Joffery Ballet company to perform at the Auditorium

Tickets can now be purchased for the Joffrey Ballet performance at 8 p.m. on April 5 at the IU Auditorium.

The dance company is world-renowned as the first company to perform at the White House, the first to appear on television, the first American ballet company to visit Russia and the first, and only, dance company to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine.

Before the performance at 7 p.m., there will be a special pre-show discussion in the Neal-Marshall Grand Hall by Michael Vernon, chairman of the Department of Ballet at the IU Jacobs School of Music.

Student discount tickets are $10-$30 with a valid ID and $20-$35 for general public. Tickets may be purchased online at IUauditorium.com or at the IU auditorium box office.

Tickets can also be purchased on Ticketmaster.com.