31-651: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (also stylized as Rōdē,ō: Four Dance Episodes ) is a one-act ballet choreographed by Justin Peck to "Four Dance Episodes" from Copland's Rodeo . The ballet premiered on February 4, 2015, at the David H. Koch Theater , danced by the New York City Ballet . When Peck made Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes , he had only been appointed resident choreographer of the New York City Ballet months ago. Reid Bartelme, Harriet Jung and Peck designed
62-616: A 4-star review, the Financial Times commented the ballet has "unsettling moments," though "these scenes did not change the ballet’s temperature." The men in the ballet were listed in Pointe Magazine 's "Top 12 Standout Performances of 2015". Justin Peck Justin Peck (born September 8, 1987) is an American choreographer, director, and dancer associated with New York City Ballet , of which he
93-581: A little more extensive. Some of them build and build and build, and relationships form...I think there’s a parallel to that structure with the show we’re doing here". For Illinoise , Peck won his second Tony Award for Best Choreography . Peck teamed with his wife Patricia Delgado to choreograph the musical Buena Vista Social Club , for which they were wond the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Choreography and were nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography. Peck
124-496: A school", is indicative of his adherence to the ideals of the training that was fostered by the Imperial Ballet School where he received his training. He realized that most great dance companies were fed by an academy closely associated with it. This practice afforded scores of dancers, well versed in the specifics of his technique and choreographic style. Among the teachers there were many Russian emigres who fled
155-563: A spring workshop performance for the students. These workshops have become an important preview for many outstanding dancers. The school also hosts a summer program, where it selects about 200 dance students from across the country to train for five weeks. This summer program is one of the most selective ballet summer programs in the country. During the summer program, students are divided into seven girls' classes and two boys' classes: Girls' classes: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII Boys' classes: Intermediate, Advanced A small group of students from
186-715: Is married to former Miami City Ballet principal dancer Patricia Delgado . They welcomed their daughter in March 2021. School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet ( SAB ) is the associate school of the New York City Ballet , a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the age of six, with professional vocational ballet training for students aged 11–18. Graduates of
217-657: The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre . The production then ran at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The production "weave[s] together delicate folk narratives about blossoming queerness , orchestral anthems destined for cinematic montages , and jazz tunes about the state’s ghost towns". Peck said he drew inspiration from the 1975 musical A Chorus Line saying, "It’s about this group of humans, and one by one we’re getting their stories...Some of them are short, single songs. Some of them are
248-453: The New York City Ballet . He has since created more than 25 works, for companies such as New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet , Pacific Northwest Ballet , Houston Ballet, Miami City Ballet , LA Dance Project, and Paris Opera Ballet . Alastair Macaulay, the chief dance critic at The New York Times , described Peck in an article as "the third important choreographer to have emerged in classical ballet this century." In 2014, Peck
279-577: The Russian Revolution : Pierre Vladimiroff , Felia Doubrovska , Anatole Oboukhoff, Hélène Dudin , Ludmilla Schollar , Antonina Tumkovsky , and Alexandra Danilova. Their intention was to establish a major classical ballet company in America, which would lead to the formation of today's New York City Ballet. The school was formed to train and feed dancers into the company. It opened at 637 Madison Avenue with 32 students on January 2, 1934, and
310-531: The Tony Award for Best Choreography . Peck made his first foray into film choreographing dance sequences in Steven Spielberg 's musical drama West Side Story (2021). Of the experience he said that "they approached this with a sense of reverence and admiration for the original...But for this updated version, he makes the dances more menacing." Peck stated of collaborating with Spielberg, "There
341-453: The Mae L. Wien Awards in their mother's name. SAB students are chosen each year on the basis of their outstanding promise and a faculty member is honored for distinguished service. Former New York City Ballet ballet master in chief and SAB chairman of faculty, Peter Martins used to occasionally give a third award to a young choreographer at his discretion. School of American Ballet is featured in
