1. Justin Peck was born on September 8,1987 and is an American choreographer, director, and dancer associated with New York City Ballet, of which he was appointed Resident Choreographer in July 2014, being the second person in the history of the institution to hold this title.
On film, Peck choreographed the dance sequences for Steven Spielberg musical adaptation West Side Story and Bradley Cooper's biographical drama Maestro.
Justin Peck was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in San Diego, California.
Justin Peck's father was from New York and his mother was of Ukrainian descent, born and raised in Argentina.
Justin Peck began tap dancing when he was nine years old, after seeing a performance of Bring in 'da Noise.
When Justin Peck was 13, he witnessed a performance of American Ballet Theatre in Giselle which inspired him to begin training in the ballet form.
At 15 years old, Justin Peck moved to New York City to attend the School of American Ballet.
At New York City Ballet, Justin Peck has danced extensive repertoire, performing in existing and new works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Benjamin Millepied, Alexei Ratmansky, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Christopher Wheeldon.
Justin Peck has since created more than 25 works, for companies such as New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, LA Dance Project, and Paris Opera Ballet.
Justin Peck is the focus of the 2014 Jody Lee Lipes documentary Ballet 422.
Justin Peck has collaborated with visual artists Shepard Fairey, Marcel Dzama, Sterling Ruby, John Baldessari, Steve Powers, George Condo; fashion designers Humberto Leon, Dries Van Noten, Tsumori Chisato, Mary Katrantzou, and Prabal Gurung; and directors Steven Spielberg, Sofia Coppola, Damian Chazelle, and Jody Lee Lipes.
Justin Peck has contributed to the fashion world, working with Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Nowness, Vogue China, Vogue Australia, DuJour magazine, Vulture, New York Magazine, and others.
Justin Peck provided the choreography for the third Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel in 2018 at the Imperial Theatre.
Justin Peck made his first foray into film choreographing dance sequences in Steven Spielberg's musical drama West Side Story.
Justin Peck choreographed the imaginary dance sequence involving Bernstein and Montealegre played by Cooper and Carey Mulligan.
Justin Peck oversaw the Fancy Free section of the scene and then devise original choreography for the On the Town music.
In 2023 Justin Peck adapted a musical production of Sufjan Stevens' 2005 concept album Illinois titled Illinoise, alongside playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
For Illinoise, Justin Peck won his second Tony Award for Best Choreography.
Justin Peck teamed with his wife Patricia Delgado to choreograph the musical Buena Vista Social Club, for which they were wond the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Choreography and were nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography.
Justin Peck is married to former Miami City Ballet principal dancer Patricia Delgado.