Justin Peck

Justin Peck is a soloist and the resident choreographer of New York City Ballet (NYCB). In 2009, he participated in the New York Choreographic Institute, and in 2011, he received its first year-long choreographic residency. He created six works for NYCB in two years and was named resident choreographer in 2014, while continuing to perform. In 2013, he was nominated for the International Benois De La Danse Award for new choreography, and in 2015, Mr. Peck’s ballet Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes won the Bessie Award for Outstanding Production. In 2014, he was the subject of the documentary Ballet 422, which followed him as he created NYCB’s 422nd original dance, Paz de la Jolla. Mr. Peck has made ballets for a range of companies including Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet (Debonair), San Francisco Ballet, L.A. Dance Project, the New York Choreographic Institute, SAB, the Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival, and City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, among others. justin-peck.com/