Ballet 422

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Ballet 422 is a ballet documentary directed by Jody Lee Lipes (HBO’s Girls). The film had its world premiere at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

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 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. BALLET 422 is an unembellished vérité portrait of a process that has never before been documented at New York City Ballet in its entirety.

Along with his career as an up and coming director, Lipes is an accomplished director of photography. In 2011 he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in Best Cinematography for his work on Tiny Furniture (starring his future colleague Lena Dunham), and this year is featured in Judd Apatow’s new comedy Trainwreck.

Ballet 422 is rated G.