Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Painstaking
Watching a ballet being designed and built is a fascinating process.
Today's film goes backstage at The New York City Ballet as Justin Peck designs and directs, then opens, a new work.
About an hour to show the building of a production from paper to theater.
I have seen this kind of film before and it is always fascinating.
Peck is a particularly attractive "star". Earnest, kind and temperate, and very talented. He exudes a quiet authority.
The documentary does not seek to make anything out of what we see. There is no commentary. Just Peck at work.
I appreciated that they did not try to show his other non-work sides. The furthest they go is to show him commuting and waiting for a train. He executes pacing like a dancer.
He is a guy that I would like to get to know. Not a boy from next door but a more complicated talent who is also down to earth and a good human being.
If there is a temperament there it is directed at his work. Humble.
A 5 out of Netflix5.
Labels: dance, documentary, films
