But OK. Tiler Peck is a very talented dancer who can do 27 pirouettes on a dime. But she's no Gelsey Kirkland or Suzanne Farrell or a Sylvie Guillem. Lots of big smile bravado, sure, but I don't feel any emotional depth or passion emanating from her. Anyway, I enjoyed some of the rehearsal scenes, but I found 2/3 of this movie meh. Too much "The Tiler Peck Show"/ "Tiler did you eat your sandwich?" fawning mom and grandma stuff for me. The clown skit might have been better if Ms. Peck had dropped the ballerina goofy and went full whacky Carol Burnett mode goofy. The final mash-up finale piece was lively chaos, but with no real vision, drama or edginess. I was expecting Ms. Peck to get into some actual hip-hop herself; She didn't. But maybe that was a good thing. Even without the tutu and pink tights business, Ms. Peck is a precision ballerina-ist to her core. (Attention Hollywood: Tiler Peck would make for a stylin' android in a sci-fi movie.)
Review of Ballet Now
