This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. The Joffrey Ballet has presented many narrative ballets during its 58-year history. But until last October, it had never waded into the waters of that quintessential test for any classical ballet company, Swan Lake. So when artistic director Ashley Wheater decided the time was […]
When Christopher Wheeldon‘s celebrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland returns to National Ballet of Canada’s stage this week, there will be one big change. First soloist Chelsy Meiss will dance the role of the quirky, tapping Mad Hatter, the first time ever that a female dancer has stepped into the part. “Chelsy is one the most […]
Enter now to win a pair of tickets to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Love & Ballet mixed bill, Thursday June 7 at 7:30 pm in Seattle, Washington. The program features Christopher Wheeldon’s Tide Harmonic and After the Rain pas de deux, Benjamin Millepied’s Appassionata and Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit. Loading…
Hannah Fischer and Piotr Stanczyk in rehearsal for The Winter’s Tale. Photo by Aaron Vincent Elkaim, Courtesy NBoC. Ballet lovers, Shakespeare lovers and Christopher Wheeldon lovers, rejoice! The North American premiere of The Winter’s Tale is finally here. The National Ballet of Canada performs the acclaimed work now through November 22 in Toronto and in January in Washington, DC. […]
The National Ballet of Canada has announced it’s coming to New York City this September, where they’ll perform Christopher Wheeldon’s full-length Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at the David H. Koch Theater. NYC audiences haven’t seen the Toronto-based company since 2005. The stop is part of an initiative started by NBC Artistic Director Karen Kain to […]
He may be British, but Christopher Wheeldon was just given one of America’s oldest honors. Earlier this month, the choreographer was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1780. He joins a list of such notables as Thomas Jefferson, Washington Irving, Duke Ellington, Mark Morris and thousands of others. Congrats!
There have been rumblings about Christopher Wheeldon’s Broadway project for a while now, but yesterday the official word went out: Wheeldon is directing and choreographing a new production of the Gershwins’ An American in Paris. The show will premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in December of 2014 before coming to Broadway in […]
U.S. ballet fans did a little sauté for joy when it was announced earlier this year that the Royal Opera House would be bringing its popular movie broadcasts stateside. Tonight, The Royal Ballet’s production of Christopher Wheeldon’s fanciful Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland will air in cinemas across the country at 7 pm local time. The […]