The costumes were designed by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung with supervision from Marc Happel, with lighting by Mark Stanley The 20-minute piece features 18 dancers and premiered on January 13, 2013.
[2] The choreography showcases Peck's ability to manipulate groups of dancers in complicated formations and patterns, as well as quick, detailed ballet phrasing.
[1][5] The ballet's plot, a love story, begins with a couple meeting on the beach, the male lead, wearing a dark blue and grey costume, bumping into his partner.
[8] Ballet 422, a film directed by Jody Lee Lipes, follows Peck during the two months in which he choreographed and produced Paz de la Jolla.
[9] The film focuses on Peck's creative process and the work he put in leading up to the premiere, including shots of him during the first stages of choreographing the piece, teaching the ballet to the cast, working with costume designers Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung and the costume department of the New York City Ballet, staging it with the lighting director, Mark Stanley, talking to the orchestra, and on the night of the premiere.