On t. W. Dont be too good just because it. Takes her sacre. John nolan meyer at work that fast. And internationally renowned choreographer who depicts worlds of emotion the language of dance. Its been done im a grateful person and that might be why im a happy person pretty and privileged to get to do what i love most is neat. For johnno i mire the artistic journey has always been more important than a destination. In my living and if my life is a painting dance is the frame. His creative home is the Ballet Center hamburg. Sight is she ever since ive been a choreographer my aim has been to create a sort of microcosm of the world on stage after the answer to. A microcosm that includes the underworld johnno meyer is staging orpheus and you read a scene. Where cliched you see it is stick soon said the narrative is the Creative Process itself is in and theres Nothing Better than entering a space and feeling extremely nervous and uncertain your dancers looking to you with huge expectations on to the sound of music that moves you hear it and creating something that hadnt existed before us thats not meet our. And. So. One of his main focuses has always been melding dance with music. Mine attend st d. My kind of dancers are ones who give it their all even in rehearsal a nice little knot i believe because im a slave driver and theyre afraid theyll be fired if they dont. Even go fired because it gives them joy. To go and destroy in fact me to him its a great source of inspiration for me which is for me and of course in spirit. Is a choreographer whose loved and appreciated by character dancers. That did magic that happens in the studio that its nothing that i can tell but i guess as a choreographer and dancer you create. Really a fine line when youre in the studio working where that is not really boundaries between one and another it requires these unity to be able to create something really from deep inside to join has. An amazing going off transforming dancers into different roles that sometimes you dont. Expect to become the person that or to find that person in you and i think you have an amazing way of finding that in you to project it on stage. Yeah its incredible experience to be with him in the studio and. To see how how. How through hes eyes he sees evil and that theyre all you do and that piece he creates so its really special theres was was. Was. Am. The world famous Dance Company as a many headed entity accompanying johnno and my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Side for him up at fs i know and i always have doubts tate nothing has anywhere from less you question it and question yourself and father stared at a string im forever as a crossroads conflicted wondering if im going in the right direction or not confuse you one up there fake it up it is critical to any why do you do it here self i ask myself back to how much man. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 he danced the part of the lion in his ballet production a friends schuberts into highs and our winter journey. The characters that interest him are the doubters the losers and dreamers. One that as long intrigued 10 is vats love agency the russian ballet dancer and choreographer often referred to as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century noir meyers ballet explores his descent into madness. John the baptist and jesus in a padded room in a choreographic exploration of George Frederick candles messiah broken heroes in classic new my style. Symbiotic for better and for worse john the baptist makes jesus a teacher finding him disciples. No to the expectations of the crowds and doubting his mission. A ballet steeped in soul and humanity. I am indeed a fact from here yet a chord of theres a bit of myself in every piece of mine every choreography and every production and Mission Growing up here and i cant choreograph a stage something with complete honesty if i dont understand it does the 1st if i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own personal angle in that 1st year. Johno i meyer was born in milwaukee on Lake Michigan in 1039 his father was a ships captain. His mother loved arts and culture. Supported his ambition to dance and ambition born when the family went together to see a musical in the cinema. And he started taking tap dancing classes then in the walkies city library he stumbled across a biography of thats left. And fell in love with ballet busy. He studied in london and copenhagen and in 1963 went to germany to join the stuttgart ballet led by choreographer john crank oh. Johnno i my out was a talented dancer and was soon making a name for himself as a choreographer too. In 1969 he was appointed director of the frankfurt ballet his adaptation of romeo and juliet in 1984 was a milestone his juliet was no hottie prima donna but an irrepressible young girl who learns to dance only when she falls in love he breathed new life into the classics. To be reinterpreted swan lake as a vision dreamed up by lunatic the 2nd during his imprisonment. Was. But not meyer doesnt seek to revolutionize ballet so much as to renew it gently and thoughtfully. Up to conceive of us for can make a difference here im not sure hes but im not sure thats its task. I should help people understand themselves better it was he said a fresh teen. Alabama economic. Gallery on. The majestic pal a guy named is located in the heart