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Meet "The Pecking Order," Justin Peck's Young Team of Répétiteurs

How does Justin Peck do it all? The Tony-award-winning resident choreographer at New York City Ballet is still performing as a company soloist. Yet he somehow manages to have his work performed by companies all over the world. Like most busy choreographers, he has répétiteurs who stage his work. When Peck started choreographing for NYCB, […]

Onstage This Week: Justin Peck Makes His Vail Dance Fest Choreographic Debut, Two Premieres at American Contemporary Ballet, and More!

Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Vail Dance Fest Enters Its Second Week With half a month devoted to creating new art in the midst of stunning nature, Vail Dance Festival seems a dancer’s paradise. Last week marked American Ballet Theatre’s festival debut. The second week of performances, […]

Designers Create Swimwear Line Based on Justin Peck Costumes

Have you ever walked out of a show wishing you could take the costumes home with you? Thanks to Reid & Harriet Design, the label behind many of New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre’s most imaginative contemporary costumes, this dream is becoming a reality. Founders Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung have designed a […]

Misty Copeland and Justin Peck Curate Ballet Across America

Misty Copeland’s dancing and Justin Peck’s choreography have graced stages around the world. Now, these two stars will test themselves as curators. This year, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, DC, features their respective visions as part of the Ballet Across America program, April 17–23. During the first half of […]

A Day in the Life of Dancer and Choreographer Justin Peck

Photography by Kyle Froman   It’s been a remarkable year for Justin Peck. Since last summer, the 25-year-old choreographer and New York City Ballet dancer has been promoted to soloist, seen the premieres of three of his works on the company’s home stage, created his first piece for Miami City Ballet and received a Benois […]

Justin Peck's Quirky New Pas de Deux

This interview first appeared in the April 17 Pointe e-newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter, click here. On April 20, Miami City Ballet will collaborate for the first time with Miami’s New World Symphony, premiering CHUTES AND LADDERS—a pas de deux by choreographer-of-the-moment Justin Peck—as part of the symphony’s New Work program. Pointe‘s e-news […]

Justin Peck Takes the Big Screen

The Tribeca Film Festival announced the films of its 2014 World Documentary Competition yesterday. Excitingly, one of the 12 chosen is Ballet 422, the collaboration between Ellen Bar, a former New York City Ballet soloist and the company’s director of media projects, and choreographer Justin Peck. Bar’s documentary follows Peck during the making of his […]