Fifty years after …

Fifty years after …
Ashley Wheater in Sir Frederick Ashton's "The Dream."
Fifty years after …
Ashley Wheater in Sir Frederick Ashton's "The Dream."

Fifty years after …

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Fifty years after co-founders Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino started their ballet company, the Joffrey Ballet has a new artistic director. Ashley Wheater trained at the Royal Ballet School, and has worked with Sir Frederick Ashton and Rudolf Nureyev. Wheater joins host Kelly Kleiman for our entire program to talk about his work, and to listen to stories from the week in arts.