of the congo do that in paris its the home of the famous ballet do not passing an associated ballet school. It is clearly a type created a lot of it yet what i create is not complete sort as very if a Ballet Company wants to stage one of my works i dont see it as a picture hanging on a wall that i can take down and send over along with the building of a district thats hidden on chicken national or thats all i have to go and meet them with standard and see who these people are wanting to bring new life to my work even disses faire noir leave. Canada in muncie and chided this man interested in when you decide to work in different places or what then you learn that each place has its own set of rules that. In part he said is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and in ahmedabad 32 not sure but it. The pentagon year opened its doors in 875 for years it was the biggest theater in the world a Meeting Place for high society. John nolan meyer loves the venue and frequently works here as a guest choreographer. Hes a company a d. C. Is i love this company very much its big but not too big because it will often have 2 Big Productions going on in its 2 different venues mine i can only do interest my. Id like to have lots of time to work with my group these are groups who are by so they cross but each row through its movements is an important color in this mosaic of emotions at 1st and you fall by east indies in was a fun immature line is it. Together with ballet masters kevin hagen and. Both former dancers with a hammer ballet johnno meyer is on his way to rehearsals his adaptation of la demo coming out yeah the 19th century novel by Alexandre Dumas is being staged in the city in which it was set. Where. We fail to know where i want to sound i dont know where you figure out if things are moving so fast. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth you know if an accident. I mean if the reversal is are taking place in one of 5 studios whats interesting with our job and john makes that very very clear is that is the journey the process of always learning and always searching because everything doesnt have to be successful but everything has to go for it its not about success its about its not about the distinction its about the journey and that john has always made very clear. And thats why it will continue to create. John no mire originally created lot damo coming idea set to music by freddie actual power for the stood guard ballet in 1978 it was internationally acclaimed the production in paris is now the 6th version he has staged in the city a month at 1st and show one month out and when you consider some aspect or opera and have an earlier dancer in mind. And are looking to reproduce what she or he did and it doesnt work. Then money only works when you love and respect this incredibly Precious Resource youre working with which they meet people not colors not words not computers or typewriters countrified machine leap and perfect yet. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. Standing if a deep to man and c im always falling in love in you with a dance as i work with is trying to create something fresh trying to awaken something new both in the dancers and in myself but that it is in ideas erica ok. Were. A lot of it very good work what a very good. The gun is a legendary institution to perform on its stage is a unique privilege and when a world famous choreographer is staging a production of his own work its a special thrill for the 154. 00 dancers with the paris opera ballet. Youre going. To rehearsals for productions are tightly scheduled here the condom of opera houses makes no exceptions. The venues sumptuous velvet upholstery and lavish gold detail is dance like making the pentagon a premier tourist attraction. It still looks much the same as it did in the late 19th century when it was the beating heart of fashionable paris. I spoke energy out and i think the problem is that there are 6 different causes and theres also a major production of the op ed by steve and these are struck in investing. Its an unfamiliar situation for John Neumeier the hamburg ballet is a much Smaller Company and the dancers are entirely at his disposal. He staged the story of the ill fated lovers many times but always managed to reinterpret it and find a new way of telling their tragic tale. Theres interest and it is this month in movida a snow is whats interesting is that you can always discover something new because humans are such a tunnel in the cameras into a its always an adventure steps and was like this is the grudge or the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to toward the victa is thought id be wreaked is fun finding im always driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know under mukesh type to xining for one of us better for humankind. On a different angle on emotionality more to 98 on and does this test for us thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer spock from mission as choreographed. The terminally ill magazine it will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all of the dancers in depth individual feedback. That change or spatial data dump it but that is a push in the center but its. The 1st time. He never tires of explaining his ideas and demonstrating what hes looking for she looks. Terrific he throws himself into his work with body and soul you. Have