by Catie Robinson | Jun 27, 2025 | Career, News, Onstage, Profiles
Royal Ballet first artist Amelia Townsend steps into some percussive new shoes this month as the tap-dancing Mad Hatter in Christopher Wheeldon’s fantastical Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, performed by The Royal Ballet from June 13–28. While Townsend isn’t the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 5, 2019 | Profiles
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...
by Lauren Cuthbertson | Mar 13, 2018 | Dream Role, Profiles
As told to Laura Cappelle. I knew before Christopher Wheeldon even started Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that he wanted me to create the title role. We made Alice together. We feel like she is our girl! She’s charming, witty, tough, curious. She’s...
by Julia Rosica | Jan 31, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
Updated 2/6/23. Last week, young ballet dancers from across the globe studied and competed for coveted scholarships at the Prix de Lausanne. This infamous competition has been a launch pad for many of the ballet world’s biggest stars. One such star is Royal...
by Hanna Rubin | Mar 31, 2016 | Career
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. In the Prologue to Christopher Wheeldon’s recent ballet The Winter’s Tale, two boys, princely playmates who one day will become kings, are joined onstage by two women veiled in black....