Dont be too good just because it. Take her take her. To go. John nolan meyer at work that fast. And internationally renowned choreographer who depicts worlds of emotion in the language of dance thank you its been done im a grateful person and that might be why im a happy person quickly and privileged to get to do what i love most people. For john know i mire the artistic journey has always been more important than the destination. In my name and if my life is a painting it dance is the frame. His creative home is the Ballet Center hamburg. Site is she ever since ive been a choreographer my aim has been to create a sort of microcosm of the world on stage after. A microcosm that includes the underworld johnno meyer is staging orpheus and your idiocy. In their creation you see 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 zent de de my kind of dances are ones who give it their all even at rehearsal a nice little not i believe because im a slave driver and theyre afraid theyll be fired if they dont to me. Because it gives them joy and this is huge to go and destroy in fact me to my camera its a great source of inspiration for me which is for me and of course in spirit. Is a choreographer whos loved and appreciated by character dancers. That that 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 khinjan has. An amazing way off transforming dancers into different drills 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 to his eyes he sees evil and that theyre all you do and that piece he creates so its really special there was the. Head. Am. The world famous Dance Company as a many headed entity accompanying john knowing my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Is right for him at every thought no and i always have doubts crotty tate nothing has any worth 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. A slave to court and he why do you do it here self i ask myself that too much man. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 he danced the part of the lion in his ballet production affronts 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 leverage in sleep 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 and a path to do it in a choreographic exploration of George Frederick handels messiah the broken heroes in classic new my style. Symbiotic for better and for worse john the baptist makes jesus a teacher finding him disciples. Noting his expectations of the crowds and doubting his mission. A bad night steeped in so my answer hannity. I am in need of that from you yet a chord of a bit of myself and every piece of mine every choreography and every production and Mission Growing up she and i count choreographed stage something with complete honesty if i dont understand it easily for stiff i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own personal angle in that 1st year. John and i my aunt 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 cinema. He started taking tap dancing classes then in the walkies city library he stumbled across a biography of votes left nijinsky and fell in love with ballet. He studied in london and copenhagen and in 1963 went to germany to join the stuttgart ballet led by choreographer john crank oh. John doe i my aunt 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 because 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 she breathed new life into the classics. The reinterpreted swan lake as a vision dreamed up by luke the 2nd during his imprisonment. Was. But not my are doesnt seek to revolutionize ballet so much as to renew it gently and thoughtfully. Up there constant us for art can make a difference here im not sure hes here but im not sure that its task. I should help people understand themselves better it was he said a fresh d n. A our candidate ahmad. Shafiq rasul on. The majestic pal a guy name is located in the heart of the congo do that in paris its the home of the famous ballet do look passing and associated ballet school. It is a creative type created a lot of it yet what i create is not complete sort as very often 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 is he in on chicken national or us all i have to go and meet them with stand out and see who these people are wanting to bring new life to my work even he says feck noir leave. Canada in muncie in 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 papeete that is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and then longer than it would be to not ship 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. Leader is i love this company very much its big its not too big because it will often have 2 Big Productions going on in its 2 different venues mine i really do interest my. Id like to have lots of time to work with my group these groups who are by so they cross but each row through its movements is an important color in this mosaic of emotions it has and. East indies and was a fun in my children is there. Together with ballet masters kevin hagen and. Both former dancers with a hamburg ballet johnno meyer is on his way to rehearsals his adaptation of. The 19th century novel by Alexandre Dumas is being staged in the city in which it was set. With. The retailer know where i want to sell i dont know where they were bought it things are unfixable. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth. You know if it was a serious. I mean if the rehearsals 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 forward its not about success its about its not about the distinction its about the journey and that john is always made very clear. And thats why he will continue to create. John no i mire originally created lockdown. Set to music by frederick actual power for the stock car ballet in 1978 it was internationally acclaimed the production in paris is now the 6th version he has staged in the city in mn at 1st and show it in manhattan and beard when you consider some aspect or opera and havent done so in mind. And are looking to reproduce what she or he did and it doesnt work is good vin man it only works when you love and respect this incredibly Precious Resource youre working with which they meet people fobbed not colors not words not computers or typewriters countrified machine leap and quest. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. If a deep one c im always falling in love in you were the dancers i work with is trying to create something fresh trying to awaken something music both in the dancers and in myself but i say it is in ideas erda ok but were. A little bit very good for what a very good. The author 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. And good you are going. To rehearsals for productions are tightly scheduled here the goddamn of opera houses makes no exceptions. The venues sumptuous velvet upholstery and lavish gold detail is dance like making the pentagon need 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 of energy 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 stroke in in the us. 