the same thing with. A professor so its good to have all this in the kitchen for the father and so you know it gives you so much image of soccer ekta it tells you why you have to do it like that why its more. Credible for the audience way what is the sense of doing it is just like i want you to do it its always there is a little. Stretch but yes. Even after a career spanning 50 years hes only satisfied when he can get to grips with every last detail of his productions with. Johnno i meyer has been director of the hamburg ballet since 1973 and put the city on the map of International Dance he also made it his home and it was here that he found his longtime partner. Is here for 2 professionally hes a genius but hes always remained unbelievably grounded down to earth as the americans say and he has a great sense of humor but if we didnt we wouldnt be together i mean girls home was once red villages on the side. The it. Has come to i meant think there comes a moment. Moment vice when you just know that youve made someone at their. Best better than anyone youve ever imagined thats money thats the same one who could show it all would exist tom and kinda sorta at a. Point dan is this all this money that you want together with this person is that man say it was really talk about everything man. Z. He. C. F. A. Human undersea intimacy you find your deeply interested in the other person and. I suspect or at it and you learn what its like to be more concern for them than you off real self or human under so how im a physician. Its 10 oclock on a sunday morning in an hour at the ballet workshop will begin on the stage of the hamburg state opera no meyer will expand on how the roles developed and offer unique insights into the Creative Process. Just a few months eat at us so get the feeling of seeing who these people are in private this is to me the 3 dimensionality of the characters is always very important and for the audience to see the performers without the costumes is Something Special and an issue in the end if this outfit is. The 1st ballet workshop took place in 1973 and was an instant hit with the audience tickets are always snapped up immediately. And it was now going to i thank you morgan thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen its right about it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet went shopping site begin audits citee course and sit out thank you gifts for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today unallowed and ed show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for a lot damn come yet. They concentrate on pure dance. Then John Neumeier talks the audience through the companys work. A successful documentary series was made about the ballet workshops. And coaches agnus by lettice and it isnt in one respect ballet is a Consumer Product compared to a restaurant i have sit down and i order a steak and steak and asked if the steaks good ill come back then if its not good it wont make it any better if the Restaurant Owner takes me into the kitchen and shows me how cramped it is and how hard it is to work that share its that im back problems getting good stuff and that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what did he say its so cough it doesnt bring it i might feel sorry for him on a personal level but i still wont enjoy my steak and i still wont come back its just the same with ballet if you watch a performance and you dont like it then you might be interested in finding out anything more about it and nothing i can say all we can show you will change that that would have asked us to get psyched to go to become one of your john norma in 1978 1000000 myra one a german t. V. A white for the 4 part john on my response at lax that which he developed and hosted off to just for const neumeier sees ballet as an art form by people for people he was 1st inspired by classic american musicals and their influence often shines through his work. Bernstein dances pays homage to the music and spirits of lighter grinstein. Handle. This. That. N. C. Defense out these of you niggas once youve seen the dancers on stage then your level dancing isnt just a job for them job done singing for all dancers is a vocation i can for either tense or form that was the most intensive part of our lives and thats wonderful. And thats a story about that can come a time when its no longer possible and to me whats most important is not a moment when dancers a dancing or tense a dance and kind of the moment when they no longer can and that moment was is that scott we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help missing a concert thats your point get down there because headphone. Proceeds from the events go to the Dance Foundation which helps professional dancers make the transition to other jobs. John nolan meyer dedicated his choreography to manas leads where the beautiful trumpets blow to soloist Geoffrey Kirk who died of aids. The ballet workshop benefits traditionally end with a performance. For neumeier compassion and commemoration are intertwined with the ephemeral nature of dance. A little. Im going home and i think that was my approach when i became a ballet director nearly 50 years ago. That i missed by lit. Direct us on going home and harbor the size its been nice to not only responsible for mahlers 5th symphony or the boys magic horn im responsible for everything or not