The Nutcracker to the Kennedy Center in December. But aside from that famed production, the Joffrey hasn’t performed a full-week engagement at the Kennedy Center in more than 25 years.The company makes a triumphant return with Anna Karenina, a full-length story ballet adapted and told through a contemporary lens to explore the complex politics of family, religion, morality, and gender.A co-production with The Australian Ballet, Anna Karenina is visionary Ukrainian-born choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s take on Leo Tolstoy’s 19th-century epic tragedy of desire and passion focused on a married aristocrat who finds herself caught in a life-changing affair with grave consequences.The ballet features music by Russian composer Ilya Demutsky, which will be performed live at the Kennedy Center by the venue’s Opera House Orchestra.
The creative team also includes Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated set and costume designer Tom Pye and renowned lighting designer David Finn.
The ballet is described as a work of “vivaciously intricate movement.”Performances run through April 9. Kennedy Center Opera House.
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