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 ...

Anyone who has been to the Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker in the last decade has seen choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s work in full artistic force. Now, the prolific English dancemaker, who is known ...

In Ballet To Broadway: Wheeldon Works, The Royal Ballet’s celebration of Christopher Wheeldon emphasises his range – balletic through to the pizazz of An American in Paris. In this programme, it’s his ...

This holiday season, The Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 10th anniversary of two-time Tony Award®-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s The Nutcracker. Set amidst the spectacle of the 1893 ...

Lean on me: Liam Boswell and Joshua Junker in the duet 'Us', a study in equality of effort and mutual support Given the man's prodigious range and output over almost three decades, a short evening of ...

The Royal Ballet will open their 2025/26 Season with Christopher Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate. Passion, mystery and magic set the themes for this captivating family saga inspired by Laura ...

The Joffrey Ballet will hold open auditions for the Children’s Cast of Christopher Wheeldon’s “The Nutcracker” Friday and Sunday, Sept. 5 and 7, at its downtown studios in Joffrey Tower, 10 E.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Joffrey Ballet will launch a brand new version of "The Nutcracker" for the holidays on Saturday at the Auditorium Theatre. This Christmas tradition reimagined is an homage to the ...

The Royal Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon that premiered in 2011, opens not with the story contained within Lewis Carroll’s book, but with a ...

The Miami City Ballet’s 2013-14 season-opening program, First Ventures, is a sign of things to come: a company premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s breakthrough Polyphonia — as fresh a vision of ...

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