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Wheeldon’s extensive work with San Francisco Ballet includes six world premiere works: Sea
Pictures, Continuum, Rush, Quaternary, Within the Golden Hour, and Ghosts. The Company
has also staged versions of his Polyphonia, pas de deux from After the Rain, and Carousel (A
Dance). In 2003, San Francisco Ballet took a f ull evening of Wheeldon works on tour to the
Edinburgh Festival, where it received the prestigious Herald Angel Award for excellence at the
festival.
Wheeldon founded Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company in 2007 with the goal of introducing a
new spirit of innovation to classical ballet by fostering collaboration among choreographers,
dancers, visual a rtists, d esigners, c omposers, and o thers who can b ring ne w l ife an d
perspective to ballet. As Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Wheeldon choreographed a number
of n ew works f or M orphoses, i ncluding Fools’ Paradise and Rhapsodie Fantaisie, a mong
others. Launched at th e Vail International Dance Festival in August 2 007, Morphoses
performed as Guest Resident Company at both Sadler’s Wells in London and New York City
Center. Morphoses won the prestigious South Bank Show Award for its 2007 London season.
In February 2010, Wheeldon resigned from his position with Morphoses. He continues to
choreograph ne w w orks f or an i nternational ar ray o f t op d ance c ompanies. Recent projects
included a full-length production of Alice in Wonderland for London’s Royal Ballet. In 2013,
SF Ballet will present the U.S. premiere of Wheeldon’s new Cinderella, a co-production with
Dutch National Ballet.
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