The Joffrey Ballet

Performance Dates: Friday, November 17, 8pm Saturday, November 18, 8pm Sunday, November 19, 3pm JUSTIN PECK In Creases (music: Philip Glass, Four Movements for Two Pianos) ALEXANDER EKMAN Episode 47 (West Coast premiere) (Cal Performances co-commission) (music: Brad Mehldau Trio, Django Django, Tiga, Moby) ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA Mammatus (music: Michael Gordon, Weather One) With this program of new and recent works by some of the most exciting choreographers working today, The Joffrey Ballet stays true to its 60-year reputation for innovation and eclecticism. Performed to a live Philip Glass score, Justin Peck's In Creases showcases his keen eye for manipulating bodies to form complex geometric structures. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa creates a spellbinding depiction of a turbulent cloud formation in Mammatus, and Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman's Episode 47, a Cal Performances co-commission, receives its West Coast premiere.