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Wheeldon’s Alice: The Royal Ballet shines in a vehicle of excellence

By Amanda Jennings, 13 June 2025

Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland shows off The Royal Ballet's roster of supreme dance actors in every version of technical wizardry and comic incarnation.

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London

14 Jun 2025

Wheeldon’s Alice: The Royal Ballet shines in a vehicle of excellence

By Amanda Jennings

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Tokyo

Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland dazzles again in Tokyo

By Naomi Mori, 12 June 2025

Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland returned to the National Ballet of Japan, a marvelous production that amply displays the many talents of the company.

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Tokyo

17 Jun 2025

Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland dazzles again in Tokyo

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The Royal Ballet, Wheeldon’s Ballet to Broadway: never a dull moment

By Graham Watts, 09 May 2025

A showcase presenting the rich diversity of Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography should become a staple in The Royal Ballet's calendar.

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London

11 May 2025

The Royal Ballet, Wheeldon’s Ballet to Broadway: never a dull moment

By Graham Watts

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Fewer words, more heart: Wheeldon underwhelms in The Australian Ballet’s Oscar

By Katie Lawrence, 08 November 2024

The Australian Ballet’s first commissioned full-length work in 20 years, based on the life of Oscar Wilde, fails to fully take flight.

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Sydney

10 Nov 2024

Fewer words, more heart: Wheeldon underwhelms in TAB’s Oscar

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Wheeldon’s Alice is an attractive but disjointed spectacular

By Vikki Jane Vile, 28 September 2024

Last seen in 2017, Christopher Wheeldon’s take on the classic Lewis Carroll novel returns to the Royal Opera House stage, or rather Royal Ballet and Opera as we must now call it.

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London

29 Sep 2024

Wheeldon’s Alice is an attractive but disjointed spectacular

By Vikki Jane Vile

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American Ballet Theatre's Like Water for Chocolate nails the climax

By Erin Bomboy, 17 July 2024

Wheeldon’s choreography eschews the sweep and expanse of classical ballet for gravity-succumbing floor rolls and lots of twirling, swirling and swishy port de bras.

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New York City

19 Jul 2024

American Ballet Theatre's Like Water for Chocolate nails the climax

By Erin Bomboy

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Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter’s Tale: a true modern classic

By Amanda Jennings, 03 May 2024

This tenth anniversary revival of Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale looks as fresh as on the original opening night.

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London

06 May 2024

Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter’s Tale: a true modern classic

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Aussie Ballet brings Wheeldon’s masterpiece to life

By Katie Lawrence, 20 February 2024

The Australian Ballet revives Christopher Wheeldon's wildly imaginative take on Alice in Wonderland, in a magical masterpiece of wit and colour.

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Sydney

22 Feb 2024

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Wheeldon’s ballet brought to life

By Katie Lawrence

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Like Water For Chocolate: frustratingly earthbound

By Ivy Lin, 24 June 2023

Wheeldon lacks the imagination to take this story beyond that of a well-crafted adaptation of a beloved movie.

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New York City

25 Jun 2023

Like Water For Chocolate: frustratingly earthbound

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Hove

A rapt performance from Tenebrae in Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles at the Brighton Festival

By David Truslove, 13 May 2023

Thought-provoking and spine-tingling in equal measure, this performance of Joby Talbot’s pilgrimage work showcases Tenebrae as one of the UK’s most significant choral groups.

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Hove

15 May 2023

A rapt performance from Tenebrae in Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles

By David Truslove

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Auckland

The Wishing Tree: the Gesualdo Six at the Auckland Arts Festival

By Simon Holden, 15 March 2023

From the oppressed Catholic minority of 16th-century England to contemporary settings, The Gesualdo Six bring their Wishing Tree programme to Auckland.

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Auckland

17 Mar 2023

The Wishing Tree: the Gesualdo Six at the Auckland Arts Festival

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Tokyo

Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland dazzles at National Ballet of Japan

By Naomi Mori, 03 June 2022

Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland proves to be one of the greatest recent successes at the National Ballet of Japan, promising a feast of delights, an enjoyable night at the ballet for both children and adults.

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Tokyo

09 Jun 2022

Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland dazzles in Tokyo

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Mexican flavours infuse Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate for The Royal Ballet

By Graham Watts, 02 June 2022

Laura Esquivel’s extraordinary novel of recipes, romances and home remedies brought to life in Christopher Wheeldon and Joby Talbot's new creation.

