Justin >>Peck
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JUSTIN PECK grew up in San Diego, California, and was raised amidst a culture of beach-bum surfers and the straight-and-narrows of suburban living. He was inspired to begin dancing at the age of 13, finding it to be a substantial creative outlet. Eager and anxious to escape the calculated drawl of Southern California, he gravitated towards New York City, moving there at the early age of 15 to study dance at the School of American Ballet (S.A.B.). He took to the pace of New York with an acute enthusiasm. After 3 years training at S.A.B., his hard work and ambitions culminated in the form of an invitation by Ballet Master in-chief Peter Martins to join the New York City Ballet.
Since joining New York City Ballet, Peck has danced extensive repertoire, including principal roles in George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco, The Firebird, Liebeslieder Walzer, Tschaikovsky Suite #3, La Sonnambula, The Four Temperaments, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Jerome Robbin's West Side Story, I'm Old Fashioned, Glass Pieces, NY Export: Opus Jazz, Ives Songs; Alexei Ratmansky's Concerto DSCH; Benjamin Millepied's Plainspoken and Why am I not Where you Are; Peter Martins' Fearful Symmetries, Thou Swell, Waltz Project, Romeo and Juliet; and Christopher Wheeldon's Scenes De Ballet and Estancia.Although his time at City Ballet has been eminently stimulating, Peck eventally found himself itching to explore another creative interest: choreography. Since his debut as a choreographer in 2009, he has created Quintet (2009), Tales of a Chinese Zodiac (2010), and In Creases (2011) for the New York Choreographic Institute; and, Enjoy Your Rabbit (2010) and A Teacup Plunge (2009) for the Columbia University Ballet Collaborative. In addition, he has choreographed for Vogue China's April 2012 issue, & the Block Magazine's Spring 2011 & 2012 fashion issues. Most recently, he presented his latest work The Enormous Room (June 2011) at Skidmore College, and was commissioned by Benjamin Millepied to create 7 (for seven) for the Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival in July, 2011. He has recently been recognized for his choreographic promise, and has received favorable reviews from the New York Times, the Daily News, Vanity Fair Magazine, The Last Magazine, and Dance Magazine, to name a few. In 2011, he was nominated for a Bessie Award in the "Outstanding Emerging Choreographer" category.
In July of 2011, he was appointed by Peter Martins as the first active Choreographer-in-Residency of the New York Choreographic Institute for the 2011/2012 annual season - a newly created position underneath the functioning artistic umbrella of the New York City Ballet. Peck will premiere 2 new works for the New York City Ballet in 2012, to music by Philip Glass and Sufjan Stevens.
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- JULY 14th, 2012 | Saratoga Springs, NYNew York City Ballet world premiere: In Creases.Music: Philip Glass---JULY 24th, 25th 2012 | Santa Fe, New MexicoNew work: DistractionsDancers: Daniel Ulbricht, Robert Fairchild, Jonathan Stafford, & Craig Hall (New York City Ballet)---OCTOBER 5, 6, 7 9th | New York CityNew York City Ballet world premiere, new music by Sufjan Stevens.
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2012FURIANTYAGP Gala, Lincoln CenterApril 27th, 2012music: Dvorak Piano Quintet #2, Scherzodancers: Teresa Reichlen + Robert Fairchild (NYCBallet)MISE EN PLACEI. MomofukuII. WD-50III. Roberta'sN.Y. Choreographic InstituteMarch 9th, 2012music: new score by Conrad Winslowdancers: 18 S.A.B. members2011IN CREASESN.Y. Choreographic InstituteOctober 28th, 2011music: Philip Glass - 4 movements for 2 Pianosdancers: 8 members of New York City Ballet7 (FOR SEVEN)Nantucket Atheneum Dance FestivalJuly 22nd & 23rd, 2011music: Shostakovich - Piano Quintetdancers: Teresa Reichlen, Sterling Hyltin, Ana Sophia Scheller, Ashley Laracey, Amar Ramasar, Chase Finley, and Troy Schumacher, members of New York City Ballet.THE ENORMOUS ROOMSaratoga ArtsFestvenue: Skidmore Collegemusic: Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Quartetdancers: Ask La Cour, Teresa Reichlen, Sean Suozzi (New York City Ballet)THE BLOCK MAGAZINEChoreography for fashion spread of designer Chloe.danced by Janie Taylor and Justin Peck, NYCBallet.Spring Issue, 20112010TALES OF A CHINESE ZODIACNew York Choreographic Institute 10th Anniversarymusic: Sufjan Stevensvenue: Miller Theatre, at Columbia Universitydancers: 13 School of American Ballet (SAB) dancersENJOY YOUR RABBITmusic: Sufjan Stevensvenue: Miller Theatre; MMACdancers: Teresa Reichlen & Justin Peck, New York City Ballet2009QUINTETmusic: Felix Mendelssohn, String Quintet #2venue: N.Y. Choreographic Institute, Fall 2009dancers: 10 New York City Ballet membersA TEACUP PLUNGEmusic: Joby Talbotvenue: Miller Theatre, at Columbia Universitydancers: Teresa Reichlen & Russell Janzen, New York City Ballet
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- Dance Magazine, April 2011: "Taking Off""Justin Peck is blessed with a geometric mind: He can conjure formations that shift and click into place with kaleidoscopic logic..."Read More...The Last Magazine, February 2011"'Tales of a Chinese Zodiac,' set to three short sections from Sufjan Stevens’ propulsive thirteen-piece Run Rabbit Run cycle, was intricate and complex, the dancers covering the stage in an ever-changing series of formations that altered course often but felt entirely of a piece..."New York Times, November 2010: "Tales of a Chinese Zodiac""For me, however, the main event was “Tales of a Chinese Zodiac,” the offering by the least-known choreographer, Justin Peck…he not only ticks all the boxes mentioned by [Peter] Martins — musical responsiveness, use of the ballet vocabulary, a striking sense of spatial architecture — he also shows, in this work, much more. Among the features I noted were his sense of idiomatic gesture; the fluidity with which the groupings of his dance kept changing; the subtle sense of dramatic poetry that created situations, meanings, forms, worlds, claiming the audience’s attention and feelings without spelling out any immediate interpretation; and his connection with the tradition of older choreographic masterworks...what’s fascinating about Mr. Peck’s 'Chinese Zodiac'is that he no sooner quotes some memorable formations than he makes striking departures from them...”Vanity Fair, April 2009"'...A Teacup Plunge,' marking Justin Peck's choreographic debut. And a happy one it was. Beautifully costumed, "A Teacup Plunge" had gleam and flirty sophistication, a witty precision and concision, enlivened by the duo playing a snappy game of "rock paper scissors," bending low as if they were shooting dice..."Oberon's Grove
“Justin's Mendelssohn ballet Quintet uses the classical vocabulary and expresses it with a welcome freshness and vitality; taking his cues from the score, Justin is able to show several things happening simultaneously yet rather than seeming jumbled there's a striking musicality. The movement is non-stop and wit abounds, but it's so gracefully managed (and so superbly danced) that it never seems trite or gimmicky. In a time when new ballets often seem lacking in cohesiveness and are musically uncertain, Justin maintains a strong feeling for structure...”
