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Article: Joffrey Ballet Artistic Director to Resign
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- April 13, 2007
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CHICAGO - Gerald Arpino plans to step down as artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet this summer - more than 50 years after he helped get the company started by touring the country in a rented station wagon.
Arpino, 84, co-founded the troupe with its namesake, the late Robert Joffrey.
He will take the title of artistic director emeritus July 1 when the company, based in Chicago since 1995, wraps up a two-year celebration of its 50th anniversary. The change is to be officially announced Friday.
"The Joffrey is an American dream come true," Arpino said in a statement. "Bob and I created an American dance company that is known the world over."
Arpino has choreographed more than ...