Ballet Now (2018) poster

Dance in Film · 2018

Ballet Now (2018)

Steven Cantor follows Tiler Peck as the first woman invited to curate The Music Center’s BalletNOW program, making her compressed work of assembling, rehearsing, directing, and dancing a 15-piece cross-genre concert the documentary’s central action.

Ballet Now is a 2018 dance documentary centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.

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Where to watch: Hulu and Disney+ both listed subscription streaming in the United States on 2026-08-10. Availability may change.

Trailer

Official trailer.

The dance sequences in Ballet Now

3 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.

  1. 1,2,3,4,6 fusion number

    Fusion Dance

    Danced by Tiler Peck; Michelle Dorrance; Byron Tittle; Virgil Gadson

    Dorrance claps and stamps the rhythm, Peck answers in pointe shoes, and Gadson pops and waves while the four performers reshape the platform together.

    The scene turns the documentary's thesis into movement by making ballet, rhythm tap, and hip-hop negotiate one shared pulse rather than appear as isolated specialties.

    Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. Hulu's 2018 subscription page was opened on 2026-08-13; no edition-specific timestamp or separate clip was verified. Playbill identifies the filmed number as 1,2,3,4,6; Pointe and the Los Angeles Times render the related program title as 1•2•3•4•5•6, so the discrepancy is retained rather than silently resolved.

  2. In Creases ensemble timing rehearsal

    Contemporary Ballet

    Choreography Justin Peck

    Eight dancers have four days to lock together Justin Peck's intricate timing as opening night approaches.

    The compressed rehearsal process exposes how contemporary ballet's clean ensemble geometry depends on collective timing, making the work behind the finished concert visible.

    Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. Hulu's 2018 subscription page was opened on 2026-08-13; no edition-specific timestamp or separate clip was verified.

  3. Time It Was/116

    Ballet–vaudeville clown duet

    Danced by Tiler Peck; Bill Irwin · Choreography Tiler Peck; Bill Irwin; Damian Woetzel

    Irwin's oversized suit and wayward grapevine repeatedly pull him offstage while Peck remains both his object of affection and his equal partner.

    The number makes stylistic contrast legible and funny: Peck's ballet precision meets Irwin's vaudeville clown timing without treating either form as decoration.

    Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. Hulu's 2018 subscription page was opened on 2026-08-13; no edition-specific timestamp or separate clip was verified.

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