Tag: justin peck

A still of Justin Peck in rehearsal from Ballet 422, via TribecaFilm.com. New York City Ballet has a big spring coming up—and not only because of the new JR piece in the works. Ballet 422, the documentary about NYCB dancer and choreographer Justin Peck, will make its debut at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival in […]

Ballet premieres are uniquely thrilling: The curtain rises, and suddenly you’re watching a combination of music and movement and design that no one has ever seen before. It’s pretty cool to see all the puzzle pieces come together in a single moment. But fabulous as that is, ballet dancers know that the really interesting stuff […]

Summer’s winding down and while you prepare to head back to school and the studio, we’re busy gearing up for the 2014 issues of Dance Spirit. But before we decide who will grace next year’s pages (and covers!), we want to hear about the dancers and choreographers you’re loving right now. To get you started, […]

Here’s yet another reason to be jealous of New York City Ballet’s talented dancers: These days, it seems like they get to play dress-up in designer duds allllll the time! Exhibit A: Following in the glamorous footsteps of Rodarte, J. Mendel and Valentino Garavani, fashion star Joseph Altuzarra has designed costumes that will be unveiled […]

(by Paul Kolnik) Justin Peck’s ballets are at once contemporary and playful, with intricate partnering and kaleidoscopic formations. Though the New York City Ballet corps member began choreographing just three years ago, he’s already made works for the Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival and the Columbia Ballet Collaborative at Columbia University (where he takes academic classes). […]

Four dancers share what they love most about the Big Apple, from studios and theaters to restaurants and recreation. Cameron Adams, Broadway performer Myrtle Beach, SC, native Cameron Adams’ big break came at age 16: New York City Dance Alliance’s Joe Lanteri recommended the fresh-faced Adams to Jay Binder Casting, which was looking for young […]

“I was a little too ambitious when I made my first piece,” Wade Schaaf remembers, with a laugh. Schaaf, now a member of Thodos Dance Chicago, struggled with his choreographic debut, a piece for the Omaha Theater Ballet. “I was so nervous that I had everything choreographed in advance, almost down to each breath the […]