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#1732787437107372-1272: The School of American Ballet make up over 90% of New York City Ballet, all but two of the company mem at present. Some alumni include Mary Ellen Moylan , Maria Tallchief , Tanaquil LeClercq , Francisco Moncion , John Clifford, Nicholas Magallanes , Lois Bewley , Jacques d'Amboise , Debra Austin , Margaret Severin-Hansen , Jillana , Allegra Kent , Arthur Mitchell , Wilhelmina Frankfurt , Patricia McBride , Alicia Holloway , Paul Frame , Peter Frame , Edward Villella , Suzanne Farrell , Kay Mazzo , Kathryn Morgan , Garielle Whittle, Helgi Tomasson , Fernando Bujones , Gelsey Kirkland , Heather Watts , Merrill Ashley , Lourdes Lopez , Jock Soto , Peter Boal , Olivia Boisson , Alexandra Waterbury , Victoria Rowell , Kyra Nichols , Darci Kistler , Patrick Bissell , Damian Woetzel , Ethan Stiefel , Wendy Whelan , Alan Bergman , Llanchie Stevenson , George Lee , Sarah Hay , Arlene Shuler , and Paloma Herrera as well as celebrities Sean Young , Ashlee Simpson , Macaulay Culkin , Lawrence Leritz , Vanessa Carlton , Yvonne Craig . Megan Mullally , Alex Westerman , and Madeleine Martin . Lawrence A. Wien, his daughters and their families founded
403-858: The ballet form. At 15 years old, Peck moved to New York City to attend the School of American Ballet . In 2006, when he was 18 years old, he was invited by Peter Martins to join the New York City Ballet as an apprentice. In June 2007, he was promoted to corps de ballet . In February 2013, he was promoted to soloist. At New York City Ballet, Peck has danced extensive repertoire, performing in existing and new works by George Balanchine , Jerome Robbins , Peter Martins, Benjamin Millepied , Alexei Ratmansky , Lynne Taylor-Corbett , and Christopher Wheeldon . In 2008, Peck choreographed his first ballet. In 2012 he choreographed In Creases his first
434-573: The complicated marriage between the composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre . Peck choreographed the imaginary dance sequence involving Bernstein and Montealegre played by Cooper and Carey Mulligan . Peck oversaw the Fancy Free section of the scene and then devise original choreography for the On the Town music. Together, Cooper explains, they worked on “the best choreography to tell
465-416: The costumes, and Brandon Stirling Baker designed the lighting. The ballet features a woman and fifteen men. Peck said it is an "invert" of romantic ballet , which usually has one man and a female corps de ballet . Peck's Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes is set to "Four Dance Episodes" from Copland's Rodeo , which was originally written for Agnes de Mille 's 1942 ballet of the same name. Peck claimed he saw
496-566: The de Mille version performed by the American Ballet Theatre three years prior, and several different versions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts , before making his own. He said he "wanted to understand what she did" but not let de Mille's choreography "loom over" him. On why he chose this score, he said it was due to the "kinetic energy that it embodies" and "it also felt deep enough for
527-561: The exploration of an entirely different ballet, one that didn’t snub or get in the way of the Agnes de Mille original." He also deliberately chose to use the concert score. The night before the premiere, dancer Andrew Veyette injured himself while performing George Balanchine 's Donizetti Variations , so Peck, who was still dancing at the time, cast himself in Veyette's role in the first movement of Rodeo , while Sean Suozzi replaced Veyette in
558-647: The faculty of The School of American Ballet includes Jonathan Stafford (artistic director and chair of faculty), Aesha Ash (associate chair of faculty), Dena Abergel , Marika Anderson , Meaghan Dutton-O'Hara, Megan Fairchild , Gonzalo Garcia , Craig Hall , Adam Hendrickson, Arch Higgins , Anthony Huxley, Sterling Hyltin , Katrina Killian (children's division manager), Lauren King, Meagan Mann , Kay Mazzo (former chairman of faculty), Christopher Charles McDaniel, Allen Peiffer (professional placement manager), Suki Schorer (Brown Foundation senior faculty chair), and Andrew Scordato . According to SAB, alumni of
589-463: The fashion world, working with Vogue , Harper's Bazaar , Nowness , Vogue China , Vogue Australia , DuJour magazine , Vulture , New York Magazine , and others. The New York Times has proclaimed that "Mr. Peck has quickly become the most eminent choreographer of ballet in the United States," and that "young Mr. Peck can do anything he wants with choreography: a virtuoso of
620-616: The form." Peck provided the choreography for the third Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Carousel in 2018 at the Imperial Theatre . Alastair Macaulay of The New York Times praised his work on the production writing, "His works, polished and contemporary, are energetic through each individual body and in striking ensembles; and they often ask gender questions, with both opposite-sex and same-sex pairings...In almost every piece he tackles, he adds to his already impressive accomplishments". For his work Peck earned
