July's Ballerina: Wendy Whelan

Fact #1- Her repertoire includes over fifty ballets.
Fact #2- Wendy only ever met George Balanchine once, for he died a year after she arrived at SAB.




Wendy Whelan and Pete Lay rehearsing The Rite of Spring


David Michalek and Wendy Whelan





Wendy Whelan with Albert Evans Herman Schmerman pas de deux (photo by Paul Kolnik)