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Tiler Peck: Suspending Time

Premiere: 11/7/2025 | 0:30 |

Follow acclaimed ballerina Tiler Peck as she overcomes injury to reclaim her place on stage and debut her own choreography with New York City Ballet, revealing the resilience and artistry behind a modern-day prima ballerina.

Premiere: 11/7/2025
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About the Episode

Premieres Friday, November 7 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/gperf and the PBS App

Great Performances – Tiler Peck: Suspending Time offers a deeply personal look at one of ballet’s most celebrated artists as she faces a career crossroads. Following a series of life-altering events—including a major injury and a personal loss—New York City Ballet prima ballerina Tiler Peck is forced to reckon with the unknown and reimagine her relationship to dance, to her body, and to herself. Directed by Alex Ramsey, the film follows Peck over the course of six years of her life, capturing rehearsals, performances and quiet moments of reflection, as she fights to return stronger, not just as a prima ballerina, but also as a choreographer and creative force. After Peck returns to the stage, she takes on the toughest creative challenge of her career: A prestigious invitation to choreograph for the New York City Ballet, culminating in debut performances set to a concerto by Francis Poulenc. Featuring original work by Peck alongside choreography from Alonzo King, William Forsythe, George Balanchine and Christopher Wheeldon, the film blends vulnerability and resilience with artistic brilliance. Great Performances – Tiler Peck: Suspending Time premieres Friday, November 7 at 9/8c on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app.

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SERIES OVERVIEW

For more than 50 years on PBS, Great Performances has provided an unparalleled showcase of the best in all genres of the performing arts, serving as America’s most prestigious and enduring broadcaster of cultural programming. Showcasing a diverse range of artists from around the world, the series has earned 67 Emmy Awards, a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre and six Peabody Awards. The Great Performances website hosts exclusive videos, interviews, photos, full episodes and more. The series is produced by The WNET Group. Great Performances is available for streaming concurrent with broadcast on PBS.org and the PBS App, available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

A production of Late Autumn Productions, Great Performances – Tiler Peck: Suspending Time is directed by Alex Ramsey and produced by Eric Cook and Garen Scribner. Tiler Peck is executive producer. For Great Performances, Joan Hershey is senior producer, Bill O’Donnell is series producer and David Horn is executive producer.

FUNDING

Funding for Great Performances – Tiler Peck: Suspending Time is provided by The Lewis “Sonny” Turner Fund for Dance, Kelsey Lamond, Judy Flannery, Brian and Rene Hollins, Alison and Michael Mauzé, Renae and Greg Niles, Robert Schulman, John and Tricia Zimmerer, the Kern Dance Alliance and Deborah Barrera. Series funding for Great Performances is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, S. Irving and Anne Nevard Sherr Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Abra Prentice Foundation, Inc., The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Leni and Peter May, Seton J. Melvin, the Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Trust, The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.

TRANSCRIPT

I never thought I would be a ballerina.

And yet she became one.

Welcome to the world of dance with prima ballerina Tiler Peck.

One of the most extraordinary ballerinas in the world.

Discover how she relates to dance — from early success, to coming back from a career threatening injury — And then becoming a choreographe The jumps good.

So we'll keep it.

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Enjoy Tiler Peck: Suspending Time.

What is life without dance?

On Great Performances.