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London

05 Jun 2022

Mexican flavours infuse Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate

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Australian Ballet is back with a bang in its Celebration Gala!

By Chantal Nguyen, 25 November 2021

After two years of pandemic disruptions, the Australian Ballet celebrates its return to the stage with this gala of impressively-chosen showstopper pas de deux.

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Sydney

26 Nov 2021

Australian Ballet is back with a bang in its Celebration Gala!

By Chantal Nguyen

Chicago

Conquering Everest and Aleko: Chicago Opera Theater's bold study of contrasts

By Katherine Syer, 16 November 2019

An unusual double bill of operas by Joby Talbot and Sergei Rachmaninov under conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya in Chicago.

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Chicago

20 Nov 2019

Chicago Opera Theater's bold study of contrasts

By Katherine Syer

Prom 25: Miloš Karadaglić creates mystery and atmosphere in Joby Talbot’s new concerto

By Mark Thomas, 02 August 2018

Miloš Karadaglić provides atmosphere and virtuosity in Joby Talbot’s newest work, while Alexander Vedernikov and the BBC Symphony Orchestra give Russian flourishes in Glinka and Tchaikovsky.

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London

03 Aug 2018

Intoxicating moods at the Proms

By Mark Thomas

A ballet for all seasons: Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale returns to Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger, 13 February 2018

A strongly cast revival of The Winter's Tale by The Royal Ballet confirms one of Shakespeare's "problem plays" as perhaps being best suited to dance.

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London

14 Feb 2018

A ballet for all seasons: The Winter’s Tale returns

By Mark Pullinger

Wonderland Down Under: Australian Ballet sparkles in Alice’s Adventures 

By Chantal Nguyen, 08 December 2017

Alice is the Australian Ballet’s biggest production yet, calling for all-stops-out artistic wizardry to reconjure the wit and whimsy of Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic.

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Sydney

15 Dec 2017

Wonderland Down Under in Sydney

By Chantal Nguyen

The Royal Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

By Graham Watts, 27 September 2017

As with Carroll’s original fantasy novel, Wheeldon’s wonderful ballet matures and pleases, yet more, at each revisit.

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London

28 Sep 2017

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland returns

By Graham Watts

Milan

Aterballetto and Piccolo Teatro, the perfect match

By Martina Angioloni, 07 June 2017

Piccolo Teatro celebrates its 70th anniversary with the best Italian independent contemporary dance company, Aterballetto.

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Milan

09 Jun 2017

Aterballetto at the Piccolo Teatro

By Martina Angioloni

Washington

It's complicated: Justin Peck's take on Ballet Across America

By Hilary Stroh, 22 April 2017

Open-ended works provide different angle on Ballet across America

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Washington

23 Apr 2017

Curated by Justin Peck

By Hilary Stroh

A Glitter-free Gala for Joffrey’s Return to New York City

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 30 March 2017

I can’t help feeling that an opportunity was missed.

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New York City

01 Apr 2017

Joffrey's NY gala disappoints

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Wayne McGregor celebrates ten years at the Royal Ballet

By Philippa Newis, 14 November 2016

Wayne McGregor's triple bill at the Royal Opera House celebrates his 10th year as Resident Choreographer of the Royal Ballet. His insatiable curiosity and driving creativity has brought challenge, change and occasionally controversy to the cornerstone of British ballet.

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London

16 Nov 2016

McGregor: 10 years at the Royal Ballet

By Philippa Newis

Prom 44: Brushing up our Shakespeare on Stage and Screen

By Hedy Mühleck, 18 August 2016

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Keith Lockhart offered a snapshot of the Bard's lasting artistic impact with music for composed for stage and screen, from this side of the Atlantic and beyond the pond.

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London

19 Aug 2016

Brushed up our Shakespeare in Prom 44

By Hedy Mühleck

Masterful Story-telling in Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale for NBC

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 28 July 2016

Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale for the National Ballet of Canada succeeds admirably as a narrative ballet.

