by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
On Thursday, August 21, the Joffrey Ballet will live-stream a rehearsal of Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake. Wheeldon will be in attendance to coach the dancers, while Joffrey artistic director Ashley Wheater will host and conduct interviews with the dancers...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
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...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Is ballet’s post-Balanchine choreography rut finally over? Roslyn Sulcas, a contributor to Pointe, argues today in The New York Times that it is. She points out that works by Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky and Wayne McGregor offer a completely new way of...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
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,...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Senior editor Jenny Stahl recently called New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht “Superman,” and I can’t think of a better way to describe the phenomenally talented dancer and teacher, who seems to be everywhere at once these days. (We...