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JOFFREY BALLET -- 'COOL VIBRATIONS'

-April 26-May7

-Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress

-Tickets, $15-125

-(312) 902-1500

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A classical ballet company dancing to the songs of the Beach Boys,the Supremes and Prince? What's so scandalous or outrageous aboutthat, you might well ask?

As you consider "Cool Vibrations," the Joffrey Ballet's upcomingprogram at the Auditorium Theatre, and the latest installment in thetroupe's 50th anniversary season -- cast your imagination back just alittle more than three decades, the equivalent of one full generationof life and art. And consider just how different attitudes were thenwhen …