“’See the music, hear the dance.’ Balanchine’s famous motto was undoubtedly an impetus behind Partita, a work premiered by the New York City Ballet resident choreographer Justin Peck…”
Jane Coombs
The New Criterion
“…the movement is made to mimic this carbon-copy effect through complicated repetition. Mills plays with this idea of repetition in ‘CARBON53,’ but it comes with a twist.”
Arts and Culture Texas
“In this dance, Peck focuses on groundedness — the power of what the plié brings as the dancers, in their seemingly just-out-of-the-box white sneakers, navigate the sounds of the score…There is the extension of a leg with a flexed foot, a torso bending forward over a raised knee, a walk frozen in space.”
Gia Kourlas
The New York Times
“Mills’ ‘CARBON53’ explored the concept of carbon copies in dance form. ‘CARBON53’ is exacting.”
