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Interview with Wendy Whelan: Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project

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Interview with Wendy Whelan

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Title
Interview with Wendy Whelan: Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project
Names
Whelan, Wendy (Interviewee)
Bass, Anne H. (Funder)
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- (Interviewer)
Bernadi, François (Videographer)
Collection

Speaking of Dancing Oral History Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2011
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7020
Topics
Whelan, Wendy
Balanchine, George
Robbins, Jerome
Cook, Bart
Wheeldon, Christopher
Soto, Jock
Ratmanskiĭ, Alekseĭ, 1968-
Martins, Peter, 1946-
New York City Ballet
Ballet dancing
Ballet -- Study and teaching
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Venue: 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.
Creation/production credits: Video production and post-production, François Bernadi.
Funding: The recording of this interview was made possible by a gift from Anne H. Bass.
Content: A transcript (53 leaves) of this interview is available in the Dance Division. Call number *MGZMT 3-7020
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (HDV) (75 min.) : sound, color
Description
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.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19539287
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 197aaae0-f874-0130-eaf7-3c075448cc4b
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Wendy Whelan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2011. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1b0a6580-f874-0130-b1ce-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Wendy Whelan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1b0a6580-f874-0130-b1ce-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2011). Interview with Wendy Whelan Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1b0a6580-f874-0130-b1ce-3c075448cc4b

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Interview with Wendy Whelan