Tag: ballet 422

The Best Dance Movies Currently On Netflix

Netflix’s dance movie game is seriously on point(e) right now! We’ve compiled a list of the best films to help you narrow down your options for your next dance movie night. Check it out! A Ballerina’s Tale YASSS Misty Copeland!! The queen is on Netflix, and she’s serving up all of the inspiration you need […]

Check out Justin Peck on CBS News

Justin Peck is everywhere. That’s not hyperbole. In fact, I almost mean it literally. Over the course of the past few months, he’s debuted new ballets at New York City Ballet and Miami City Ballet; seen the opening of a documentary about his choreographic process, Ballet 422; announced that he’ll be making his first piece […]

This Center Stage Quiz Is #TBT Perfection

I don’t know what Buzzfeed’s connection to Center Stage is, and frankly, I don’t care. Because whatever cosmic force is driving the site’s writers to put out post after brilliant post about the Greatest Movie of Our Times is obviously a force for good. The awesomeness started back in 2013, with “26 Steps to Becoming […]

The Ballet 422 Trailer Is Fascinating

Earlier this year, Ballet 422 —a documentary following the creation of Justin Peck‘s Paz de la Jolla for New York City Ballet—earned some pretty spectacular reviews after its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. But NYC ballet nerds were the only ones able to see the film. This winter, thankfully, that’ll change: Magnolia Pictures has picked […]

Breathtaking New Dance Film: Born to Fly

Ahh. Visually striking dance movies—there’s nothing like them. From the 3D, Academy-Award nominated Pina to the probing, New-York-City-Ballet-behind-the-scenes, Ballet 422, movies that take the awesomeness of dance to a new visual level are always the best ever. Well, dance-on-camera fans, rejoice! There’s a new film coming out this month that promises to be extremely bold […]

Ballet at the Tribeca Film Festival

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 […]

Documenting the Birth of a New Ballet

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 […]