In 2014 this choreographer became only the second in New York City Ballet history to be given the title of Resident Choreographer. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this choreographer who choreographed the dance sequences of Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story film. This choreographer won a Tony Award in 2023 for his adaptation of Sufjan (“SOOF-yahn”) Stevens’s Illinoise.
ANSWER: Justin Peck
[10e] Peck’s first work for the NYCB was In Creases, which was set to this composer’s Four Movements for Two Pianos. Other works by this composer include the opera Einstein on the Beach.
ANSWER: Philip Glass
[10m] In 2015, Peck created a one-act ballet based on the “Four Dance Episodes” suite from this other ballet. This ballet quotes the western tune “I Ride an Old Paint” in its “Saturday Night Waltz” movement.
ANSWER: Rodeo
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