Be too good just because it. Take her take her. To go. John no i mire at work that fast. And internationally renowned choreographer depicts worlds of emotion with a language of dance thank you its been done and im a grateful person and that might be why im a happy person quickly and privileged to get to do what i love most. For johnno i mire the artistic journey has always been more important than a destination. In my name 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. A microcosm that includes the underworld johnno meyer is staging orpheus and you read a scene. Where cliche is stick christians in 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 attends zent di di my kind of dances are ones who give it their all even at rehearsal a nice little knot i believe because im a slave driver and theyre afraid theyll be fired if they dont. Because it gives them joy this is huge 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. Hes 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 or transforming dancers include 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 to hughs eyes he sees evil and that theyre all you do and that piece he creates so its really special there was the. Arrow. The world famous Dance Company as a many headed entity accompanying johnno in my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road ringback. I strive for in the fs i know and i always have doubts 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 if its late to court and here why do you do it here self i ask myself back too much money. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 he danced the part of the lion man in his ballet production a friends schuberts into highs and or winter journey. The characters that interest him are the doubters the losers and dreamers. One that as long intrigued 10 is bats love agency the russian ballet dancer and choreographer often referred to as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century new meyers ballet explores his descent into madness. John the baptist and jesus and a padded room in a choreographic exploration of George Frederick handels messiah the broken heroes in classic noir my style. Symbiotic for better and for worse john the baptist makes jesus a teacher finding him disciples. Noting the expectations of the crowds and doubting his mission. A ballet steeped in soul and she managed to. I am the leader of a faction yet a chord of a bit of myself in every piece of mine every choreography and every production and Mission Growing up she and i cant choreograph a 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 art 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. He started taking tap dancing classes then in the Milwaukee City Library he stumbled across a biography of thats left. 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 no 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. She reinterpreted swan lake as a vision dreamed up by luke 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 constant us for art can make a difference im not sure hes but im not sure thats its task. I should help people understand themselves better it was he said officially an. Alabama m. R. I. 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 due to patti and associated ballet school. She lives korea type created a lot of it yet what i create is not complete so this 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 a bill or give it to shoot the skin on chicken National Court us 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 me. In money and chided this man interceded when you decide to work in different places or what then you learn that each place has its own set of rules. To impart he says that is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition an anomaly on a 32 knots ship by lit. 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. 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 can click to interest my. I much to have lots of time to work with my group these groups who are surveyed grosse but each row through its movements is an important color in this mosaic of emotions at 1st and then switch to fabio east indies in was a fun one is there. 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. With. The retailer of no real 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 an accident. I mean if the rehearsals are taking place in one of 5 studios its 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 just a ship its about the journey and that john has always made very clear hes and thats why he will continue to create. John no i mire originally created like domino coming set to music by fred like shall pass for the stuttgart 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 up 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 man it only works when you love and respect this incredibly Precious Resource youre working with they meet people fobbed not colors not words not computers or typewriters countrified machine leap and 1st week here at. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. Its a deep to men see 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 i think is in and is erica ok but were. A lot of it very good for what a very good. The. 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. At it for 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 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. By spring again i think the problem is that there are 6 different causes and theres also a major production at the opera busty and the easiest took him in but. 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 moment in movida thats nice whats interesting is that you can always discover something new because humans are such a tunnel and making us into a is always an adventure said some as like this is the grudge or the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to todd victa is to tad bit weak this fun friend who is driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know under mukesh kite to zion for one aspect of all humankind. And a different angle on emotionality a more tonight 88 on and justice for thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer spot for me i scored a graph of. The terminally ill magazine that will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all of the dancers in depth individual feedback. To change our spatial lift up a bit to set it up to push in the center but. 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 fate with. The prophets its good to have all this in the kitchen for god and so you know he 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 after you get caught. Up 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 as a down to earth as the american say and he has a great sense of humor but if you didnt we wouldnt be together in the schools and while songs with villagers on the side. Discover has come to imo me i 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 that has anyone who could show it would exist tom and kinda sorta. Went down is this all this money that you want together with this person is this man say it was you talk about everything thats money. See half a human understand to see you find your deeply interested in the other person and. I suspect ojt it and you learn what its like to be more concern for them than you off well solve a 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 seat fs 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 the costumes is Something Special that i wish i had to edit this off its. The 1st ballet workshop took place in 1973 and was an instant hit with the audience tickets are always snapped up immediately. I didnt but now i dont i thank you. Thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen thats right about it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet went shopping site begin not a titan the courses are down thank you for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today and out loud and ed show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for like damn 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 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 is that ive got problems getting good stuff that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what did he say its hope the coffee doesnt thing and i might feel sorry for him on a personal level but i still wont enjoy my steak and i still wont come back. Its 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 nothing i can say oh we can show you will change that to what it has to say its like the garlic coming off your john norma in 1978 1000000 myra one a german t. V. A white for the 4 part john on my respond that matched at 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 leonard bernstein. Acknowledge. It. Yeah. N. Z. Defense of these of you niggas once youve seen the dancers on stage then you lead a dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can clinch for either tenser. Is the most intensive part of our lives and thats wonderful. And this is toy but that can come a time when its no longer possible and to me whats most important is not the moment when dancers a dancing or tense advance and cut a moment when they no longer cans and the comment was is that scott we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help missing a concert thats your own gain. Head from. 