for this was dancers who are glad to be part of something for those who are a bit sad because theyre part of it but arent resting enough and i doubt if one of a kind poor fellows that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all thus i need to have answers for all of them and i need to be able to give direction or i cant call myself a director. So its come on say he needs to direct on any. Exactly because its valuable his job also includes this sort of thing today he selecting images for the program for orpheus and your idiocy together with photographer kieron west a former dancer johnno a minor tends to keep a professional distance from his dancers but nothing escapes west all seeing photographers gaze. So as tense of us as when i was a dancer we had a completely different relationship. And its Something Else now. In front of me hes not afraid you have to kind of. Cool it. Can as well as i can draw on does i know the best sides of john and thats what i always want to show and he knows that. So he trusts me completely. We did this portrait together and i just said john what do you think youve got a special move and he was like fine what move and your move John Neumeier so he does it. So i just have to photograph this and show the world. And give it side can you and john mara. I. Hit. A group photo to mark the companys 40th anniversary in 2013 including a few dancers from the very early days. With his 1988 piece hamburger impromptu french choreographer a movie space paid tribute to his friend john meyer and his company. I am of the masterpieces created by no meyer and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by good stuff mama which premiered in 1975 the news itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. To. Many of new myras choreographies have a dreamlike moored merging elements that make for strange and unsettling bedfellows. In a midsummer nights dream he juxtaposes the romantic strains of felix matters on with georgi legatees mechanical music. Scene to matthew passion was john i meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the zine to miss a list church in hamburg in 1980. 9 meyer has devised 160 choreographies. In the course of his career his Young Students marked his 60th birthday with a celebration of his. Working with the Young Students in the school of the hamburg ballet is a cornerstone of norm myers mission. The majority of the dancers in his company are graduates of the school he also founded the National Youth ballet which has become a pillar of the german dance world his works are classics with Cross Generational appeal as illustrated by this short version of la dam. Performed on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Thanks. Under the watchful eye of the citys patron goddess harmonia in 2018 at hamburg city hall he renewed his contract as ballet director. In 2023 he will have held the position for 50 years the saturdays and leave it i always say its a welcome button and ive decided to carry this burden for another 4 years its going to set. Every autumn the hamburg ballet gives a guest performance in baton bodden even after all these years he still feels nervous and had a premiere. This is production is bernstein dances. And. Its the same piece that launched the cooperation between the hamburg ballet and the baton baton Festival Hall 20 years ago. This is fear and its a place where you can experiment in traffic art and i wanted to open up the packard violated here escape because theres always time here to reconsider the works its ready and see them in a completely different space not mine in one finish and somehow i find that very inspiring and spectate me sitting here. The serene setting helps focus the body in mind here in baton baton theres a deep appreciation for the Dance Company from hamburg at the press conference its obvious that the local media is familiar with his work here and it is and by that victory i feel that a ballet is truly good when it doesnt just tell an old story but my story. Is so and it is is that if my negotiator thats the most important thing is that its still alive the worst thing thats going to happen would be to have works of mine staged in a way thats all fine and good but like a Museum Object behind glass into it thats mustnt happen thats the dance ballet is a living art form that is its to do with the here and now and if it has nothing to do with now then it shouldnt be done at all it needs to not so much. As always the choreographer attends the performance accompanied by his ballet master. I think the last 2 decades the company has built up a loyal fan base here in the south many members of the audience have come from france and switzerland. The venue has a capacity of 2500. 