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Wendy Whelan (/ ˈ hw iː l ən /; born May 7, 1967) is an American ballet dancer. She was principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and performed with the company for 30 years, and toured in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Wendy Whelan is the Associate Artistic Director of New York City Ballet. One of the most acclaimed dancers of her generation, she followed a storied 30-year career at NYCB with a variety of multi-disciplinary projects with cultural organizations around the world.
Wendy Whelan, widely considered one of the world’s leading dancers, began dance lessons at the age of three with Virginia Wooton in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of eight, she performed as a mouse in the Louisville Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker.
Wendy Whelan (born May 7, 1967, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) is an American ballet dancer who performed for three decades (1984–2014) with New York City Ballet (NYCB) and was celebrated for her technical precision, modern sensibility, and defined musculature.
Jun 25, 2020 · Get the inside story of what it’s like to be a principal dancer in one of the world’s most highly revered ballet companies. From our 2018 ArtSmart Lunch & Learn series, former New York City ...
May 22, 2017 · The new documentary Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, directed by Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger, follows Whelan from mid-2013, when she began to be plagued by hip pain, to her farewell...
May 24, 2017 · Former New York City Ballet principal dancer, Wendy Whelan, talks beauty, aging, and life after dance in honor the documentary, Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan.
Oct 19, 2014 · As the ballerina Wendy Whelan gave her farewell performance with New York City Ballet on Saturday night, after 30 years with the company, many facets of her complex stage personality...
May 23, 2017 · My first performance in a Balanchine ballet took place 34 years ago, on April 30, 1983. It was a day that will forever be marked in the history books because it also happened to...
Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.
