Doc. Film-Ballet 422, Peck's Creates a Ballet for NYCBallet in 2 Months

This fascinating doc. film follows NYC Ballet (NYCB) resident choreographer, Justin Peck, in a  privileged inside look at the mystifying, multi-complex process of creating a work for the world renown dance company.  (422 refers to the number the ballet will become in the NYCB's repetoire.) Peck at 25 became the youngest resident choreographer for a leading ballet company.  Currently, Peck is also a soloist in the company; wearing both a dancer & choreographer chapeaux.  The cunning filming steers the camera around Peck without having him acknowledge the lens or explain his methodolgies.  It is fascinating being a fly within the halls of NYCB.  Perhaps, it's too heavy handed placing intermittent signs counting down the 2 months allotted time to the final curtain call.  Regardless, it is intoxicating to be amongst Peck & his fellow dancers as they work together to achieve Peck's vision. Clearly, Peck is a driven artist on a mission which sheds him in a solitary, melancholy light.  However, it is not a solo trek but a collaborative & burgeoning creative operation with multi-moving parts essential to les meiux melanger.  Peck has plenty on his plate from choreographing & rehearsing to overseeing the costuming, the lighting, and without overstepping the maestro's baton, the music.  Every facet is interlocked within the whole. Dancers give feedback to Peck. Peck in turn revised the steps or advised the dancers.  There are times when advice given is incorporated and there are artistic decisions where Peck remains adamant.  Still, this is a lovely, congenial process.  There's a cohesive feeling to achieving Peck's ballet, "Paz de la Jolla."  At 26, Peck is young and still dancing.  After his bow following the premier of "Paz de la Jolla," he quickly changes into costume for the 3rd piece on the program where we he leaves us, onstage ready to dance.