00 seats and every single one has taken the anniversary guest performances are sold out. A standing ovation for bernstein dances the company and the choreography of. The hoof from the door to me this profession means constantly learning and experiencing new things and then after. When does it get duncan my love of his not and learning about it has never gone away. Is. It. A love thats plain to see and his home. Is this is a place of tranquility and ought to work i should concentrate here very well its a good country and. An entire floor is given over to needs drawings and sketches. Vicinity you know we dont know exactly how many the rock but we have the largest existing collection 98 of the sketches skits and funny. Little action belongs to the foundation John Neumeier which brings together his collections that portray the history of ballet through art and words. Design no east for me the collection isnt about value rather its important for my work via it is for my heart might be stickies mine. Is it one pieces together mosaic stones. Owns the place that one will keep Going Forward to get this man but one cant go back escaped i thought i know and its a way to build on the past known fun f. A common sight. Paris. Is premiering in the pan a gal me. 30 dancers are getting ready for the performance. Of the company has purchased the entire production and important source of income for the 9 story building. Its marble staircases and lavish decor demand a costly upkeep. Legendary dancers of days gone by look down from the ceiling it was here that day god painted his famous ballet dancers and here that dancers would rendezvous with their well heeled admires. His spirit there is a paris operate as one of the main centers of ballet and says that history and tradition of any type its your own have owned the c. F. A. I feel very honored to be in such a place i want to contribute to this venerable company as was i at 1st to a decent type shown so i could see one of the companies ive worked with most often is that the aim is i need the company in me to me ship faster meissen galba to power. The performance isnt just taking place on stage the audience is engaged in its own performance while the dancers wait in the wings. Damn or come here is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws its emotional intensity from the power to do between alma and maggie heat it captures the very essence of their relationship. 40 years after it 1st premiered the tragedy has lost none of its power to move the audience. Up cars for the paris after a ballet and john i am. Backstage he congratulates the company. And you. Have this ballet elease your salary so please. Take care of let it roll of the grow in new let yourself grow as an artist when you do it ok i will be thinking of you and it can be any moment i may come back and see what youre doing this survey careful ok i could be there any moment. If he sees dance as a form of human expression and its purpose above all is to convey a feeling. I dont care if you miss one step and i dont kick you fall down but eat because you have a fantastic technique so its nepal blame it on the news is liquid and cares about what the end is to is to project this this incredible pain inside that you have this is of the day hearing about this here. Thank you neal thank you very much think you also. Know myers life is a whirlwind of premieres revivals and rehearsals his calendar is packed with engagements. Today hes presenting his latest piece all feel billy deeds to the press ahead of its premiere in hamburg its a coproduction with us operas. For no meyer the challenge was to put the ballet and the opera on an equal footing. Hes in charge not only of the choreography but also the staging sets the costumes and the lighting concept. That is satin escape in every stick of the shites a its heading in the right direction for sent a submission chicago bear in mind i did this in chicago after a 2 weeks of rehearsals out of auckland for bitset and how l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsals and all that psychoanalysis 5 weeks here i get smitty that was fun for here so id say its coming along. Ok. In hamburg a noir meyer premier is always an event especially when the ballet director is trying his hand at an opera this isnt the 1st time hes tackled the myth of orpheus the audience has High Expectations of his latest treatment of looks opera. I. Was the norm meyers concept this time is that orpheus is a choreographer and you already see a prima ballerina the production demonstrates the power of art to render even death meaningless iritis he isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. Feynman and a professor in langham when youve been pursuing. A profession for a long time and people ask as the germans do when youre going to stop and hit out how so they expect you to deliver one last masterpiece spot and ours after all youre a master of your craft and i stood there by my newsstand and my stuff but i dont feel thats what i am at all he says sure and meister to sign when i start choreographing i dont know how ill do what i do i see this much. What he does is interweave dance and music so that the respective art forms merge together organically. As usual hes in the audience interested to see how his work comes across. When he takes to the stage a few boos mingled with the applause hes used to let john know meyer has his vision and hes confident in his pursuit and thats. When you have a snowbank in the present there is only the start of something where if i wasnt enjoying what i do my career wouldnt have lasted 50 years and taters get my sound melodramatic but i believe im doing what im destined to do its the show i think thats whats called a vocation. Thats the total. Conservation that one of. d the coral reefs alpha needs are endangered its by climate change. People are aware of whats happening. And their role. To protect barry. Is reforestation nothing different coming. 3000. And 30 minutes on w. 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