Tiler Peck
{{Short description|American ballet dancer (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox dancer
| name = Tiler Peck
| image = Tiler Peck for Swans for Relief.jpg
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| caption = Peck dancing for Swans for Relief in 2020
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Bakersfield, California, U.S.
| education = School of American Ballet
| occupation = Ballet dancer
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Robbie Fairchild|2014|2017|end={{abbr|sep.|separated}}}}
| partner = Roman Mejia (2020–present; engaged)
| current_group = New York City Ballet
| website =
}}
Tiler Kalyn Peck (born January 12, 1989){{Cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/tiler_kalyn_peck_born_1989_19424558|title=The birth of Tiler Peck|website=California Birth Index|access-date=March 31, 2017}} is an American ballet dancer who is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. As well as ballet, she has performed in musical theatre shows and has made cameo appearances in films including Donnie Darko and television series including Tiny Pretty Things.
Early life
Born in Bakersfield, California, Peck started her studies at her mother's ballet studio in Bakersfield, at the age of two.{{Cite web|url=http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2012/07/tiler_peck_dancer_extraordinai.php|title=Ballet star Tiler Peck is a devoted California girl|last=Graeme|first=Judy|date=July 15, 2012|website=LA Observed|access-date=March 31, 2017}} She started her formal training in classical ballet at the age of seven when she received private lessons in Hollywood from Alla Khaniashvili, a former dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycballet.com/Dancers/Dancers-Bios/Tiler-Peck.aspx|title=Tile Peck|website=New York City Ballet|access-date=March 31, 2017}} Later, she began to study with New York City Ballet dancers Colleen and Patricia Neary in California. During this time she enrolled at the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica where she studied with the former New York City Ballet principal Yvonne Mousey and learned the Balanchine technique.
Ballet career
While performing on Broadway in Susan Stroman's revival of the Meredith Willson musical The Music Man, Peck entered the School of American Ballet for the winter term of 2000–2001. The following year she enrolled as a full-time student starting with the summer session of 2002.{{Cite web|url=http://pointemagazine.com/inside-pt/issuesaugustseptember-2014new-tiler-peck/|title=The new Tiler Peck|last=Fuhrer|first=Margaret|date=July 28, 2014|website=Pointe Magazine|access-date=March 31, 2017}} In September 2004, she joined New York City Ballet as an apprentice. She was promoted to the corps de ballet in February 2005, to soloist in December 2006, and to principal dancer in October 2009.
Peck danced at the Kennedy Honors ceremony twice, in 2012 and 2014, performing in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/style/for-robert-fairchild-and-tiler-peck-a-partnership-that-stays-in-step.html?_r=0|title=For Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck, a Partnership That Stays in Step|last=Rohrlich|first=Marianne|date=May 29, 2015|website=The New York Times|access-date=March 31, 2017}} In 2014, she started "Tiler Peck Designs", her own dance wear collection carried by Body Wrappers.{{Cite web|url=http://bodywrappers.com/collections.php?id=42|title=Body Wrappers / Tiler Peck Designs|website=bodywrappers.com|access-date=2019-07-25}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.danceinforma.com/2016/03/02/chatting-with-nycb-principal-tiler-peck/|title=Chatting with New York City Ballet Principal Tiler Peck|last=Thomas|first=Chelsea|website=Dance Informa|date=2 March 2016|access-date=March 31, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/memorial-day-weekend-dance-sale-2571790085.html|title=7 Memorial Day Weekend Dance Sales You Don't Want to Miss|date=2018-05-25|website=Dance Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25}} That same year, she performed at the Laguna Dance Festival,{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-apr-12-la-et-guidefeature-20120412-story.html|title=Laguna Dance Festival is 'all about making dance accessible'|date=2012-04-12|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-25}} with her colleague Joaquín De Luz. In October of the same year, Peck reunited with Susan Stroman in Washington DC to work with her on her new musical, Little Dancer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-little-dancer-susan-stroman-shows-the-art-of-perseverance/2014/10/16/2147127a-5264-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html|title=In 'Little Dancer,' Susan Stroman shows the art of perseverance|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25}}
Peck's repertoire at NYCB includes choreography by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Susan Stroman, Christopher Wheeldon, Peter Martins and Justin Peck.