Quotes by Christopher Wheeldon

“It was great to go out from New York for a long period and separate what was me from all that Id learned there.”

“Those Degas paintings tell a story thats poignant and very dark,”

“Theres a bit of a strange twist to my ending – I wont say what. I was anxious not to abandon the romance, the fairy tale, the magic in this ballet but at the same time I wanted to reach that from an everyday world, for him to create that romantic notion of an ideal woman for himself – not to go skipping through some fairy-tale woods and stumble across an enchanted swan-woman.”

“There isnt the same culture of young dancers having to wait in line. They throw kids into the big roles, just to give them a chance.”