Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company
E874401
Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company was a contemporary ballet company founded and artistically led by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, known for its innovative, collaborative approach to dance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10595818 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company Context triple: [Christopher Wheeldon, employer, Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company]
-
A.
Ballet for Martha
Ballet for Martha is the original title of Aaron Copland’s iconic ballet score later known as Appalachian Spring, created for choreographer Martha Graham.
-
B.
Charles Weidman Theatre Dance Company
The Charles Weidman Theatre Dance Company was a modern dance troupe established by pioneering American choreographer Charles Weidman to present his innovative theatrical and expressive works.
-
C.
Aubade (ballet)
Aubade is a one-act ballet with music by French composer Georges Auric, known for its modernist style and contribution to early 20th-century ballet repertoire.
-
D.
Judson Dance Theater
Judson Dance Theater was a pioneering 1960s collective of choreographers, dancers, and artists in New York City that radically redefined modern dance through experimental, interdisciplinary, and democratic approaches to movement.
-
E.
Dance Symphony
Dance Symphony is a concert work by American composer Aaron Copland that adapts and expands material from his earlier ballet Grohg into a three-movement orchestral piece.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company Target entity description: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company was a contemporary ballet company founded and artistically led by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, known for its innovative, collaborative approach to dance.
-
A.
Ballet for Martha
Ballet for Martha is the original title of Aaron Copland’s iconic ballet score later known as Appalachian Spring, created for choreographer Martha Graham.
-
B.
Charles Weidman Theatre Dance Company
The Charles Weidman Theatre Dance Company was a modern dance troupe established by pioneering American choreographer Charles Weidman to present his innovative theatrical and expressive works.
-
C.
Aubade (ballet)
Aubade is a one-act ballet with music by French composer Georges Auric, known for its modernist style and contribution to early 20th-century ballet repertoire.
-
D.
Judson Dance Theater
Judson Dance Theater was a pioneering 1960s collective of choreographers, dancers, and artists in New York City that radically redefined modern dance through experimental, interdisciplinary, and democratic approaches to movement.
-
E.
Dance Symphony
Dance Symphony is a concert work by American composer Aaron Copland that adapts and expands material from his earlier ballet Grohg into a three-movement orchestral piece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary ballet company
ⓘ
performing arts organization ⓘ |
| artForm |
ballet
ⓘ
contemporary dance ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | Christopher Wheeldon ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
contemporary reinterpretations of classical ballet vocabulary
ⓘ
new choreography ⓘ |
| artisticLeader | Christopher Wheeldon ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
composers
ⓘ
designers ⓘ other ballet companies ⓘ visual artists ⓘ |
| collaborativeApproach |
choreographers
ⓘ
dancers ⓘ musicians ⓘ visual artists ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creativeModel | project-based company ⓘ |
| employs |
ballet dancers
ⓘ
contemporary dancers ⓘ |
| field | dance ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Christopher Wheeldon ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary ballet ⓘ |
| hasArtisticVision |
to expand the boundaries of ballet
ⓘ
to integrate contemporary art and music into ballet performance ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cross-disciplinary collaborations
ⓘ
innovative approach to ballet ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | non-verbal ⓘ |
| performanceMedium |
festival stages
ⓘ
theater ⓘ |
| performedWorksBy |
Christopher Wheeldon
ⓘ
guest choreographers ⓘ |
| primaryDiscipline | choreography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company Description of subject: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company was a contemporary ballet company founded and artistically led by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, known for its innovative, collaborative approach to dance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.