[2] With his anticlassical choreography of La Fille mal gardée, he garnered wide recognition, and he was awarded a sponsorship prize from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1993.
Sometime later, the director of the Seoul Ballet Theatre, James Jeton, created a dance piece with ensemble members from the Ballett Basel.
Wherlock has worked with the stage designers Bruce French, Manfred Gruber, Regina Lorenz, and Michael Simon as well as with the costume designers Antonio D’Amico, Edward Hermans, Helena de Medeiros, Heidi de Raad, and Diana Stiehl.
In April 2014, it was announced that Richard Wherlock would also hold the position of Director of Ballett Basel during the Directorship of Andreas Beck.
In 2000 and 2003, Wherlock, in collaboration with Swiss director Markus Fischer, developed two movies for the broadcaster DRS, which both received multiple awards: Passengers and One Bullet Left.
In 2012, Simone Winkler’s documentary, Before Opening Night: Richard Wherlock and His Company, depicted the tension of the ensemble before a premiere.