651-557: The fourth movement. Peck went on stage before the premiere to explain the situation. San Francisco Ballet has also performed Peck's Rodeo . Original cast: On the premiere, the New York Times wrote that "the work’s energy, charm, inventiveness, musicality and polish proved irresistible" despite Veyette's injury. The reviewer particularly singled out the second movement male quintet with Applebaum, Hall, Peiffer, Scordato and Stanley for bringing "Peck’s most haunting poetry." In
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#1732787437107682-541: The school achieve employment with leading ballet companies worldwide, and in the United States with New York City Ballet , American Ballet Theatre , Boston Ballet , San Francisco Ballet , Miami City Ballet , Pacific Northwest Ballet and Houston Ballet . The school was founded by the Russo-Georgian-born choreographer George Balanchine , and philanthropists Lincoln Kirstein and Edward Warburg in 1934. Balanchine's self- prescribed edict, "But first,
713-505: The story of, they are going to be pulled apart in this life, everybody’s going to be around them, there are going to be hands and eyes on them, and then they are going to try to find each other." In 2023 Peck adapted a musical production of Sufjan Stevens ' 2005 concept album Illinois titled Illinoise , alongside playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury . The production had its debut at the Fisher Center at Bard before playing at
744-465: The students first performed that June. Seventy-five years later, the School was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama . Students are chosen through audition. Children's division auditions for the 2007–08 school year included six-year-olds for the first time; previously, the youngest students were required to turn eight in the year they began their studies. Children in
775-465: The summer program may be invited to enroll in SAB's winter term. During the winter term, students are divided into levels based on their age and abilities. Preparatory Division, for students aged 6–7 who are new to ballet. Children's Division: Intermediate Division: B1, B2, Intermediate Men Advanced Division: C1, C2, D, Advanced Men Boys typically spend two years in each level. As of January 2024,
806-662: The television show Girls and film Manchester by the Sea . Peck has worked with composers Sufjan Stevens , Bryce Dessner (of the band The National ), Caroline Shaw , Dan Deacon , Steve Reich , and Philip Glass . He has also collaborated with visual artists Shepard Fairey , Marcel Dzama , Sterling Ruby , John Baldessari, Steve Powers, George Condo; fashion designers Humberto Leon (Opening Ceremony, Kenzo ), Dries Van Noten, Tsumori Chisato, Mary Katrantzou , and Prabal Gurung ; and directors Steven Spielberg, Sofia Coppola, Damian Chazelle, and Jody Lee Lipes. He has contributed to
837-522: The younger divisions are able to perform in various ballets with the company including George Balanchine's famous The Nutcracker , A Midsummer Night's Dream , Peter Martins 's Swan Lake , and The Sleeping Beauty . The most advanced students perform in a workshop at the end of each year where the heads of ballet companies choose several of them to join their companies, including New York City Ballet . This started in 1965, when Alexandra Danilova sought and received approval from Balanchine to produce
868-431: Was a process of working toward understanding it that Steven went through, and that we were in constant dialogue about. It was helping him understand the full range of what dance could express in a moment — that it was its own tool of language that could run throughout this film in the same way that words could or visuals could". A few years later Peck worked on Bradley Cooper 's biographical drama Maestro (2023) about
899-637: Was appointed Resident Choreographer in July 2014, being the second person in the history of the institution to hold this title. A two-time Tony Award for Best Choreography recipient, he won in 2018 for the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Carousel and in 2024 for the Sufjan Stevens original dance musical, Illinoise . On film, Peck choreographed the dance sequences for Steven Spielberg musical adaptation West Side Story (2021) and Bradley Cooper 's biographical drama Maestro (2023). Peck
930-626: Was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in San Diego, California. His father was from New York and his mother was of Ukrainian descent, born and raised in Argentina. He began tap dancing when he was nine years old, after seeing a performance of Bring in 'da Noise . When Peck was 13, he witnessed a performance of American Ballet Theatre in Giselle which inspired him to begin training in
961-484: Was named the New York City Ballet's Resident Choreographer, the youngest and only the second ever to hold the position. Peck is the focus of the 2014 Jody Lee Lipes documentary Ballet 422 . Ballet 422 follows Peck's process of creating Paz de la Jolla for the New York City Ballet, focusing on aspects such as choreography, staging, lighting, and costumes. The movie was filmed and directed by Jody Lee Lipes, an American cinematographer known for his cinematography in