# Wendy Whelan

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Episode 148: New Combinations: Jamar Roberts

Associate Artistic Director and host Wendy Whelan is back for another enlightening New Combinations conversation. This week, she's joined by choreographer Jamar Roberts, whose newest work for the company will premiere during the Fall Fashion Gala on October 8, timing he describes as "full-circle," …

MSP 14: Nel Shelby

An interview with a woman who is all things dance video, Nel Shelby. Nel preserves and promotes dance by filming performances and creating marketing videos and original films. Her company Nel Shelby Productions, based in NYC, boasts a diverse list of dance clients in New York and beyond. Nel serves…

Episode 153: New Combinations: The Wind-Up

This week, New Combinations host and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan is joined by Resident Choreographer Justin Peck to discuss his upcoming world premiere. As Peck describes, the work takes inspiration from the score, the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3—the Eroica or "Heroic"…

Episode 154: New Combinations: The Naked King

New Combinations Host and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan is joined by Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky this week as the countdown to the choreographer's next world premiere—and the 500th work created on the company—continues. Commissioned by Serge Lifar in 1935, the score, by the litt…

Season 2 Finale: Advice from Megan Fairchild, Esteban Hernandez, Ashton Edwards, Katherine Barkman and more!

What is the advice that stays with you long after the curtain falls? In this Season 2 finale of the Grace & Form Podcast, we bring together the most powerful, honest, and unexpected pieces of wisdom from dancers, directors, and creative leaders across the ballet world. From Megan Fairchild, Ashto…

Episode 159: New Combinations: Continuum

New Combinations Host and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan is joined by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon this week, whose ballet Continuum will have its NYCB premiere on May 1. It's part of a trilogy of leotard ballets, including Polyphonia and Morphoses, set to a score by György Ligeti—a…

Episode 160: New Combinations: Symphonie Espagnole

Associate Artistic Director and host Wendy Whelan is back for a New Combinations conversation with Principal Dancer Tiler Peck as she prepares for the May 7 premiere of Symphonie Espagnole, her second choreographic commission for the company. Peck dives into the granularities of her process—from mu…

Episode 161: 25-26 Season Wrap-Up

As our 25-26 Season comes to a close, Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan reminisce over some of the year's most memorable moments. From welcoming former dancers to the front of the room and guest musicians into the orchestra pit, to choreographers retur…

Still Becoming—an Interview with Lloyd Knight

For over twenty years, Lloyd Knight has been one of the defining artists of the Martha Graham Dance Company, embodying works that have shaped modern dance while continuously expanding beyond them. Since joining the company in 2005 and rising to principal dancer in 2014, Knight has become one of th…

Episode 162: New Combinations: Auspicy

Alysa Pires' new ballet premieres October 1 at the 2026 Fall Fashion Gala and, as she discusses with Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan in our latest podcast episode, the work is a manifestation of maternal themes ignited by the music of late Canadian composer Jocelyn Morlock. For the piece, …