Recent Astarte News: Joffrey Ballet documentary honors the revolution that was choreographed - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 In retrospect, cultural upheavals look so dramatic. Yet we forget the day-to-day exhaustion that goes into resculpting the status quo. New York, 1967: The Joffrey Ballet does the unthinkable, turning rock music, war and revolt into a new template for ballet. Ballet! It hadn't been done before, and yet here was founder Robert Joffrey making a work called "Astarte," with a rock band in the ... The Joffrey Ballet And The Revolution That Was Choreographed - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 "New York 1967: The Joffrey Ballet does the unthinkable, turning rock music, war and revolt into a new template for ballet. Ballet! ... Robert Joffrey [was] making a work called Astarte , with a rock band in the orchestra pit and space-age goddesses grooving in psychedelic unitards."
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