Wendy Whelan News

The 17th annual edition of the spectacular Fire Island Dance Festival raised a record-breaking $340,445, surpassing the previous record by more than $23,000. Fire Island Dance Festival 17, the most anticipated cultural event of the season at Fire Island Pines, was presented July 15-17 and is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) launches its 2011-2012 season of dance with six exhilarating companies featuring some of the most significant and distinctive choreography today, including three New Orleans debuts and a world premiere.

Ten emerging and world-renowned dancers, dance companies and choreographers will join two-time Tony Award-winner and celebrated dancer Bebe Neuwirth at Fire Island Dance Festival 17, the most anticipated cultural event of the season at Fire Island Pines. Scheduled for July 16-17, this outdoor celebration of dance is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that two-time Tony Award-winner Bebe Neuwirth will host Fire Island Dance Festival 17, the most-anticipated cultural event of the Fire Island season as Dancers Responding to AIDS welcomes the country's most exhilarating dance companies.

New York City Ballet will present its third Dancers' Choice program on Sunday, June 12 at 7:30 PM. A benefit for NYCB's Dancers' Emergency Fund, the event was conceived by NYCB's Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins in 2008 to give the Company's dancers an opportunity to plan a NYCB performance.

New York City Ballet premieres a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Seven Deadly Sins highlighted by the NYCB debut of acclaimed stage and screen star Patti LuPone.

The New York City Ballet has announced that choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, singer Patti LuPone, and NYCB Principal Dancer Wendy Whelan will take part in a 90-minute seminar May 9th, to discuss the creation of Taylor-Corbett's new work, The Seven Deadly Sins.

The evening's performance, produced by Erin Fogarty and New York City Ballet principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht, will include three World Premiere pieces and will be performed by Daniel Ulbricht, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar, Tyler Angle, Craig Hall, Wendy Whelan, Maria Kowroski, and Sterling Hyltin, as well as Matthew Rushing, Attila Csiki, Keigwin + Company, Alex Wong, and Martin Harvey to choreography by George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Benjamin Millepied, Larry Keigwin, Lar Lubovitch, Earl Mosley, Alex Wong and Robert Fairchild, and Daniel Ulbricht.

New York City Ballet premieres a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Seven Deadly Sins highlighted by the NYCB debut of acclaimed stage and screen star Patti LuPone.

The New York City Ballet has announced that choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, singer Patti LuPone, and NYCB Principal Dancer Wendy Whelan will take part in a 90-minute seminar May 9th, to discuss the creation of Taylor-Corbett's new work, The Seven Deadly Sins.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, National Historic Landmark and recent recipient of a 2010 National Medal of Arts, today launches Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive, an online video collection of dance highlights from 1937 through 2010.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) will offer post-show discussions following select performances of TIMON OF ATHENS, the inaugural production of Public LAB SHAKESPEARE featuring Richard Thomas in the title role.

Manhattan Movement & Arts Center presents Pointe and Pirouettes on Monday, February 21, 2011 at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center at 248 W. 60th Street, NYC (between Amsterdam and West End Avenues) in the Lincoln Center area.

The evening's performance, produced by Erin Fogarty and New York City Ballet principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht, will include three World Premiere pieces and will be performed by Daniel Ulbricht, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar, Tyler Angle, Craig Hall, Wendy Whelan, Maria Kowroski, and Sterling Hyltin, as well as Matthew Rushing, Attila Csiki, Keigwin + Company, Alex Wong, and Martin Harvey to choreography by George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Benjamin Millepied, Larry Keigwin, Lar Lubovitch, Earl Mosley, Alex Wong and Robert Fairchild, and Daniel Ulbricht.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) will offer post-show discussions following select performances of TIMON OF ATHENS, the inaugural production of Public LAB SHAKESPEARE featuring Richard Thomas in the title role.

Manhattan Movement & Arts Center presents Pointe and Pirouettes on Monday, February 21, 2011 at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center at 248 W. 60th Street, NYC (between Amsterdam and West End Avenues) in the Lincoln Center area.

Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief of the New York City Ballet, announced today that the Company will launch a new performance group called New York City Ballet Moves during the summer of 2011. Consisting of a small group of artists from the full company, New York City Ballet Moves will provide an opportunity to showcase NYCB's dancers and repertory in venues that might not be able to present the full company for financial or technical reasons. Martins will select a rotating group of performers from NYCB's roster of dancers and musicians to participate in the group's engagements.

The New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with three performances at Miller Theatre at Columbia University on Friday, November 5 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, November 6 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with three performances at Miller Theatre at Columbia University on Friday, November 5 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, November 6 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.