New York City Ballet’s fall season opened last week with Peter Martins’ production of Swan Lake. The company is looking ahead to their gala tomorrow, followed by a month of works new and old. The marketing department seems particularly excited about its premieres, many of them created by new choreographers (perhaps part of their admirable […]

How NYCB draws in—and retains—coveted young audiences The young Justin Peck has become a choreographic face of NYCB. His most recent ballet: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes. Photo by Paul Kolnick, courtesy NYCB. A dapper young man wakes up in a mysterious drawing room to the vision of a beautiful woman in an evening gown with […]

What makes choreography compelling? Whether you consider a work’s musicality or steps, formations or narrative, it often comes down to one thing: the element of surprise. Justin Peck is a master of this. He’ll bring two partners together for what seems like the beginning of a sumptuous lift—and then have them take off in opposite […]

At first glance, Justin Peck, with his full-rim glasses and modest demeanor, resembles Clark Kent. What he’s accomplished choreographically, however, seems more like Superman. At 26, the New York City Ballet soloist has already created 20 ballets, and the buzz about his talent has people equating his potential with the likes of Alexei Ratmansky and […]

The NYCB Dancer moves with joy and energy.   Rehearsing Justin Peck’s In Creases Rosalie O’Connor, Courtesy NYCB The first pas de deux of Jerome Robbins’ I’m Old Fashioned may have the most daunting entrance in New York City Ballet’s repertory. Dedicated to Fred Astaire, it opens with a film clip from You Were Never […]