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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.
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- New York City Ballet
- May 7, 1967 (age 56), Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
- School of American Ballet
May 22, 2017 · Wendy Whelan, a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, shares her story of overcoming the shame and stigma of aging in dance in a new documentary. She talks about her career, her hip injury, her retirement, and her new project Restless Creature.
- Katherine Cusumano
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.
- Amber Kallor
Wendy Whelan. 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. She was named NYCB Associate Artistic Director in February 2019.
Oct 19, 2014 · 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 ...
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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. From that first performance, she was smitten.
Wendy Whelan (born May 7, 1967, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) 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. Whelan grew up in Louisville, where her mother enrolled her in ballet classes at age three.
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