Christopher Wheeldon

Kerr-Plunk! Wheeldon’s Debut Falls Short of the Hype

Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall in Christopher Wheeldon’s <i>Morphoses</i> at City Center.
Paul Kolnik
Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall in Christopher Wheeldon’s Morphoses at City Center.

What have we New Yorkers learned from our first exposure to Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet company, Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company?  read more »

As the Bird Turns: Nightingale Ballet Warbles, Wobbles

Wendy Whelan in <i>The Nightingale and the Rose</i>.
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Wendy Whelan in The Nightingale and the Rose.

Choreographer Cristopher Wheeldon’s latest effort is visually arresting but thin; plus, Gelsey Kirkland wakes up Sleeping Beauty.  read more »

Diamond Project Appraised: Still Only Semiprecious

Jennie Somogyi and S
Paul Kolnik
Jennie Somogyi and S

We are progressing step by inexorable step through City Ballet’s current Diamond Project seaso  read more »

Royal High Jinks at City Center; Peter Martins' Minor Morsels

“You gotta get a gimmick,” Stephen Sondheim instructed us in Gypsy, and the guys behind Kings of  read more »

Royal High Jinks at City Center; Peter Martins’ Minor Morsels

Nikolay Tsiskaridze in Roland Petit
Stefano Paltera, courtesy of orange county performing arts center
Nikolay Tsiskaridze in Roland Petit

“You gotta get a gimmick,” Stephen Sondheim instructed us in Gypsy, and the guys behind  read more »

Wheeldon Waxing Romantic; City Ballet Missing the Mark

Wendy Whelan and S
Paul Kolnik
Wendy Whelan and S

The mystery of Christopher Wheeldon deepens.  read more »

The Interminable Centenary, A Jumble of Highs and Lows

The Balanchine centenary celebrations at City Ballet lurch on-we're now one-third of the way through  read more »

The Unbearable Emptiness Of Truly Bad New Ballets

Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet it works the opposite way: All  read more »