Tiler Peck | The Making of Swift Arrow with Alonzo King

Back in 2021, Tiler Peck, principal dancer at New York City Ballet, reached out to Alonzo King, asking if he’d be interested in working on a collaboration. That initial conversation led to the creation of Swift Arrow, a pas de deux performed by Tiler and New York City Ballet soloist Roman Mejia with original music by the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Director of Jazz Jason Moran. The new ballet, choreographed by Alonzo, premiered at the Kennedy Center and made an encore showing at Vail Dance Festival later that year.
Tiler and Roman take the piece to the stage again in New York City Center’s “Artists at the Center” series running from March 4-6, 2022. To celebrate, we sat down with Tiler Peck to discuss her experience working with Alonzo. We cover everything from letting go in partnering, to exploring the human quality in performance, to being bold enough to go after what you want.
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