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From first rehearsal to world premiere, BALLET 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as Justin Peck, a young up-and-coming choreographer, crafts a new work. BALLET 422 illuminates the process behind the creation of a single ballet within the ongoing cycle of work at one of the world’s great ballet companies.
New York City Ballet, under the artistic direction of Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, boasts a roster of more than 90 elite dancers and a repertory of works by many of the greatest choreographers in the history of the art form. When 25-year-old NYCB dancer Justin Peck begins to emerge as a promising young choreographer, he is commissioned to create a new ballet for the Company’s 2013 Winter Season. With unprecedented access to an elite world, the film follows Peck as he collaborates with musicians, lighting designers, costume designers and his fellow dancers to create Paz de la Jolla, NYCB’s 422nd new ballet. BALLET 422 is an unembellished vérité portrait of a process that has never before been documented at New York City Ballet in its entirety.
 
DIRECTOR: JODY LEE LIPES
PRODUCER: ELLEN BAR
PRODUCER: ANNA ROSE HOLMER
FILM EDITOR: SAELA DAVIS
PHOTOGRAPHED BY: JODY LEE LIPES
PHOTOGRAPHED BY: NICK BENGTEN
JUSTIN PECK (CHOREOGRAPHER)
CAMERON GRANT (PIANIST)
TILER PECK (PRINCIPAL DANCER)
STERLING HYLTIN (PRINCIPAL DANCER)
AMAR RAMASAR (PRINCIPAL DANCER)
ALBERT EVANS (BALLET MASTER)
MARK STANLEY (RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER)
ANDREWS SILL (CONDUCTOR)
MARC HAPPEL (DIRECTOR OF COSTUMES)
REID BARTELME (COSTUME DESIGNER)
HARRIET JUNG (COSTUME DESIGNER) |
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“COMPELLING. An aesthetic experience as much as an intellectual one. More visually sumptuous than most narratives you’ll see this year.” – Zachary Wigon, Village Voice
“A TREAT. FASCINATING. Director Lipes is a classic cinéma vérité practitioner in the mold of Albert Maysles and Frederick Wiseman.” – Kenneth Turan, LA Times
“Utterly successful as an intimate look at the process of creative collaboration.” – David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
“EXHILARATING. A beautifully crafted entrée into the intricacies of collective endeavor.” – Ronnie Scheib, Variety
“Vigorous and charming.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times
“A delightfully immersive look at how a ballet is created.” – Farran Smith Nehme, NY Post
“It possesses an aura of pared majesty. There isn’t an ounce of fat. Director Lipes has an extraordinary eye for detail.” – Chuck Bowen, Slant
“**** UTTERLY ABSORBING. A documentary that’s both impressionistic and informative.” – Noel Murray, The Dissolve
“In the grand tradition of Frederick Wiseman, Lipes captures every nuance of the rehearsal procedure, resulting in A COMPELLING EXPOSÉ OF THE CRAFT FROM EVERY ANGLE.” – Paula Bernstein, Indiewire
“It’s a quiet portrait of the amazing amount of work that goes into creating an ineffable piece of art.” – Bilge Ebiri, New York
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