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 its whats interesting is that you can always discover something new because humans are such a tunnel in a close in toy its always an adventure said some as like this is the great year for the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to todd body ached is to a tad bit weak this fund is driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know under mukesh kite to xining for men perspective on humankind. On a different angle on emotionality the more tonight 88 or and thats just us for us thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer spock from mission as quick god. The terminally ill magazine will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all the dancers indepth individual feedback. That change our spatial to the Television Set up to push him to set a critical. The 1st time. He never tires of explaining his ideas and demonstrating what hes looking for she looks. Triptych he throws himself into his work with body and soul you. Have the same fate would. Prefer its good to have all this in the kitchen for god and so you know he gives you so much image of soccer actor 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 yet it. 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 in 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. Of 3 professionally hes a genius but hes always remained unbelievably grounded down to earth as the american say and he has a great sense of humor but if you didnt we wouldnt be together and it calls home watsons riveters arms are. Discovered his complete im a man think there comes a moment from advice 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 short of would exist tom and kinda sorta. Want done is this all this money that you want together with this person is this man say it was he talk about everything man. C f e m an undersea interests 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 well solve for human under so how does he set up. 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 me the 3 dimensionality of the characters is always very important and for the audience to see the performers without their costumes is Something Special and an issue in the end this outfit was. 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 time to i thank you getting back to 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 seitan courses are down thank you gifts for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today and out loud and ednas even show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for la dam come yet. They concentrate on pure dance. Then johnno meyer talks the audience through the companys work. A successful documentary series was made about the ballet workshops. I could as agnes by let is and give this is 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 thats what i problems getting good stuff and that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what did he say its even hopes of coffee thats something i might feel sorry for him on a personal level but i still wont enjoy my steak and i still wont come back its i guess the same with ballet if you watch a performance and you dont like it and then you wont be interested in finding out anything more about it and nothing i can say all we can show you will change that but what a deficit site to go to come up your john norma in 1978 1000000 myra one a german t. V. A white for the 4 part john nolan my respond at action at which he developed and hosted off to just focus on 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. Pastime dances pays homage to the music and spirit of latter grinstein. Now. And see defense of these abilities once youve seen the dancers on stage then you lead the dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can clinch for either 10th or hopeful. Is the most intensive part of our lives and thats wonderful. And thats a story. 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 sit devilment was is that scott we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help missing a concert thats your own get down because heaven. Proceeds from the event to 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 lip. Direct us on going home and harbor the size has been nice and im not only responsible for mahlers 5th symphony or the boys magic horn im responsible for everything ordered for this was done says who are glad to be part of something for those who are a bit sad because theyre part of it but are dressing enough and i doubt if one of a kind of those that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all thus must 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 reached direct on any. Exactly because he started 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 and myra tends to keep a professional distance from his dancers but not escapes wests all seeing photographers gaze. So as tense of it as. When i was a dancer we had a completely different relationship. And its Something Else now. In front of me hes not afraid when you have to kind of. Thank you all 6 years that was and ken davis aside from donna and us i know the best sides of john when does and thats what i always want to show and he knows that in the us so he trusts me completely. We did this portrait together and i just said john do your thing to us all youve got the special move and he was like fine what move and your move john knew my own unlocked and so he does it so i just have to photograph him and show the world john no a mile or give it sag and. John maya. I think. 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 mo he spat paid tribute to his friend john on my r. And his company. I am masterpieces created by 9 meyer and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by Gustav Mahler which premiered in 1975 the music itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. I. Many of numerous choreographies have a dream like nerd merging elements that make for strange and unsettling bedfellows. In a midst. Her nights dream he juxtaposes the romantic strains of felix meant a zone with georgi mechanical music. St matthew passion was johnno meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the sun to me saying this 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 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. Want it under the watchful eye of the citys patron goddess omonia 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. As ive decided to carry this burden for another 4 years does it. 