Christopher Wheeldon is one of the most prolific choreographers and outstanding directors in the world today. An OBE, and Tony Award-winner for the 2015 Broadway production of An American in Paris ...

The following script is from "Christopher Wheeldon" which aired on April 3, 2016, and was rebroadcast on Aug. 7, 2016. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Ruth Streeter and Kaylee Tully, producers.

Due to popular demand, The Joffrey Ballet has announced an extended weekend of performances for two-time Tony Award-winner Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Marking the first ...

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. Seeing Starlight Express: it was ...

When Ashley Wheater took over as artistic director at the Joffrey Ballet in 2007, he was shocked to discover the state of sets for the company’s long-running production of The Nutcracker. “The scenery ...

The New York Times reports that Royal Ballet-trained Wheeldon resigned on 18 February after continuing rows between him and his executive director Lourdes Lopez. Lopez claimed Wheeldon could not spare ...

Precocious and prolific, the British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, at 38, is world renowned. Many on the ballet scene believe he’s the one who will assume George Ballanchine’s mantel and lead ...

NEW YORK -- For some years now, choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has had the ballet crowd eating from his hand. Few contemporary dance makers have demonstrated Wheeldon's talent, and hardly any have ...

While many young choreographers today are eager to kick off the pointe shoes, Christopher Wheeldon prefers his dancers to keep them on. The 33-year-old British-born dancemaker, currently resident ...

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’s new series ...