My choreography is very classically based.

Justin Peck

Categorized in : Very Based Choreography

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

never my-own dance work

I would love to work with Joanna Newsom on a ballet. I think that would be amazing. She has a gift for orchestrating and composing, and I think she would be really engaging to work with.

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I love seeing New York City Ballet from the fourth ring, just seeing the architecture of how these bodies move from above.

city new architecture love

I think that story ballets, as great as they might sell, they're a really dated and awkward medium to tell stories through. I think there needs to be an updated or different approach to storytelling in dance. There needs to be less of a separation between the storytelling and the dancing.

story great think dance

When I put on my consumer hat, and I'm buying tickets to be entertained, I'm not interested in seeing, like, 'Don Quixote.' Unless someone really spectacular is dancing.

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