Ballet 422 (Documentary DVD)
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Ballet 422 (Documentary DVD)
Director: Jody Lee Lipes
Choreographer: Justin Peck
Artists: Justin Peck, New York City Ballet
Video Format: NTSC Widescreen
Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Region: All Regions
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Magnolia
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Run Time: 75 minutes
From first rehearsal to world premiere, BALLET 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet. Dancer Justin Peck, a young up-and-coming choreographer, 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 fellow dancers to create Paz de la Jolla, NYCB’s 422nd new ballet.
History
Ballet
In classic or contemporary ballet, dancing may tell a story, express a mood, or simply reflect the music in movement. Ballet as part of staged performances originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries and from there spread to France. The creation of classical ballet as we know it today occurred during the reign of the art-loving French king Louis XIV in the mid-17th century. During the Romantic era, ballet technique evolved to express new ideas, most notably with women dancing en point, or on their toes, allowing them to appear weightless and otherworldly.
Among the choreographers who helped bring ballet into the modern age by exploring new visual and dramatic styles are George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and—bridging the worlds of classical dance and Broadway—Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins.
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