Joffrey Ballet documentary honors the revolution that was choreographed
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 orchestra pit and space-age g…