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. Its the same piece that launched the cooperation between the hamburg ballet and the baton baton Festival Hall 20 years ago. This is free and its a place where you can experiment where you can go and i want to open up the packard violated here escape because theres always time here to reconsider the works today and see them in a completely different space not mine in one finish and somehow i find that very inspiring and spectate me seeing. The serene setting helps focus the body and 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 and it is and by that victor i feel that a ballet is truly good what it doesnt just tell an old story but my story. Is so and it is as if it saved my niggas she thats the most important thing is that its still alive the worst thing that could happen would be to have works of mine staged in a way thats all fine and good but like a Museum Object behind glass and 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 it were not so many. As always the choreographer attends the performance accompanied by his ballet master. Over the last 2 decades the company has gone top of the no 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 is taken the average person a guest performances are sold out. A standing ovation for bernstein dances the company and the choreography. Of the hoof from me but over to me this profession means constantly learning and experiencing new things and after. One decent get duncan my love of this art and learning about it has never gone away. Is. It. A love thats plain to see in his home. Is this is a place of tranquility or to work i should concentrate here very well see a great country and. An entire floor is given over to new gin skis drawings and sketches. Vison he can we dont know exactly how many there are but we have the largest existing collection 98 of the gem ski sketches skits and finish and. Little action belongs to the foundation John Neumeier which brings together his collections that portray the history of ballet through art and words. To some known east for me a collection isnt about value rather its important for my work via it is for might have items to case mine. Is it was 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 and on fun deaf accounting night. Paris. Is premiering in the pan a gallon. 30 dancers are getting ready for the performance. Of the company has purchased the entire production an 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. Ballet he steered the a there is the paris opera as one of the main centers of ballet concerts of history and tradition of any type its your own have owned me c. F. S. 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 touchstones i get one of the companies ive worked with most often was the d. M. Is i need the company in me to me ship fast im bison gobshite power. The performance isnt just taking place on stage the audience is engaged in its own performance while the dancers wait in the wings. Damo coming 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. Applause for the paris after a ballet and john i am. Backstage he congratulates the company. Newman. Have this valley it is your valley so please. Take care let it grow that it grow in new let yourself grow as artists 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 so be 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 plan i dont get you fall down but eat because you have a fantastic technique so its not all blame is an equivalent of all blame is to is to project this this incredible pays the thought it that you have this is a good but create hearing about this here. Thank you thank you very much thank you it was a great. New meyers life is a whirlwind of premieres revivals and rehearsals his calendar is packed with engagements. Today hes presenting his latest piece all feel the ds 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 sagging escape in every stick of the shot say its heading in the right direction for send a submission chicago bear in mind i did this in chicago after 8 weeks of rehearsals. Of often 4 but set down her l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsal and out 5 weeks here and get snooty that was fun for her here so id say its coming along. In hamburg a new 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 nor meyers concept this time is that orpheus is a choreographer and you already see a prima ballerina the production demonstrates the power of arts to render even death meaningless he read a c isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. Feynman and a professor in langham when you. 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 and ours after all youre a master of your craft and my store there by my niece 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. 2 what he does is interweave dance and music so that the respective art forms merge together organically. 2 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 of thats. Him yet i still think in the premiere is only the start of something where if i wasnt enjoying what i do my career wouldnt have lasted 50 years and that teacher shit might sound melodramatic but i believe im doing what im destined to do its the show i think thats whats called a vocation which got us to go to the. Conservation that one of. The coral reefs alpha needs are endangered by climate change. The local people are aware of whats happening. And theyre all pitching in to protect their region. This is reforestation nothing different coming. 3000. And 30 minutes on day w. This state of emergency is the. People around the world are documenting this dramatic time so. Theyre keeping the coronas diary and welcoming us into the lives they love us get as up close and personal as the pandemic will allow. The diary starts may change on g. W. Frankfurt watch International Gateway to the best Connection Software road and radio. Located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. Experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and try our services. Be our guest at Frankfurt Airport city managed by from a bought. This is news coming to an agreement for the United States more than 1000000 people in the u. S. Have been infected with the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases rises some states are lifting their restrictions President Trump insists enough testing is being done to protect americans were. Also coming