Wendy Whelan

Review: Wheeldon's Wonders at New York City Ballet

Margaret Fuhrer | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Sara Mearns, Tiler Peck, DGV: Danse a Grande Vitesse, Les Carillons, Tyler Angle, Michael Nyman, Wendy Whelan, Georges Bizet, Christopher Wheeldon, New York City Ballet, Arts News
Margaret Fuhrer

It's never fun to be late to the party, especially a party thrown by the New York City Ballet and Christopher Wheeldon. I missed the premiere of the c...

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Culture Zohn: The Architecture of Dance Festival Begins at New York City Ballet

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sara Mearns, Jenifer Ringer, Architecture of Dance, Olga Picasso, Wendy Whelan, Jerome Robbins, Robert Fairchaild, Alexei Ratmansky, New York City Ballet, Nijinsky, Santiago Calatrava, New York News
Patricia Zohn

2010-05-03-outsidepull.jpg It's no wonder Alexei Ratmansky is in such great demand. He is the real deal, making his own dance architecture out of thin air.

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Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: Wendy Whelan: Sexy, Modern, Muse of the Dance

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School of American Ballet, Guggenheim Museum, Works and Process, Wendy Whelan, Jerome Robbins, Louisville Ballet, Lincoln Memorial, David Michalek, New York City Ballet, Spoleto, Balanchine, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2009-01-23-zpull.jpg What's it like to be a muse to famous artists? What is it like to inspire creativity, to have people study your body, the way you move, the tilt of your head?

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Christopher Wheeldon is Trying Very Hard to Make Ballet Hip, Sexy and Accessible, But Will He Be Successful?

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ballet, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Maria Kowroski, Lightfoot Leon, Drew Jacoby, Frederick Ashton, Fashion, Rubinald Pronk, Wendy Whelan, Les Ballets Russes, Christopher Wheeldon, Emily Molnar, New York City Ballet, Morphoses, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Of all ballet artists, Wheeldon one of the most sought-after choreographers in the world these days and seems to be trying the hardest to bring ballet back.

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Bless This House

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leos Janacek, Dmitri Shostakovich, Tyler Angle, Ballet, Michelle Williams, Bruno Moretti, Alexei Ratmansky, Salzburg Festival, Brussels Opera House La Monnaie, The Rake?S Progress, W. H. Auden, Robert Wilson, Ashley Bouder, Paris Opera, Philip Glass, Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, Gérard Mortier, Opera, George Balanchine, Charles Wuorinen, Peter Martins, Film, Christopher Wheeldon, Peter Gelb, Rudolph Bing, Goeran Gentele, The Markopulos Case, Pierre Boulez, Mauro Bigonzetti, Brokeback Mountain, Metropolitan Opera House, Pelléas Et Mélisande, Einstein on the Beach, Wendy Whelan, Death in Venice, Heath Ledger, Gesamtkunstwerk, Debussy, Entertainment News
Norman MacAfee

The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the New York City Opera, is dark as it undergoes a year of renovation. It is a house of past and perhaps future artistic importance in two art forms.

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Is Ballet Dead? Never! New York City Ballet Presents an Enticing Evening of New Work

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: River of Light, Ballet, Rococo Variations, Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Gonzalo Garcia, Mauro Bigonzetti, Maria Kowroski, Benjamin Millepied, Ashley Bouder, Contemporary Ballet, Wendy Whelan, Concerto DSCH, New York City Ballet, Joaquin De Luz, Oltremare, Dancers, Nycb, Ballerina, Dance, Theater Review, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I had a wonderful night at New York City Ballet the other night. The program, titled "Here and Now", focused on some of the company's newest works, and was kind of a celebration of the future, of 21st Century ballet.

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