Wheeldon was born in England and trained at The Royal Ballet where he is artistic associate. He's only 43, but has already created over 90 works, many for the world's major ballet companies.

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.

Christopher Wheeldon’s “Like Water for Chocolate” is a new kind of endeavor for the company: a full-length work based on a contemporary novel and popular film. By Marina Harss ...

The Joffrey Ballet will hold open auditions for the Children’s Cast of Christopher Wheeldon’s “The Nutcracker” Friday and ...

Wheeldon was born in England and trained at The Royal Ballet where he is artistic associate. He's only 43, but has already created over 90 works, many for the world's major ballet companies.

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon blurs ballet and variety show in Joffrey’s ‘Alice’ The prolific English dancemaker is also the force behind Joffrey’s Chicago-set ‘Nutcracker.

Wheeldon was named resident choreographer, and more good work followed: In principal dancer Wendy Whelan, a sensitive performer in a thin, scoliotic physique, Wheeldon found his muse; in turn ...

Wheeldon has drawn his 17 dancers from all over the globe and surrounded them with impressive production values. He is also determined to reveal the limits of the classical vocabulary.

Christopher Wheeldon’s lengthy “The Winter’s Tale,” a ballet based on the Shakespeare play, is filled with bad behavior but also love and forgiveness. By Gia Kourlas Amy Sherman-Palladino ...