Wendy Whelan Ties New York City Ballet To Balanchine, But Dances For The Present And Future

The 44-year-old dancer, now rehearsing for shows choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, came to City Ballet in the early 1980s. Now, “she is one of a dwindling few active company dancers to have worked with Jerome Robbins and the only link to the great personalities handpicked by Balanchine.”