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 lead to 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. I think that was my approach when i became a ballet director nearly 50 years ago. That i missed by that defect us on going home and haba 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 done so who are glad to be part of something for those who are a bit sad because thats part of it but on dressing enough these and i doubt if one of them havent kind of those 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 defect on any. Exactly because its hard to get 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. John nolan meyer tends to keep a professional distance from his dancers but nothing escapes wests all seeing photographers gaze. As well as tense of us as when i was a dancer we had a completely different relationship yet some day and for them its Something Else now. In front of me hes not afraid to kind of. That you called citrus that is and can and will decide from drama and doesnt know the best sides of john when just and thats what i always want to show and he knows that in the us so he trusts me completely. We did the supporters together and i just said john do your thing to us and youve got the special move and he was like fine what move at the end to end your movie john noir mylan act and so he does it so i just have to photograph him and show the world john no a mile and 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 988. 00 piece hamburger impromptu french choreographer mo he spat paid tribute to his friend John Neumeier and his company. I am our masterpieces created by 9 meyer and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by good stuff mama which premiered in 1975 in music itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. Many of 9 myras choreographies have a dream like murder 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 legatees mechanical music. Same matthew passion was johnno meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at those that say as church and 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 okami are performed on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Thanks. Under the watchful eye of the citys patron goddess omonia in 2018 at hamburg city hall he renewed his contract as a ballet director. In 2023 he will have held the position for 50 years the saudis and leave it i always say its a welcome but these i decided to carry this burden for another 4 years does it. Every autumn the hamburg ballet give the 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 feel i know its a place where you can experiment so we can track record i want 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. 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 the victors i feel that a ballet is truly good when it doesnt just tell an old story but my story. Is so and that is if it saved my negotiator 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 into it thats mustnt happen thats the dance ballet is a living art form but it 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 need. As always the choreographer attends the performance accompanied by his ballet master. I for the last 2 decades the company has gone top of 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 is taken the anniversary guest performances are sold out. A standing ovation for bernstein dances the company and the choreography. The hoof from the door to me this profession means constantly learning and experiencing new things and then after. When does it get dunk my love of assad and learning about history 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 need drawings and sketches. Vicinity and we dont know exactly how many the raw but we have the largest existing collection 98 of the jet ski sketches skits and finishing. The collection 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 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 used but one cant go back escaped i thought i know and its a way to build on the past and on fun african night. Paris. Is premiering in the pan a gallon. 30 dancers are getting ready for the performance. 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. Paris did it there is a paris opera as one of the main centers of ballet contests of history and tradition of 20 targets young have owned me c. F. S. I feel very honored to be in such a place i want to contribute to visit venerable company as was i at 1st to a decent touchstones i could 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. Of. The. Lot damo coming is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws its emotional intensity from the power to do between amara 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. You. Have this battle it is your reality so please. Take care let it grow of 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 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 fantastic technique so its nepal blame it on the nice little woman cares about blame is to is to project this this incredible pains inside it that you have this is a gift at the gate hearing about this year. Thank you neal 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 billy ds to the press ahead of its premiere in hamburg its a coproduction with us operas. For neumeier 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. But a satin escape in every stick of the shot say its heading in the right direction for sent a submission chicago bear in mind i did this in chicago after 8 weeks of rehearsals. After often before but set down how l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsals and all that site im not 5 weeks here and yet smitty that was fun for here so id say its coming along. 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 you read to see isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. In man and provision 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 my store that 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. 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 im ira has his vision and hes confident in his pursuit of thats. Him yes no i think in the premiere is only the start of something. If i wasnt enjoying what i do my career wouldnt have lasted 50 years and that teachers get my sound melodramatic but i believe im doing what im destined to do its the show i think thats whats called a vocation its down to us to go to the. Illusions of influence. Perception. Thinking and action. Willing to change attractive appearances and to form sue easily fail to see the danger of what happens when the bubble. Time the clash he made in germany. 30 minutes doubly. Sure of. What unites. What divides. The money a. Tragic course. What binds the continent to cut the answers and stories aplenty. Spotlight on people. 90 minutes on w. Im going crazy thing in all the time. How to handle our new allies in times of the koran offend them and d. W. 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