Christopher Wheeldon has a guilty secret. “I grew up listening to Phantom of the Opera,” he says. “As an 11-year-old, those big blockbuster musicals were everything. Seeing Starlight Express: it was ...

Christopher Wheeldon’s lengthy “The Winter’s Tale,” a ballet based on the Shakespeare play, is filled with bad behavior but also love and forgiveness. By Gia Kourlas Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new series ...

Due to popular demand, The Joffrey Ballet has announced an extended weekend of performances for two-time Tony Award-winner Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Marking the first ...

NEW YORK -- For some years now, choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has had the ballet crowd eating from his hand. Few contemporary dance makers have demonstrated Wheeldon's talent, and hardly any have ...

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The New York Times reports that Royal Ballet-trained Wheeldon resigned on 18 February after continuing rows between him and his executive director Lourdes Lopez. Lopez claimed Wheeldon could not spare ...

Precocious and prolific, the British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, at 38, is world renowned. Many on the ballet scene believe he’s the one who will assume George Ballanchine’s mantel and lead ...

From Gen Horiuchi’s St. Louis Blues, a vibrant tribute to the roots of American jazz featuring live music and vocals, to the ...

As a child, Christopher Wheeldon was a ballet and musical theater kid, like as not listening to Tchaikovsky while his brothers had Michael Jackson‘s Thriller on the turntable. His idea of an afternoon ...

Is any golden-boy choreographer more connected than the young Brit Christopher Wheeldon? Although his new company, Morphoses, which debuts at City Center October 19, won’t hire full-time dancers until ...