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It's very difficult to switch back and forth between running rehearsals and then stepping in to dance in rehearsals as a dancer. Just to switch hats in an instant can be a little bit jarring, mostly physically, on the body.

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When I'm making a new ballet, I usually read through the score a little bit, and then I have to go back and translate or transcribe all the counts for dancers because the way that you hear it is completely different from the way the musicians read and play it.

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I've always liked vintage posters of California beaches.

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I'm really interested in working with groups. It's a very simple thing for me, and if I'm given the option to work with two people or 10 or 20 people, I'm going to take 10 or 20. I just think there's so much more I can do with that.

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I've always felt that Balanchine is my ultimate teacher. I learn the most from observing his work and also dancing in it.

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My grandfather James Peck was a civil rights activist.

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I'm always interested in linking dance to mundane behavior that everyone can relate to.

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The reason I started dancing in the first place was my dad took me to see 'Bring In 'da Noise, Bring In 'da Funk' when I was 9.

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Balanchine is the number one influence for me. His work was really musically driven. He and Jerome Robbins were the ones who really showed me that dance could be about the inner relation between movement and music. When I was a student first seeing their work, I was like, 'Oh, this is a thing?'

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I think it's interesting for people to be exposed to ballet in areas they wouldn't necessarily expect to see it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Dancer

Born: September 8th, 1987

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