)
-Jazz & Contemporary Trainee Concentration with Joffrey Concert Group (7:30PM)

Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 11:00AM
-Graduation Ceremony