Royal Ballet School and joined The Royal Ballet in 1991. In 1993, he joined New

York City Ballet and was promoted to Soloist in 1998. He was named NYCB’s first

Resident Choreographer in July 2001. Since then, Mr. Wheeldon has created and

staged productions for the world’s major ballet companies.

Mr. Wheeldon is Artistic Associate of The Royal Ballet where he has created many

works including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale, both of

which were co-productions with The National Ballet of Canada. He has also

choreographed for the Metropolitan Opera, created ballet sequences for the feature

film Center Stage (2000) and Sweet Smell of Success on Broadway (2002), created

a special excerpt for the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics and was

the Artistic Director for Les Arts Decoratif’s Fashion Forward exhibit in Paris

(2016).

In 2014, Mr. Wheeldon directed and choreographed the musical version of An

American in Paris, which had productions in Paris, on Broadway, and in London.

Most recently he directed and choreographed MJ The Musical (2022), both winning

four Tony Awards, including Best Choreography. The latter is currently on

Broadway, touring in America, London’s West End (Olivier award for Best Theatre

Choreographer), Hamburg, and Australia.

His many other awards include an Outer Critics Award for Best Choreography and

Direction, the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center, the American

Choreography Award, the Dance Magazine Award, multiple London Critics’ Circle

Awards, the Leonard Massine Prize, the Benois de la Danse and an Olivier Award.

In 2016, Mr. Wheeldon was named an Order of the British Empire (OBE) and was

made an Honorary Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.