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 […]
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 […]
Choreographer and New York City Ballet soloist Justin Peck must be one of the busiest guys in ballet: Somehow he’s dancing full-time while also creating what seems like a never-ending string of imaginative new works. His latest for NYCB, Everywhere We Go, premieres May 8. It marks Peck’s second time using music by indie darling […]
Enter now to win a pair of tickets to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Love & Ballet mixed bill, Thursday June 7 at 7:30 pm in Seattle, Washington. The program features Christopher Wheeldon’s Tide Harmonic and After the Rain pas de deux, Benjamin Millepied’s Appassionata and Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit. Loading…
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2014 issue of Pointe. Growing up together, first as students at the School of American Ballet and then as young dancers on the rise at New York City Ballet, Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild dated off and on. With their lives on the same track for nearly a […]
This is Pointe’s August/September 2014 Cover Story. A few months ago, Tiler Peck turned 25. It’s an age when most ballet dancers are earning their first breakout roles, gradually discovering who they are onstage. Not Peck. She followed an uncommonly accelerated path to the spotlight, joining New York City Ballet as an apprentice in 2004 […]
This February boasts dozens of exciting onstage performances. Here are some of the world premieres, collaborations and celebrations hitting the stage this month. New Justin Peck and Jamar Roberts Ballets at NYCB New York City Ballet’s winter season, which runs through February 27, boasts two world premieres. It kicked off in late January with Partita, […]
Andrei Chagas has taken many leaps of faith in his career. His latest has him landing back where it all started: After making his Broadway debut in the revival of Carousel and playing a Shark in the upcoming West Side Story film remake, he’s now returning to Miami City Ballet as a corps de ballet dancer. Chagas left his hometown […]