Ballet 422

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. 

Cast:

• Justin Peck (Choreographer and Soloist)
• 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) 

Director:

• Jody Lee Lipes

Producers:

• Ellen Bar
• Anna Rose Holmer