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New York City

30 Jul 2016

Wheeldon's Winter's Tale in NY

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Wheeldon's glorious Winter's Tale returns for Shakespeare400

By Alexandra Desvignes, 12 April 2016

Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter's Tale (created for The Royal Ballet in 2014) is back on the Covent Garden stage this month and is as fresh and pristine second time around.

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London

14 Apr 2016

Wheeldon's Winter's Tale returns for Shakespeare400

By Alexandra Desvignes

Washington

A study in jealousy: US première of Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale

By Hilary Stroh, 19 January 2016

A gracious US première of The Winter's Tale by the National Ballet of Canada.

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Washington

20 Jan 2016

A study in jealousy: The Winter's Tale

By Hilary Stroh

Toronto

The Winter's Tale, National Ballet of Canada

By Naomi Mori, 19 November 2015

Wheeldon's Winter's Tale for The National Ballet of Canada is a soaring success.

Toronto

22 Dec 2015

The Winter’s Tale, National Ballet of Canada

By Naomi Mori

Montreal

Triple dose of neoclassical minimalism from National Ballet of Canada

By Rebecca Galloway, 01 October 2015

The National Ballet of Canada opens the Danse Danse festival in Montreal with a triple bill of minimalist neoclassical works.

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Montreal

04 Oct 2015

Neoclassical minimalism in Montreal

By Rebecca Galloway

Seattle

Pacific Northwest Ballet - See the Music

By Pia Lo, 26 September 2015

The Pacific Northwest Ballet's season opener captures different periods of neoclassical ballet with Christopher Wheeldon's Tide Harmonic, George Balanchine's Prodigal Son and Jerome Robbin's The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody).

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Seattle

28 Sep 2015

Neoclassical idioms of PNB's repertoire

By Pia Lo

Amsterdam

The best of British dance in Dutch National Ballet's Cool Britannia

By Isabella Zijp, 17 June 2015

Dutch National Ballet closes a vibrant season with Cool Britannia, including exciting world premieres by David Dawson and Christopher Wheeldon and a sensational performance of Wayne McGregor's Chroma.

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Amsterdam

20 Jun 2015

The best of British dance in Amsterdam

By Isabella Zijp

Dallas

Into thin air: La Wally and Everest at Dallas Opera

By Bachtrack reviewer, 07 February 2015

Two mountain-themed operas were performed recently in Dallas, including the much-anticipated world première of Joby Talbot's Everest.

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Dallas

09 Feb 2015

Into thin air: La Wally and Everest

By Bachtrack reviewer

Pacific Northwest Ballet at The Joyce

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 08 October 2014

Pacific Northwest Ballet presented an interesting and mostly very good repertory program at the Joyce with standout performances by James Moore and Carla Korbes. These are some of the finest dancers around, espectially the women.

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New York City

10 Oct 2014

Pacific Northwest Ballet in NY

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

The Australian Ballet take on the challenge of Chroma

By Pia Savoie, 01 May 2014

Pia Savoie reviews the Australian Ballet in Chroma at the Sydney Opera House, including works by Wayne McGregor, Jiři Kylián, and a new choreography by Stephen Baynes.

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Sydney

03 May 2014

Australian Ballet in Chroma

By Pia Savoie

A spring hit for Royal Ballet's The Winter's Tale

By Margaret Willis, 10 April 2014

This production is beautiful to look at and has interesting, atmospheric commissioned music. With The Winter's Tale it is evident that inventive choreographer Wheeldon and The Royal Ballet have another hit on their hands.

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London

13 Apr 2014

A spring hit for Royal Ballet's The Winter's Tale

By Margaret Willis

Boston

Boston Ballet's Chroma: A powerful boost for the city's spirit

By Kathryn Maus, 09 May 2013

When planning for the 2012/13 season, Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen could not have known how incredibly well-timed Chroma would seem for the Boston community.

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Boston

14 May 2013

Boston Ballet's Chroma: A powerful boost for the city's spirit

By Kathryn Maus

Top-notch contemporary ballet from The Royal Ballet's new trinity of modern choreographers

By Hanna Weibye, 03 November 2012

With the triple bill Viscera / Infra / Fool’s Paradise, The Royal Ballet have confirmed the status of their new holy trinity of choreographers: Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon and Liam Scarlett.

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London

06 Nov 2012

Top-notch contemporary ballet from The Royal Ballet's new trinity of modern choreographers

By Hanna Weibye