Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Wendy Whelan [electronic resource] : Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project / interviewer, Nancy Reynolds.

Author

Whelan, Wendy.

Publication

2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bass, Anne H.
• Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
• Bernadi, François

Description

1 streaming video file (75 min.) : sd., col. +

Summary

Nancy Reynolds conducts an interview with Wendy Whelan, beginning by reading aloud several comments from critics and artists about Whelan's dancing. Whelan speaks about how she began dancing; her early training and teachers in Louisville, Kentucky; her early exposure to Balanchine's choreography and how she came to study at the School of American Ballet and joined New York City Ballet; her qualities as a young dancer and struggles in her early career; Bart Cook's role in teaching her ballets by Balanchine and Jerome Robbins; her attitude toward classical ballet roles, and her career arc. Whelan discusses the usefulness of watching herself on video; her relationship with Jerome Robbins and experiences dancing his ballets; how events in her personal life influenced her development as a dancer; her relationship with Christopher Wheeldon and the roles he choreographed for her; her experiences working with Alexei Ratmansky; her dance partnership with Jock Soto; her experience teaching Wheeldon's Liturgy to New York City Ballet dancers, including Sara Adams; how she studies music for the ballets she performs in; her role in Lynne Taylor-Corbett's ballet The seven deadly sins; her relationship with Peter Martins; her thoughts on New York City Ballet and why she is glad to have spent her career there.

Uniform Title

Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project.

Alternative Title

• Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project.
• Dance Oral History Project.
• Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• New York City Ballet
• Martins, Peter, 1946-
• Ballet dancing
• Robbins, Jerome
• Soto, Jock
• Balanchine, George
• Ratmanskiĭ, Alekseĭ, 1968-
• Audiotapes > Whelan, W
• Whelan, Wendy
• Wheeldon, Christopher
• Cook, Bart
• Ballet > Study and teaching

Note

• Interview with Wendy Whelan conducted by Nancy Reynolds on Oct. 12, 2011 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City, as part of the Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project.

Access (note)

• Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Credits (note)

• Video production and post-production, François Bernadi.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Oct. 12, 2011.

Funding (note)

• The recording of this interview was made possible by a gift from Anne H. Bass.

System Details (note)

• Streaming video.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7020

OCLC

777020221

Author

Whelan, Wendy. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Wendy Whelan [electronic resource] : Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project / interviewer, Nancy Reynolds.

Imprint

2011.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project.

System Details

Streaming video.

Event

Videotaped at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Oct. 12, 2011.

Credits

Video production and post-production, François Bernadi.

Performer

Interviewee, Wendy Whelan.

Funding

The recording of this interview was made possible by a gift from Anne H. Bass.

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Bass, Anne H. Funder

Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer

Bernadi, François, videographer.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7020

*MGZMT 3-7020