Friday’s openings: It’s dance time at the Lantern

Dance fans don your toe shoes and get ready for "Ballet 422," which is scheduled to open Friday at the Magic Lantern. According to IMDB, the Jody Lee Lipes-directed documentary takes us backstage at the New York City Ballet as choreographer Justin Peck shapes a new performance.

As you might expect, a number of critics are pretty high on the film:

Zachary Wigon, The Village Voice: "Ballet 422 is more visually sumptuous than most narratives you're likely to see this year, featuring careful compositions that make watching the film an aesthetic experience as much as an intellectual one."

A.O. Scott, The New York Times: "Ballet 422 elegantly conveys the complex collaborations behind even a relatively modest production, and the toil and discipline that somehow deliver, for the patrons on opening night, a seamless spectacle of grace."

Noel Murray, The Dissolve: "A documentary that's both impressionistic and informative-admiring the magic of dance even in its formative stages, while also turning the making of art into a kind of procedural."

So if you are a dance fan, or even if you aren't, you might want to check out "Ballet 422." And look forward to these films opening at the Lantern sometime in the weeks after: "It Follows," "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalam" and "Deli Man."