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/magazine/justin-peck-is-making-ballet-that-speaks-to-our-everyday-lives.html|title=Justin Peck Is Making Ballet That Speaks to Our Everyday Lives|date=2018-05-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-06-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} She has performed leading roles in Jewels, The Nutcracker, Raymonda Variations, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/arts/dance/understanding-george-balanchine-jewels-new-york-city-ballet.html|title=Understanding Balanchine's 'Jewels,' a Perfect Introduction to Ballet|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|date=2016-09-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/02/arts/dance/02nuts.html|title=Newest Stars Try Cracking Holiday 'Nut'|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|date=2010-01-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/arts/dance/debuts-at-new-york-city-ballet.html|title=A Spring Season Unfolds With a Youthful Flourish|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|date=2014-05-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2015/05/city-ballet-scores-with-new-la-sylphide/|title=City Ballet Scores With New 'La Sylphide'|date=2015-05-22|website=Observer|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/arts/dance/13changes.html|title=At Lincoln Center, Glimpses of Teresa Reichlen, Tiler Peck and Kathryn Morgan|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|date=2009-06-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/arts/dance/swan-lake-city-ballet.html|title=Swans With Glittering Technique|last=Seibert|first=Brian|date=2017-09-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/arts/dance/megan-fairchild-and-tiler-peck-lead-coppelia-casts.html|title=In a Village, Love Is in the Air Before a Doll Comes to Play|last=Seibert|first=Brian|date=2014-02-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
Other appearances
Peck has explored other activities besides ballet, such as musical theater and acting. In 2019, she returned to her role in the musical Little Dancer which had been reworked and re-titled to Marie, Dancing Still.{{cite web |title=Sneak Peek at Marie, Dancing Still |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/sneak-peek-at-marie-dancing-still-a-new-musical-starring-tiler-peck-and-terrence-mann |website=Playbill |date=13 March 2019 |access-date=17 April 2019}} She has also performed as Clara in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/youll-never-guess-which-dancers-made-their-stage-debut-as-a-radio-city-clara-2621879853.html|title=You'll Never Guess Which Dancers Made Their Stage Debut as a Radio City Clara|date=2018-12-03|website=Dance Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25}}
She has had small parts in movies. Her appearances include A Time for Dancing (2000), Geppetto (2000), Donnie Darko (2001), Catfish (2010), Enemy Within (2014) and the documentary about choreographer Justin Peck's choreographic process, Ballet 422 (2014). She has appeared on TV performing as a guest on Dancing with the Stars. In 2011 she performed as Marzipan in Live from Lincoln Center’s transmission of "The Nutcracker". In 2013, she appeared again at Lincoln Center as Louise Bigelow in the PBS telecast of Rodgers & Hammerstein´s Carousel.
In 2017 Peck appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" as the first ballerina to ever perform on the show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pointemagazine.com/tiler-peck-ellen-degeneres-show-2506010021.html|title=Watch Tiler Peck Kill It on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"|date=3 November 2017}}
Peck was the main focus of the 2018 documentary movie Ballet Now{{cite web |title=Ballet Now |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226078/ |website=IMDB |access-date=26 July 2018}} which was shown at the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.
In 2020, Peck appeared in the Netflix series Tiny Pretty Things as Sienna Milken.{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/tiny-pretty-things-cast-interview/|title = 'Tiny Pretty Things' stars take us inside the Netflix series' twisted world of ballet| magazine=Entertainment Weekly }}
Personal life
Peck married New York City principal ballet dancer Robbie Fairchild, on June 22, 2014, in New York. The couple separated in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/married-ballet-stars-robert-fairchild-tiler-peck-split/2017/06/19/1bc0c540-5521-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html|title=Married ballet stars Tiler Peck, Robert Fairchild split - the Washington Post|newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628120259/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/married-ballet-stars-robert-fairchild-tiler-peck-split/2017/06/19/1bc0c540-5521-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html|archive-date=2017-06-28|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-06-21}} Washington PostKennedy, Mark. [https://www.apnews.com/7c2563508f044ab9ad6596d2339a8dc6 "Married ballet stars Tiler Peck, Robert Fairchild split"] apnews.com, June 19, 2017 For the duration of her marriage, Peck was sister-in-law to Megan Fairchild, Robert's sister.{{Cite news|last=Kourlas|first=Gia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/arts/dance/robert-fairchild-new-york-city-ballet-duo-concertant.html|title=Robert Fairchild Says Goodbye to City Ballet With Balanchine and Roses|date=16 October 2016|work=New York Times}}
In September 2024, she announced engagement to ballet dancer Roman Mejia.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/nyc-ballet-dancers-tiler-peck-and-roman-mejia-are-engaged-exclusive-8714597#:~:text=Two%20principal%20dancers%20from%20the,city%20that%20brought%20them%20together. |title=N.Y.C. Ballet Dancers Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia Are Engaged! (Exclusive) |website=People |date=September 18, 2024 |access-date=September 19, 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0669732}}
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Category:21st-century American ballet dancers
Category:Dancers from California
Category:Janice Levin Award dancers
Category:New York City Ballet principal dancers
Category:People from Bakersfield, California
Category:Mae L. Wien Award recipients
Category:Princess Grace Awards winners