The Painter Who Inspired a New Ballet Posted by By Ella Riley-Adams May 3, 2023Posted inArt, Culture, Dancing, Manning, Kylie, Mitchell, Joni, New York City Ballet, Theater, Wheeldon, Christopher For Christopher Wheeldon’s return to New York City Ballet, he asked the artist Kylie Manning not just for backdrops and costumes but to, as he says, “form a dance within her world.”