Author: Justin Peck

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I try and create choreography that's in conversation with the music that the audience is hearing.

I try and create choreography that's in conversation with the music that the audience is hearing.

- Justin Peck

George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that they are by the same choreographer.

George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that they are by the same choreographer.

- Justin Peck

It's amazing what a resource modern technology is now for making ballets, and I film my rehearsals almost every day.

It's amazing what a resource modern technology is now for making ballets, and I film my rehearsals almost every day.

- Justin Peck

It's time for there to be roles in the ballet where two men can fall in love, and a woman can lead a company of 20 dancers that include both men and women.

It's time for there to be roles in the ballet where two men can fall in love, and a woman can lead a company of 20 dancers that include both men and women.

- Justin Peck

American ballet... is ultimately an evolutionary art form, requiring many voices to creatively carry forward.

American ballet... is ultimately an evolutionary art form, requiring many voices to creatively carry forward.

- Justin Peck

It's probably what I'm most interested in as a choreographer: how I can alter and shift and develop the structure of a piece and of the space.

It's probably what I'm most interested in as a choreographer: how I can alter and shift and develop the structure of a piece and of the space.

- Justin Peck

What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to create a cohesive experience.

What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to create a cohesive experience.

- Justin Peck

I never intended to dance in my own work, but we did what had to be done.

I never intended to dance in my own work, but we did what had to be done.

- Justin Peck

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