woman on stage. You're always trying to decode this person when she moves." Originated roles Ulysses Dove: Red Angels Jorma Elo: Slice to Sharp Albert Evans: In a Landscape William Forsythe: Herman Schmerman Peter Martins: Ash, Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements), Les petits riens Wayne McGregor: Outlier Alexei Ratmansky: Concerto DSCH, Namouna, A Grand Divertissement, Pictures at an Exhibition, Russian Seasons Jerome Robbins: Brandenburg Lynne Taylor-Corbett: The Seven Deadly Sins Christopher Wheeldon: After the Rain, Les Carillons, Klavier, Liturgy, Morphoses, The Nightingale and the Rose, Polyphonia, Five Movements, Three Repeats Awards and honours 2007: Nominated for an Olivier Award and a Critics' Circle Award for her performances with the Morphoses/Wheeldon Company. 2007: Dance Magazine award 2009: Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Bellarmine University 2011: The Jerome Robbins Award 2011: Bessie Award for Sustained Achievement in Performance Personal life Whelan married photographer David Michalek in September 2005. They reside in New York City. References 1967 births Living people Artists from Louisville, Kentucky American ballerinas New York City Ballet New York City Ballet principal dancers 20th-century American ballet dancers 21st-century American ballet dancers Dancers from Kentucky Morphoses dancers School of American Ballet alumni J. Graham Brown School alumni Kentucky women artists 21st-century American women