When Wendy Whelan said goodbye to the New York City Ballet after nearly three decades, the 47-year-old ballerina wasn’t bidding farewell to her career. On Tuesday, February 3, the lauded and lanky ...

With this tour of four new duets created especially for her, Whelan is experimenting with a new career as a freelance contemporary dancer. This is not a move made by many retiring ballerinas, since it ...

This moving documentary profiles ballerina Wendy Whelan as she deals with an injury and contemplates the end of her three-decade career with the New York City Ballet. At the same time, she works on a ...

It’s an interesting title, filled with all kinds of implications and possibilities, and the one that Wendy Whelan, the New York City Ballet principal dancer, has chosen for her foray into modern dance ...

Thur-Fri, Jan 15-16, 2015, 7:30pm Wendy Whelan, the internationally celebrated dancer whom The New York Times called "America's greatest ballerina" will be making her San Francisco debut. Her interest ...

In 2014, following many months of therapy and surgery to treat a tear in her hip cartilage, Wendy Whelan gave her farewell performance after 30 years with the New York City Ballet. Directors Linda ...

Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger show as much generosity of spirit to their subject, prima ballerina Wendy Whelan, as she has displayed to fellow dancers at the New York City Ballet during a storied ...