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" I'm really interested in working with groups. It's a very simple thing for me, and if I'm given the option to work with two people or 10 or 20 people, I'm going to take 10 or 20. I just think there's so much more I can do with that. "

Justin Peck

I Can

Work

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" My choreography is very classically based. "

" 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. "

" It's nice to have the support and infrastructure to do what I want creatively. That's kind of a rare thing to find. "

" There is something about Dior that reminds me of New York City Ballet. They both have a classic, glamorous basis but are trying to evolve the arts in new and innovative ways. "

" My philosophy on choreography is that the making of a ballet is a team effort, and we're in this together. It's not me hammering on them. It's more about how we can elevate this piece collectively to something great. "

Justin Peck

Together

Team

" There's something refreshing about going to work with a different group of dancers. There are different ways of moving, different ways in which the institution functions. There's a contrast from place to place, so the variety and the experience of working in a different place feeds me. "

Justin Peck

Experience

Moving

" Chicago is amazing. "

Justin Peck

Chicago

Amazing

" I'm always interested in linking dance to mundane behavior that everyone can relate to. "

" I've always thought of the process of creating ballets as being this kind of team effort. It's not like being a painter, where you have your paint, and you have canvas, and you just go at it. I'm working with these living, breathing, functioning human beings, and they have their own thoughts and ideas about what works well movement-wise. "

" For me, the choreography always comes from the music. "

Justin Peck

Music

Choreography

" I grew up going on vacations with my family to New York every summer, and it's something that I always looked forward to. They'd take me to theater and shows and interesting restaurants, so I was genuinely really excited to move there. "

Justin Peck

New York

Family

" There is a clearing for new creative thought in choreography. I don't feel intimidated; there is a lot I can do that is new or innovative or different. "

" When I'm in sneakers, it changes my body carriage. I feel more in my own skin. "

" My grandfather James Peck was a civil rights activist. "

" I like graceful and elegant partnering that gives an illusion of ease instead of emphasizing difficulty. I don't want to make something 'contemporary' or 'trendy,' because ballet doesn't progress on one track: it can branch out in many directions, and as Balanchine showed, there's always room for pure classicism and more subtle alterations of it. "

" It's very difficult to switch back and forth between running rehearsals and then stepping in to dance in rehearsals as a dancer. Just to switch hats in an instant can be a little bit jarring, mostly physically, on the body. "

" It's expensive to get studio space and dancers. My whole first three years, I was sneaking around in the studios and getting kicked out of them. It was kind of depressing. "

" There is something very cyclical about the way fashion designers work. They work and work and work, the collection is finally shown, and after those 15 minutes, they must start over from the beginning. This is not unlike the way I work creating new dances. "

" Balanchine was just able to strike the balance between literal narrative and abstract dance. "

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

" When I'm making a new ballet, I usually read through the score a little bit, and then I have to go back and translate or transcribe all the counts for dancers because the way that you hear it is completely different from the way the musicians read and play it. "

" To me, dance and ballet are not so accessible. "

Justin Peck

Ballet

Accessible

" 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. "

Justin Peck

Hat

Dancing

" I'm not a very good dancer. My feet don't point far enough; my extension is embarrassing. Dance, for me, has been hard because it's a strive for perfection. "

Justin Peck

Good

Dance

" Ballet dancers are among the greatest living athletes. "

" The ballet world, it's a crazy world. "

" 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. "

" I think it's interesting for people to be exposed to ballet in areas they wouldn't necessarily expect to see it. "

" The future of ballet is really in the hands of the creators, so if it's something that interests them to push the envelope with gender roles, then I think it will change. But if that's not of interest to a dance-maker, if their interest is to sort of preserve the way things have been done for the past 200 years, then nothing is going to change. "

" If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy. "

Justin Peck

Flood

Thought