57 Quotes by Justin Peck

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

I've always felt that Balanchine is my ultimate teacher. I learn the most from observing his work and also dancing in it.

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

The reason I started dancing in the first place was my dad took me to see 'Bring In 'da Noise, Bring In 'da Funk' when I was 9.

Balanchine is the number one influence for me. His work was really musically driven. He and Jerome Robbins were the ones who really showed me that dance could be about the inner relation between movement and music. When I was a student first seeing their work, I was like, 'Oh, this is a thing?'

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

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.

Ballet is a classically based art form, so it comes with a certain set of rules, at least to start with; then it's about how far you want to push from there.

I feel like there is a different, new energy when I collaborate with a living artist, whether it be a composer, designer, lighting designer. I love that process.