WILLIAM WHITENER
DIRECTOR - CHOREOGRAPHER
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Director-Choreographer-Educator-LecturerWilliam Whitener performed worldwide and on Broadway with The Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp Dance, Bob Fosse's Dancin', New York City Opera and Martha Clarke's Garden of Earthly Delights. He choreographed over sixty dances for Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Ballet Hispanico, Seattle Repertory Theater, Seattle Opera and John Curry's Ice Theatre. He has also created dances for stage and television for Ann Reinking, Tommy Tune, Bill Irwin and Faith Prince and staged the debut of American Ballroom Theater at The Kennedy Center and BAM. Mr. Whitener has set Twyla Tharp's ballets in the U.S and France and assisted Mr. Robbins with pre-production for Jerome Robbins' Broadway. He served as Artistic Director for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and Kansas City Ballet. He was an evaluator for the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, a jury member of Benois de la Danse and has served on a variety of panels including the NEA and Pew Charitable Trust Fund. He has taught ballet, modern dance and composition at Harvard University Summer Dance, Cornish College of the Arts, University of Washington, Pacific Northwest Ballet and was the Director of Dance at Concord Academy. In 2021, Mr. Whitener became a member of The Advisory Board for The Ann Reinking Scholarship Program and joined The Clive and Valerie Barnes Foundation as an Awards Panelist
Mercy of the Elements
Choreography: William Whitener Dancers: Tempe Ostergren and Alexander Peters Kansas City Ballet |
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William Whitener Chronology
2021 The Clive and Valerie Barnes Foundation Awards Panelist 2021 Advisory Board The Ann Reinking Scholarship Program 2021 Artistic Advisor New York Theatre Ballet 2020 The Bessie Awards Nominating Committee Member Full Chronology |