Ms. Whelan began her ballet training at age 3 with local teachers. At age eight, she entered the Louisville Ballet Academy, where she began an intense professional training program. In 1981 she did the School of American Ballet summer session, and entered as a full-time student a year later. In 1984, she became an apprentice to NYCB, and joined the company in January 1986 in the corps de ballet. She was promoted to the rank of Soloist in spring 1989, and to Principal in spring 1991.
In Agon
Wendy Whelan, James Fayette, and Alexander Ritter in Part 2 & 3 Inventions
With Nilas Martins in Liebeslieder Walzer
With Albert Evans
