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- DANCEBEAT – August 7, 2019 – “What Stands May Fall”
- THE BERKSHIRE EDGE – August 5, 2019 – “‘THE DAY’: A requiem for 9/11”
- THE BOSTON GLOBE – August 2, 2019 – “In ‘THE DAY,’ afloat in a haunting landscape filled with ghosts”
- MASSLIVE – August 2, 2019 – “Wendy Whelan presents powerful performance at Jacob’s Pillow”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES – August 1, 2019 – “Review: Wendy Whelan and Maya Beiser’s Meditation on 9/11”
- VOGUE – July 16, 2019 – “Inside Wendy Whelan’s Triumphant Return to the New York City Ballet”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES – February 28, 2019 – “City Ballet, Shaken by Turmoil, Chooses New Leaders”
- THE WASHINGTON POST – December 10, 2017 – “Wendy Whelan: Ex-ballerina refuses to play it safe in her dazzling second act”
- BACHTRACK – December 1, 2017 – “Some of a thousand … steps (Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks)”
- FRESH AIR, NPR – July 10, 2017 – “From Injury To Recovery, A Ballerina Fought To Retire On Her Own Terms”
- THE ROGOVOY REPORT – July 30, 2016 – “(Dance Review) Wendy Whelan/Brian Brooks/Brooklyn Rider, Jacob’s Pillow, 7.29.16”
- BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS – July 29, 2016 – “Wendy Whelan Duet at Jacob’s Pillow,
Some of a Thousand Words with Brian Brooks” - THE GUARDIAN – July 12, 2015 – “Other Stories review – flashing the artistic wealth of experience”
- THE GUARDIAN – July 10, 2015 – “Whelan/Watson: Other Stories review – thrillingly erotic interplay”
- LONDONDANCE – July 10, 2015 – “Review: Whelan / Watson Other Stories – Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House”
- LONDON EVENING STANDARD – July 10, 2015 – “Whelan/Watson: Other stories, ballet review: Power, mystery and obsession as two bodies meet”
- THE GUARDIAN – July 5, 2015 – “Keep dancing: the ballet stars leaping through the age barrier”
- THE GUARDIAN – June 28, 2015 – “The ballet dancers growing older gracefully”
- CRITICAL DANCE – June 14, 2015 – “Wendy Whelan Lets Her Hair Down”
- OUT Magazine – May 29, 2015 – “Why Dance Needs Older Dancers”
- GLOSSED & FOUND – January 2015 – “Dance Revolution! Meet Wendy Whelan [Video]
- VANITY FAIR – November 2014 – “Mikhail Baryshnikov Praises Ballerina Wendy Whelan’s Grace”
- NPR – October 17, 2014 – “Poetry In Motion: Prima Ballerina Retires After 3-Decade Career “
- THE NEW YORKER – October 16, 2014 – “Nothing To Hide: Wendy Whelan Retires “
- ASSOCIATED PRESS – October 14, 2014 – “A beloved American ballerina, ending an era”
- ARTS BEAT – NEW YORK TIMES – September 23, 2014 – “Ratmansky and Wheeldon to Collaborate on City Ballet Work”
- KINFOLK – Issue 13 – “Making a Pointe”
- DANCE MAGAZINE – August 2013 – Video “Wendy Whelan discusses ‘Restless Creature’”
- NEW YORK TIMES – January 20, 2012 – “A Dancer Who Can Remember The Giants”
- DANCE MAGAZINE – March 2009 – “Why I Dance”
- NEW YORK TIMES – January 22, 2006 – “In the Balance”