Nancy Reynolds conducts an interview with Wendy Whelan, beginning by reading aloud several comments from critics and artists about Whelan's dancing. Whelan speaks about how she began dancing; her early training and teachers in Louisville, Kentucky; her early exposure to Balanchine's choreography and how she came to study at the School of American Ballet and joined New York City Ballet; her qualities as a young dancer and struggles in her early career; Bart Cook's role in teaching her ballets by Balanchine and Jerome Robbins; her attitude toward classical ballet roles, and her career arc. Whelan discusses the usefulness of watching herself on video; her relationship with Jerome Robbins and experiences dancing his ballets; how events in her personal life influenced her development as a dancer; her relationship with Christopher Wheeldon and the roles he choreographed for her; her experiences working with Alexei Ratmansky; her dance partnership with Jock Soto; her experience teaching Wheeldon's Liturgy to New York City Ballet dancers, including Sara Adams; how she studies music for the ballets she performs in; her role in Lynne Taylor-Corbett's ballet The seven deadly sins; her relationship with Peter Martins; her thoughts on New York City Ballet and why she is glad to have spent her career there.