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"UTTERLY ABSORBING. BOTH IMPRESSIONISTIC AND INFORMATIVE."
"A CINEMATIC GEM."
"VIGOROUS AND CHARMING."
"A TREAT."
"A Stirring Portrait of Deep Focus in Creative Work."
"In the grand tradition of Frederick Wiseman, Lipes captures every nuance… resulting in a compelling exposé of the craft from every angle."
"A potent reminder of the power of the human mind and body at work."
"An intimate window into a seemingly unobtainable world, a journey that ends up being just as exhilarating as it is elegant"
"TRULY EXTRAORDINARY. Essential viewing for any artist. An intimate window into a seemingly unobtainable world, a journey that ends up being just as exhilarating as it is elegant."
"This film is about more than ballet, and is essential viewing for any artist."
"It’s a look at a creative process that’s intriguing even if you have no special interest in dance."
"A creative process full of details, questions and unexpected changes"
"It’s a quiet, unassuming work of marvelous inspiration."
"Ballet 422 is about as close as many of us will ever get to the creation of a new work of art."
"Exhilarating… beautifully crafted."
"In the grand tradition of Frederick Wiseman, Lipes captures every nuance… resulting in a compelling exposé of the craft from every angle."
"A potent reminder of the power of the human mind and body at work."
"An intimate window into a seemingly unobtainable world, a journey that ends up being just as exhilarating as it is elegant."
"This film is about more than ballet, and is essential viewing for any artist."
"It’s a look at a creative process that’s intriguing even if you have no special interest in dance."
"A creative process full of details, questions and unexpected changes."
"It’s a quiet, unassuming work of marvelous inspiration."
"Exhilarating... beautifully crafted."
"In the grand tradition of Frederick Wiseman, Lipes captures every nuance… resulting in a compelling exposé of the craft from every angle."
"A potent reminder of the power of the human mind and body at work."
"Must-see. Gripping"
"You don’t have to love ballet or know anything about it to enjoy Ballet 422, an intimate, compelling inside look into the creative process."
"There's an understanding in this film, as in most of the great movies about art's creation, of art as work, and of work as embodying every circular, compromising element of life."
"Utterly absorbing."
"A documentary that’s both impressionistic and informative—admiring the magic of dance even in its formative stages, while also turning the making of art into a kind of procedural."
"Lipes does a great job capturing the details of the creative process, and the result is a satisfying peek into the magic of NYCB."
"More visually sumptuous than most narratives you're likely to see this year."
"Phenomenal."
"Grade: A-. It’s rare that movies capture the cumulative toil of the creative process as profoundly as Ballet 422."
"A delightfully immersive look at how a ballet is created."
"Vigorous and charming."
"Mr. Lipes, with an eye for pleasing, natural compositions and a knack for visual understatement, shows a similar sense of decorum."
"For those of us who love good movies about the process of collaborative work done for the love of it."
"A delightfully immersive look at how a ballet is created."
"COMPELLING. An aesthetic experience as much as an intellectual one. More visually sumptuous than most narratives you’ll see this year."
"A TREAT. FASCINATING. Director Lipes is a classic cinéma vérité practitioner in the mold of Albert Maysles and Frederick Wiseman."
"Utterly successful as an intimate look at the process of creative collaboration."
"A delightfully immersive look at how a ballet is created."
"It possesses an aura of pared majesty. There isn’t an ounce of fat. Director Lipes has an extraordinary eye for detail."
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UTTERLY ABSORBING. A documentary that’s both impressionistic and informative."
"In the grand tradition of Frederick Wiseman, Lipes captures every nuance of the rehearsal procedure, resulting in A COMPELLING EXPOSÉ OF THE CRAFT FROM EVERY ANGLE."
"It’s a quiet portrait of the amazing amount of work that goes into creating an ineffable piece of art."
"Powerful"
ABOUT THE FILM
From first rehearsal to world premiere, BALLET 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as Justin Peck, a young up-and-coming choreographer, crafts a new work. BALLET 422 illuminates the process behind the creation of a single ballet within the ongoing cycle of work at one of the world’s great ballet companies.
CAST & CREW
Cast:
Justin Peck (Choreographer and Soloist)
Cameron Grant (Pianist)
Tiler Peck (Principal Dancer)
Sterling Hyltin (Principal Dancer)
Amar Ramasar (Principal Dancer)
Albert Evans (Ballet Master)
Mark Stanley (Resident Lighting Designer)
Andrews Sill (Conductor)
Marc Happel (Director of Costumes)
Reid Bartelme (Costume Designer)
Harriet Jung (Costume Designer)
Director:
Jody Lee Lipes
Producers:
Ellen Bar
Anna Rose Holmer
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