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Gerald Arpino was an American ballet choreographer, a leader of the Joffrey Ballet from its founding in 1956 until 2007. While serving in the U.S. Coast Guard (1945–48), Arpino met dancer Robert Joffrey in Seattle, Washington, and learned dancing in his spare time.
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Gerald Arpino was born in Staten Island, New York in 1923 and died in Chicago in 2008. He co-founded The Joffrey Ballet with Robert Joffrey in 1956 and served as Associate Director. Upon Joffrey’s death in 1988, Mr. Arpino succeeded him as Artistic Director. Mr. Arpino choreographed his first work, Ropes, in 1961.
31 ago 2009 · Choreography by Gerald ArpinoMusic by Alan Raph and Lee Holdridge(Sunday and Saturday by Alan Raph; Summerland by Lee Holdridge)Lighting Design by Thomas Ske...
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While the Vietnam War was raging, America’s youth united through protests and celebrations with a new sense of freedom and exhilaration. Trinity became the most famous of the Arpino pieces known as The Berkeley Ballets. Created during The Joffrey Ballet’s residence at University of California at Berkeley, Trinity is a joyful tribute to youth, their […]
In 1993, Arpino produced America's first full-evening rock ballet, Billboards, set to the music of Prince. In 1996 he brought together an all-female roster of exciting, young choreographers to produce Legends, a ballet by women and about women. This work was followed by Legends II, another Gerald Arpino production.
The Arpino Centennial Celebration On January 14, 1923, Gerald Arpino, the visionary choreographer and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, was born in Staten Island, NY. He, along with Robert Joffrey, created both a ballet company and a body of work that has had a singular and enduring impact on American ballet. Throughout his 50-year career he created nearly […]
