The Great Gatsby World Ballet Company Coming To Rialto Square Theatre

(The following edited press release is from Shane Richards of the Rialto Square Theatre.)

JOLIET — World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby will be at the Rialto Square Theatre on Saturday, October 4. Tickets are on sale Friday, March 28. The ticket prices will be $89, $75 and $55. Additional fees may apply when buying your tickets online.

World Ballet Company - one of the country’s leading touring ballet companies - has announced its new production. The company presents the world premiere of its latest ballet, “The Great Gatsby” - a Broadway-style take on the iconic story. It will tour to more than 140 cities across the United States from February 6 - November 24.

“World Ballet Company prides itself on making ballet accessible and producing Broadway-style ballets. This year, we’re doing that with one of the most important stories of the 20th-century literature classic,” said producer Gulya Hartwick, who founded the company with Sasha Gorskaya. “From ballet-lovers to the ballet-curious, we welcome audiences in Joliet to experience this incredible production firsthand with some of the best dancers on stage today.”

The dazzling new show adapts the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of ill-fated love and American Dream to ballet form, taking audiences back in time to the lavish decadence of the Roaring Twenties. The production features an all-star creative team, including sensual choreography from Ilya Zhivoy performed to an original, lively jazz score from Anna Drubich, sumptuous sets by Sergei Novikov, video projection by Mikki Kunntu and glamorous costumes by Sonya Vartanyan that capture the allure of the Jazz Age.

The Great Gatsby Ballet will take place at 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 4 at the Rialto Square Theatre, located at 102 N Chicago Street in Joliet.