Ballet 422

Name: Ballet 422
Genre: Drama, Sport, Music, Documentary
Released: February 6, 2015
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Justin Peck, Tiler Peck

2015

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: February 6, 2015 | PG

Starring: Justin Peck, Tiler Peck

Summary: New York City Ballet, under the artistic direction of Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, boasts a roster of more than 90 elite dancers and a repertory of works by many of the greatest choreographers in the history of the art form. When 25-year-old NYCB dancer Justin Peck begins to emerge as a promising young choreographer, he isNew York City Ballet, under the artistic direction of Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, boasts a roster of more than 90 elite dancers and a repertory of works by many of the greatest choreographers in the history of the art form. When 25-year-old NYCB dancer Justin Peck begins to emerge as a promising young choreographer, he 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 his fellow dancers to create Paz de la Jolla, NYCB’s 422nd new ballet. [Magnolia Pictures]… Expand

Director: Jody Lee Lipes

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Music, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 75 min

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Keith Uhlich

Feb 4, 2015

“Art isn’t easy,” wrote Stephen Sondheim, and in Jody Lee Lipes’ bleak beauty of a documentary, the act of creation is a resolutely joyless one — a tedious grind with little lasting reward. Read full review

Peter Keough

Feb 26, 2015

In a way, Lipes’s documentary resembles Jonathan Demme and David Byrne’s “Stop Making Sense” (1984) — in which Byrne goes on stage solo with a beat box and the rest of the Talking Heads gather one by one — as much as it does Wiseman’s films. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Feb 5, 2015

The documentary moves with the same fluidity that characterizes Peck’s choreography. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Feb 5, 2015

A delightfully immersive look at how a ballet is created, Jody Lee Lipes’ documentary is a stark contrast to the psycho theatrics of something like “Black Swan.” Read full review

Martha Schabas

Feb 26, 2015

Ballet 422 is narrative without the heavy structural imposition of much plot, and the small, captivating tensions that are framed by the film seem to parallel current innovations in contemporary ballet. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Mar 18, 2015

With the documentary Ballet 422, Lipes’ first return to dance after notable narrative cinematography work (on TV’s Girls and the upcoming Trainwreck, among other projects), he’s somewhat boxed himself into a corner with the cinema verité directive to capture the moment and keep out of the way. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 3, 2015

There’s no drama, no conflict, and apparently no one told director Jody Lee Lipes that even documentaries require some of that to be rendered watchable. Read full review

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Esqrobb72

Mar 14, 2015

It helps to have two granddaughters who love to perform ballet. One is a professional ballerina who has danced in companies all over the country. Someone who doesn't have such a "ballet connection" may not be as interested. I marvel at the dedication, love and stamina of those in ballet.It helps to have two granddaughters who love to perform ballet. One is a professional ballerina who has danced in companies all over the country. Someone who doesn't have such a "ballet connection" may not be as interested. I marvel at the dedication, love and stamina of those in ballet.
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